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Managing Data Center Fiber Becoming Harder…and Easier
Managing Data Center Fiber Becoming Harder…and Easier

Today’s data center networks are experiencing unparalleled growth in fiber deployment. Demands for greater bandwidth, lower latency and unprecedented I/O capacity are ratcheting up the pressure on network managers. In this blog, CommScope's Holly Simons discusses the complexities of managing data center fiber.

Holly Simons

August 17, 2022

5 minute read
Evolving Data Center Applications and the Infrastructure Needed to Run Them
Evolving Data Center Applications and the Infrastructure Needed to Run Them

With the amount of data flowing through data centers, resource-intensive applications are defining the needs and evolution of data centers, with many implications on network infrastructure. In this blog, we'll look at next-generation technologies and applications driving this change and how getting the foundations of the infrastructure right, starts now.

Kam Patel - Sept 2018 - 160x160 Kam Patel

August 15, 2022

6 minute read
Hyperconnecting Here to There
Hyperconnecting Here to There

As enterprise buildings and campuses grow more intelligent (think IoT, building automation and network convergence), facility and network managers are deploying massive numbers of new devices, sensors, controllers, and other devices. The challenge is adapting the data and power cabling infrastructure to keep it efficient, capable and flexible.

Jason Reasor Jason Reasor

August 10, 2022

4 minute read
Increasing Data Center Demands Lead to a More Resilient Fiber Platform
Increasing Data Center Demands Lead to a More Resilient Fiber Platform

As data center applications become more resource-intensive and fluid, network managers must up their infrastructure game. Learn how CommScope can help data center operators maximize their existing infrastructure investments while preparing for future applications.

Ken_Hall_small Ken Hall, RCDD NTS

July 13, 2022

6 minute read
Exploring Angled Multimode Connectors in Fiber Cables
Exploring Angled Multimode Connectors in Fiber Cables

A previous CommScope blog post discussed the advantages and disadvantages of Angled Physical Contact (APC) and Ultra Physical Contact (UPC) connectors. At that time, the focus was on connectors for single mode fiber cables, APC and UPC connectors have been used with single mode fiber cables for decades.

3_ektron image Earl Parsons

June 22, 2022

4 minute read
A Look at Digital Transformation's Impacts on Media & Entertainment Networks
A Look at Digital Transformation's Impacts on Media & Entertainment Networks

Recently, CommScope joined the Media and Entertainment Data Center Alliance (M&EDCA). The Alliance promotes and provides guidance and education to professionals in media, entertainment and IT—concentrating on the foundational physical infrastructure of media and entertainment (M&E) data processing and storage operations.

Jason Jason Bautista

May 26, 2022

1 minute read
Rollable Ribbon Fiber Helps MTDCs Boost Fiber Capacity and Revenues
Rollable Ribbon Fiber Helps MTDCs Boost Fiber Capacity and Revenues

MTDCs are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the shift to edge-based distributed networking. Doing so will require supporting more fiber capacity in their data center interconnects (DCIs). Rollable ribbon fiber provides an innovative answer. The unique design enables up to six 3,456 fiber cables to be loaded into one four-inch duct, more than twice the density of conventionally packed fibers.

Waite - 160x160 Alastair Waite

May 19, 2022

5 minute read
Copper in the Data Center Network: Is It Time to Move On?
Copper in the Data Center Network: Is It Time to Move On?

In this blog, we take a look at how data center trends and changes are shifting the balance between copper and fiber and what it can mean for today’s larger enterprise and cloud-based facilities.

James Young James Young

April 19, 2022

7 minute read
The Terabit BiDi MSA for Data Centers
The Terabit BiDi MSA for Data Centers

Earlier this year, a new Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) comprised of various leading optical companies was announced. This MSA—the Terabit BiDi MSA—will address applications for critical high-volume paths in modern data centers and write specifications for 800G-BiDi over eight multimode fibers and 1.6T-BiDi over sixteen multimode fibers.

3_ektron image Earl Parsons

April 06, 2022

3 minute read