MICROSOFT AND FACEBOOK TO LAY TRANSATLANTIC FIBER OPTIC LINE
No CommentsThe world’s biggest tech companies move a staggering amount of data across the Internet every day. Take Facebook, for example – a company whose 1.65 billion registered users are constantly chatting, uploading photos, and now even streaming live videos to people all across the globe. It takes some serious infrastructure [ Continue reading…]
A NEW, FASTER TRANSPACIFIC FIBER OPTIC CABLE GOES ONLINE
No CommentsThanks to a joint partnership between Google and a number of telecom companies in East Asia, the fastest transpacific broadband cable in the world is now online. Aptly named FASTER, the cable stretches 5,600 miles from Oregon to two points in Japan. The cable is expected to offer transfer speeds [ Continue reading…]
FAST FACTS ABOUT UNDERSEA FIBER OPTICS
No CommentsIt may seem like technology today is especially reliant on wireless data transmission – more and more locations offer free Wi-Fi to patrons and guests, and unlike the days of dial-up, your phone and computer don’t need to be physically connected to something in order to transmit data. Well, while [ Continue reading…]
A NEW, FASTER TRANSPACIFIC FIBER OPTIC CABLE GOES ONLINE
No CommentsThanks to a joint partnership between Google and a number of telecom companies in East Asia, the fastest transpacific broadband cable in the world is now online. Aptly named FASTER, the cable stretches 5,600 miles from Oregon to two points in Japan. The cable is expected to offer transfer speeds [ Continue reading…]
CALIFORNIA GAS PIPELINES WILL GET FIBER OPTIC MONITORS
No CommentsIn addition to bringing the Internet to people all over the world, optical signals have a host of other lesser-known uses as well. Recently, the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) announced that it will use optical fibers to help monitor and maintain the subterranean gas lines that carry fuel throughout [ Continue reading…]
COMMON USES FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLES
No CommentsFiber optic cables have been around for years now, but over the last decade or two, companies have come up with all sorts of ways to put them to good use. Fiber optic cables contain a few thousand optical fibers inside of them, and they are used to transmit data by [ Continue reading…]
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CABLE AND FIBER OPTIC BROADBAND
No CommentsWhen it comes to broadband internet connections, most people value speed. They want to be able to access the internet and transmit data as quickly as possible. Moreover, in order to do this, people typically rely on either cable or fiber optic broadband service. However, what many people don’t realize [ Continue reading…]
WHY IT PROFESSIONALS PREFER FIBER OPTICS
No CommentsMore and more IT professionals are choosing to install fiber optic cables over the copper cables that have traditionally been used to create networks. Why is that? Well, for one, fiber optic cables have proven to transmit data substantially faster than copper cables. Fiber optic cables use light to move [ Continue reading…]
Fiber Optic Connector Types for data center
No CommentsLC and MPO Fiber Optic connectors were defined for data center applications in accordance with ISO/IEC 24764, EN 50173-5 and TIA-942 standards for fiber optic cabling systems. MPO Connector (IEC 61754-7) MPO (multipath push-on) is based on a plastic ferrule that provides the ability to house up to 24 fibers [ Continue reading…]
Data Center Design for 40G/100G Network
No Comments1G and 10G data rates are not adequate to meet the future needs of high-bandwidth appli- cations. The requirement for higher data rates is being driven by many factors. Switching and routing, virtualization, convergence and high-performance computing environments are examples of where these higher network speeds will be required within [ Continue reading…]