All Research Sponsored By:Siemon Company
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Cabling Lifecycles and Total Cost of Ownership
There are several factors that must be taken into account when determining the category or class of cabling that will be used in a network infrastructure. Access this paper to learn more about cabling lifecycles and how to calculate their total cost of ownership.
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Data Center Cabling Considerations: Point-to-Point vs Structured Cabling
If we don’t learn from the mistakes that occurred in the past, we are bound to repeat them. This is very true when it comes to data centers and aged point-to-point cabling practices. This resource compares point-to-point vs. structured cabling options for data centers.
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Hosted, Outsourced, and Cloud Data Centers - Strategies and Considerations for Co-Location Tenants
As more companies look towards collocation, hosted, and managed services for their primary data center, there are crucial considerations every IT pros should know when selecting a provider. This resource explores hosted, outsourced, and cloud data centers, and providers strategies and considerations for co-location tenants.
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Comparing Copper and Fiber Options in the Data Center
This resource provides key tips and best practices to plan the most cost-effective data center infrastructure to maximize your return on investment. Learn about power and cooling efficiencies, increasing storage and bandwidth trends, 10Gb/s infrastructure options, and discover the benefits of virtualization.
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Intelligence at the Physical Layer: Smart Cabling - Better Security
Any network manager will tell you the importance of a fully documented network. This documentation should include all workstations, IP addresses, router configurations, firewall parameters, etc. But this documentation may fall short at the physical layer.
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ConvergeIT - Converged, IP-based Intelligent Building Cabling Systems Guide
What capabilities can turn your structured cabling system into a critical building asset; one that reduces costs, simplifies application deployment, enhances the workplace experience, and maximizes the potential to qualify for all physical layer and...
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Hosted, Outsourced, and Cloud Data Centers - Strategies and Considerations for Co-Location Tenants
As more companies look towards collocation/hosted/ and managed services for either their primary data center there are considerations, both short and long term, when selecting a provider.
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Hosted, Outsourced, and Cloud Data Centers - Considerations for Overall SLA's for Facility Owners and Hosting Providers - Owner's Version
Hosted data centers, both outsourced/managed and collocation varieties, provide a unique benefit for some customers through capital savings, employee savings and in some cases an extension of in-house expertise. Traditionally, these facilities were thought of as more SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) customers.
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Intelligence at the Physical Layer: Smart Cabling - Better Security
This white paper details new intelligent infrastructure management system choices for secure data centers and network infrastructures.
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Demystifying IT Network Cabling Specifications from 5e to 7A
This paper discusses the current state of copper-based network cabling standards as defined by ISO and TIA. Learn the difference between category 5e, 6, 6A, 7 and 7A and Class D, E, EA, F and FA.
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Category 7 / Class F Network Cabling: Advancing Speeds and Convergence
Read this e-book to learn why 50% of surveyed data center execs prefer Category 7/Class F network cabling. See for yourself how this advancement in network cabling can support speeds beyond 10 Gb/s.