Siemon Brings New Online Resource

A new online resource has been introduced by Siemon (News - Alert), a provider of network cabling solutions to help IT network and data center professionals get clear facts on shielded network cabling systems such as category 6A F/UTP and category 7A S/FTP solutions.

Siemon, which focuses key network infrastructure issues such as 10Gb/s performance requirements, noise resistance, installation considerations, cost savings and future-proofing, provides an easily navigated portal to a library of in-depth resources.

Users can access instructional videos, whitepapers, customer case studies and more from a simple, one-page list of key shielded cabling benefits, advantages and myths.

Some of the key topics that are covered include:

• Shielded cabling market drivers
• Performance headroom
• Termination speed
• Installation practices
• Grounding and bonding
• Electromagnetic interference considerations
• Alien Crosstalk resistance
• PoE and PoE Plus heat generation issues
• Security considerations
• Cable sharing as high density work area solution

In related news, Siemon has released 40+Gb/s SFF-8470 4X Passive Copper cabling products that support high-speed interconnect applications such as high-performance computing “HPC,” enterprise networking and network storage systems.