data communications

What Is an Enterprise Data Center? An enterprise data center is a private facility operated for the sole use of supporting a single organization. They can be located either on-premises or off-premises at a site chosen for connectivity, power, and security purposes. An Enterprise Data Center consists of multiple data centers, each with a duty of sustaining key functions. These...

Although Cat 6A first appeared in 2004 in the form of CommScope’s SYSTIMAX® GigaSPEED® X10D, it would not be formally published as a standard until 2009. By then, however, it was known across the industry as the cabling category of the future that would enable the next wave of high-bandwidth copper connectivity. This was why...

Definition Cat6 - Category 6 The mainstream adoption of Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) required a new industry-standard cable. The cable needed to be capable of transmitting at a higher frequency of 250 MHz. As a result, cable manufacturers introduced CAT6. The CAT6 cable uses a thicker-gauge wire and has an increased shielding. Also, the wires have...

Introduction As more connected devices are added to the network, power becomes an increasingly import challenge to overcome. Shobhit Jain from CommScope blogs about why Power over Ethernet (PoE) has emerged as the preferred technology, how it works and what customers can expect in the future. What is POE? All IT managers are seeking ways...

Introduction Virtual classroom has come a long way with more technology being enabled within the school. With many devices to manage and deploy, it makes sense for schools to upgrade their Wi-Fi management for both increased capacity and network efficiency. Find out from John Dunbar in this blog how CommScope and Network for Learning (N4L)...

What is telehealth? Telehealth is the use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely and manage your health care. These may be technologies you use from home or that your doctor uses to improve or support health care services. Consider, for example, the ways...

This blog post is part of a series called “CommScope Definitions” in which we will explain common terms in communications networks infrastructure. The topic of Wi-Fi roaming has attracted a lot of attention lately. Cisco first introduced OpenRoaming in 2019 then Aruba announced their version, Air Pass, in March of 2020. Cisco followed this up...

Predicting the future is an imperfect science. Movies and books have been talking about the future for decades with only partial accuracy. However, predicting future data center requirements is perhaps more of a realistic endeavor. We can analyze technology trends and make educated advancements based on where we think we will be and when –...