Siemon showcases green networking at European Future Energy Forum

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21 October 2010 – Steven Foster, managing director of network infrastructure innovator Siemon, yesterday delivered an address at the European Future Energy Forum (EFEF 2010) at ExCeL, London.   In his speech Foster showcased the networking technology that is being developed and implemented in the world’s leading sites for renewable energy and clean technology. EFEF is a younger relative of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) and this major business and governmental forum claims to represent the best opportunity in Europe to consider the latest developments in sustainable and … [Read more...]

Siemon high-speed interconnects pass 40 and 100 Gb/s interoperability testing

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Siemon, a leading, global manufacturer of IT network cabling and infrastructure systems, today announced that its high speed interconnect products have passed key 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet testing at the Ethernet Alliance’s (EA) recent Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for IEEE Std. 802.3baTM-2010 40 and 100 Gb/s Ethernet. Hosted by Ixia at its iSimCity lab in Santa Clara, CA and assisted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab, the plugfest was designed to verify interoperability of 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s test equipment, systems, NICs, … [Read more...]

Smallest ever third party approved Shielded Tool-Free Jack is Perfect Fit for High-Speed LANs

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An Augmented Category 6 shielded jack developed by leading cable and data solutions company Brand-Rex brings new levels of flexibility, performance, and ease of installation to higher-speed Ethernet deployments. The new shielded jack, now independently verified to ISO/IEC 60603-7-51 edition 1 and ISO/IEC 11801 amendment 2, features the innovative Brand-Rex patented contact array and 360-degree screening to deliver enhanced electrical performance. Designed for use in data centres and local area networks future-proofed for higher-speed protocols such as 10GBASE-T, the latest Augmented … [Read more...]

Swale Components named Siemon EMEA ‘Distributor of the Year’

Siemon, the network infrastructure specialist, has named Swale Components ‘Distributor of the Year’ for the EMEA region.  The award was presented by Siemon’s managing director Steven Foster to sales director at Swale, Eric Spratling, in recognition of the unmatched service excellence provided by the UK-based distributor. Swale Components is Siemon’s longest standing distributor in EMEA, with a history of over 19 successful years of working together.  The company is run by its founders Eric Spratling and Maurice Burrows and they report their success to have been built on the … [Read more...]

Siemon introduces new low power QSFP+ 40Gb/s active optical cabling for high performance data centre applications

Siemon, the network infrastructure specialist, today introduced its new line of four lane QSFP+ 40Gb/s active optical cabling assemblies, designed to support interconnect applications such as high-performance computing (HPC), enterprise networking and network storage systems.  These high-speed interconnects are a part of Siemon’s Moray™ Active Optical Cabling (AOC) product family and expand Siemon’s extensive portfolio of copper and fibre data centre cabling solutions. The Moray QSFP+ active optical cable assemblies incorporate the lowest power transceiver in the market that … [Read more...]

Siemon products support new IEEE 802.3ba Ethernet standard

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The recently ratified IEEE 802.3ba Standard specifies 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet applications for deployment over optical fibre cabling and high speed interconnect assemblies.  Siemon supports the newly ratified 802.3ba Standard with a comprehensive product offering consisting of: 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s support of up to 100m over Siemon’s XGLO® OM3 multimode optical fibre and MTP connectivity in short reach mode 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s support of up to 150m over Siemon’s XGLO OM4 multimode optical fibre and MTP connectivity in short reach mode 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s support of up to … [Read more...]