Firestopping Cabling Systems

Originally Broadcast: May 27, 2009
Overview:
This webcast is approved by BICSI for continuing education credit.

A structured cabling system is one of several building systems that traverse a facility. As it makes its vertical and horizontal journey through a building, the cabling system passes through openings in fire-rated walls and floor/ceiling structures. To comply with applicable building codes, these walls ...

   

40- and 100-Gbit Data Networking

Originally Broadcast: April 29, 2009
Overview:
This webcast is approved by BICSI for continuing education credit

Data transmission and storage requirements continue to increase rapidly for today's leading global enterprises. Many of these organizations' data centers are already running 10-Gbit/sec Ethernet in their backbones. Technological developments and trends such as advanced server technologies and link aggregation ...

 

Data Center Thermal-Management Options

Originally Broadcast: March 31, 2009
Overview:
This webcast is approved by BICSI for continuing education credit

For data center managers, securing the most efficient mix of thermal-management technologies is a perpetual challenge. The dynamic nature of heat generation in data centers makes cooling a constant area of concern. This Web-delivered seminar produced by Cabling Installation & Maintenance will look at different ...

 

Enterprise Wireless -- LANs, Voice, and Cabling

Originally Broadcast: March 4, 2009
Overview:
This webcast is approved by BICSI for continuing education credit

Wireless-communications systems are prevalent within enterprise environments, but that does not mean they can be considered ordinary technology. With the pending IEEE 802.11n specifications promising faster-than-ever wireless LAN speeds, enterprise users must make several assessments of their own infrastructures ...

 

Industrial Cabling

Originally Broadcast: January 29, 2009
Overview:
Presentation 1: Update on the TIA-1005 Standard
The TR-42.9 Committee of the Telecommunications Industry Association is in the process of developing the TIA-1005 standard, which will include specifications for telecommunications infrastructure in industrial environments. This presentation will provide an overview of the TIA-1005 standard, including its key specifications ...

 

TIA Standards Update II

Originally Broadcast: November 19, 2008
Overview:
The Telecommunications Industry Association's TR-42 Engineering Committee, which develops the standards applicable to structured cabling systems, meets as a whole entity three times per year. Subcommittees and working groups meet more frequently, as standards work is an ongoing process. The TR-42's most recent meeting was held in October, and this web-delivered seminar will provide ...

 

Fiber in the Data Center

Originally Broadcast: September 24, 2008
Overview:
Multimode optical fiber has established itself as a capable and reliable medium for any protocol that has come its way, including 10 Gigabit Ethernet. As data speeds increase and networking equipment gets increasingly dense within the data center, multimode fiber's information-carrying capacity as well as its placement and management are no longer being taken for granted. This Web-delivered ...

 

10GBase-T Technology & Systems Update

Originally Broadcast: August 21, 2008
Overview:
Although the IEEE's 10GBase-T standard was published two years ago, compliant networking products are just hitting the market. Potential users of 10GBase-T do not have to concern themselves with the risks of deploying pre-standard products, but they do have to ensure their cabling systems are prepared to handle 10-Gbit/sec traffic. This web-delivered seminar produced by Cabling Installation ...