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Articles found: 44

Decarbonizing Building and Data Center Connectivity: CommScope’s Next-Gen Solutions
Decarbonizing Building and Data Center Connectivity: CommScope’s Next-Gen Solutions

As large companies increasingly seek to cut their buildings’ carbon footprints, they’re putting products and materials under the microscope. That includes fiber and cable networks in buildings and data centers. While cabling infrastructure might not seem like a big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, enterprises are looking for every opportunity to reduce environmental harm.

CommScope Staff

January 31, 2023

3 minute read
Data center evolution in 2023: Efficiency is the name of the game
Data center evolution in 2023: Efficiency is the name of the game

The last few years have introduced unprecedented business conditions for every industry, but among the most heavily affected are cloud-based services that are run by the global network of data centers. The business model has changed to accept new realities and fulfill new obligations.

CommScope Staff

January 23, 2023

5 minute read
Co-Packaged Optics—the Next Evolutionary Step in Data Center Switches?
Co-Packaged Optics—the Next Evolutionary Step in Data Center Switches?

Co-packaged optics (CPO) seeks to mitigate power consumption issues in data centers by placing the optical engine and ASIC on the same substrate as a single packaged assembly. Done right, CPO would not only reduce power requirements; it could also help data centers improve port density, thermal management, and bandwidth.

3_ektron image Earl Parsons

January 12, 2023

4 minute read
Oracle Labs Optimizes Throughput for Leading-Edge Research, Thanks to SYSTIMAX®
Oracle Labs Optimizes Throughput for Leading-Edge Research, Thanks to SYSTIMAX®

Oracle Labs in Broomfield, CO, sought CommScope’s help in upgrading its network infrastructure and chose SYSTIMAX® copper and fiber structured cabling solution for increased speed, capacity and flexibility.

CommScope Staff

November 07, 2022

3 minute read
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.

CommScope Staff

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