If you’re searching for evidence of the “green” movement in the tech world, you need look no further than broadband. The broadband industry is quite literally wringing every last dime it can out of the “repurpose and reuse” principle. How you ask? By finding ways to transmit faster and faster speeds over existing phone lines. […]
As we’ve grown increasingly reliant on powered and PoE technology, power outages have become more disruptive than ever before. We may have come a long way as it pertains to preventing them, but there’s still room for improvement. That being said, they will continue to happen on occasion, and it’s critical that the right organizations […]
If you’ve kept up with the news, you know that LED’s are definitely here to stay. They’re more energy-efficient, more versatile, and that’s hardly the half of it. They also play nice with PoE networking equipment. I hear your silent protests. Yes, many times you’ll be working in conjunction with designers who will probably guide […]
As customers prepare projects for the holidays and the new year looms just over the horizon, midsize companies are starting to ponder what infrastructure investments will yield the most growth in 2017. Smaller businesses may be as well since the journey from small to medium is full of long range thinking and planning. A rapidly […]
For almost a decade now, IT Teams have relied on the 1000BASE-T Ethernet standard over copper wires. Using Category 5e and Category 6 cables, network admins are used to achieving data speeds of roughly 1 Gbps for single users. While these throughput speeds have been adequate for a while, the increasing demand for speed has […]
In our latest infographic, we’re providing a “Quick Start” guide to LED lighting installations. The LED lighting boom is coming folks, no doubt about it. But remember to be careful! If you’re not prepared for the job ahead of time, you may run into a number of issues. That’s why we’ve provided you with the complete […]
Did you know that variable LED lighting promotes employee well-being? Light-enhanced environments can offset some of the negative effects of working inside and can even reduce stress and depression in the workplace. In this article we’ll cover specifics on why this works and how you can best use variable LED technology to achieve those results in […]
NBC Sports coverage for the 2016 Olympic Games just wrapped up. No stranger to providing production work for massive events like Rio, Jim Bell (Executive Producer) and his army of technicians and journalists have inserted both themselves and their equipment right into the middle of the action for 16 consecutive days and nights. To get […]
You know Power over Ethernet as the cabling technology used in information technology that transmits both data and power using a standard Ethernet cable. PoE gives users the ability to deploy powered devices at any location, regardless if electrical outlets are present. It is this characteristic that makes Ethernet the ideal default cabling medium that […]
In 1973, Robert Metcalfe wrote a memo that would serve as the founding concepts for the technology that we now know as Ethernet. Xerox Parc assigned Robert Metcalfe with the task of connecting a group of personal computers to a printer. Along with his co-inventor David Boggs, Robert Metcalfe invented the cabling technology that would […]