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Siemon Announces Network Infrastructure Blog

Debbie Ireland — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:16:58 +0000

Siemon, a globally recognised leader in network cabling solutions, has launched a new blog dedicated to helping data centre and enterprise network professionals stay up-to-date on the latest advances, global standards updates, market intelligence and strategies in network infrastructure.

Combining Siemon’s extensive data centre and enterprise cabling knowledge with news, opinions and guidance from experts across the global network infrastructure market, http://blog.siemon.com/infrastructure/ delivers educational resources, industry intelligence and actionable advice on a wide range of network infrastructure issues.

By focusing on key issues in the data centre and converged low-voltage enterprise network, http://blog.siemon.com/infrastructure/ leverages the expertise of Siemon subject matter experts from around the world, bringing unique perspectives and ideas that network professionals can use to improve their own infrastructure strategies. This valuable expertise is extended by a growing list of contributors and guest bloggers representing leading organisations from a wide range of network infrastructure segments, including active equipment manufacturers, chip developers, system integrators and more.

Recent Siemon Network Infrastructure posts include:

Update on new ISO/IEC 40Gb/s Copper Cabling Project – http://blog.siemon.com/infrastructure/isoiec-initiates-40-gbits-copper-cabling-project
Report: 10GbE to overtake 1GbE by 2014 – http://blog.siemon.com/infrastructure/new-report-10gbe-port-count-to-overtake-1gbe-by-2014
Overview of TIA’s Next Generation Cabling Objectives – http://blog.siemon.com/infrastructure/tia-adopts-next-generation-cabling-baseline-objectives-2

Backed by a team of contributors monitoring an extensive list of traditional and social media resources for the latest news, advancements and industry happenings, Siemon’s Network Infrastructure Blog also provides an easy way for professionals to keep up with the rapidly evolving network infrastructure market.

Topic areas covered include:

Standards activities updates from active standard leaders and contributors
Data centre design strategies
Energy consumption and cooling
Converged low-voltage networking
Building “Green” infrastructures
Intelligent automated building infrastructures
Higher-speed networking: 10, 40 and 100Gb/s
Infrastructures for cloud, co-location and virtualised data centres
Network security strategies

To access Siemon’s Network Infrastructure blog, visit: http://blog.siemon.com/infrastructure/

About Siemon

Established in 1903, Siemon is an industry leader specialising in the manufacture and innovation of high quality, high-performance copper and optical fibre network cabling solutions. With offices and partners throughout the world, Siemon offers a global service and has a reputation for delivering market leading performance with systems that maximise efficiency and return on investment.

Siemon’s products include the most comprehensive suite of copper available, in both unshielded and shielded twisted-pair, for category 5e, category 6 (Class E), category 6A (Class E_A) and category 7/7_A (Class F/F_A) standards performance. The company’s optical fibre range includes both multimode and singlemode cabling systems. In addition to cabling systems, the company has developed specific and specialised products for network provision in both enterprise and hosted data centre environments, often partnering with other global industry leaders in delivery of complete solutions for these markets. With over 400 patents specific to structured cabling, Siemon Labs invests heavily in R&D and development of industry standards, underlining the company’s long-term commitment to its customers and the industry.

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Cabinets and racks the critical component for 2012’s data centres

Debbie Ireland — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:26:43 +0000

2012 will be the year when the 19in cabinet and the racks it contains become the key component for thousands of new data centres, according to Cannon Technologies’ Managing Director Matt Goulding.

“What was once a straightforward steel structure is now a sophisticated device that is the critical element in delivering the needs of today’s advanced data centres – namely, equipment housing, power density, cooling, monitoring and security,” Goulding says.

The vast increase in demand for on-line information and transactional services is forcing companies to pack the maximum possible processing and memory capacity into every data centre cabinet.

“For example, multi-U servers, which were once standard, are now being replaced by 1U pizza-box servers, and even these are giving way to power hungry blade servers, providing an effective density of many servers per U,” Goulding explains.

The result is, heat density is estimated to have risen from less than 1kW per rack to between 2-5kW, with high end equipment going way beyond that, up to 20 or even 30kW.

This has made heat dissipation the number one issue, one that is certain to dominate cabinet and rack design for data centres throughout 2012 and beyond.

“One thing we can be sure of this year is that conventional approaches to cooling will not be enough,” Goulding says. “More sophisticated processes like aisle cocooning are needed, and it is vital to install cabinets whose cooling capacity can be easily upgraded over a data centre’s lifetime.”

Other key factors for data centre cabinets and their racks in 2012 will be access and security, and much more advanced software control of the cabinet’s functions.

The simple security features of yesterday like passive key operated locks, or even code operated ones, will be inadequate. Techniques like iris or thumbprint recognition will become commonplace, as will practices such as restricting access time. Alarms, backed up by CCTV, providing the potential for complete audit trails, will also be widely used. End users are increasingly demanding such positive security regimes within host data centres.

The coming year will see cabinets installed that are powerful processing centres in their own right, so controlling their functionality with advanced software management tools will be crucial.

“Dedicated tools, like Cannon’s DCM data centre management software, will be needed,” Goulding says. “Such tools will bring with them new kinds of benefits, like capacity planning, ‘what-if’ modelling, and task management.”

For more information visit: www.cannontech.co.uk

Siemon Launches Interactive Data Centre e-Magazine

Debbie Ireland — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:57:22 +0000

Underlining their commitment to high value information and applied data centre innovation, leading global network infrastructure specialist Siemon has launched the first edition of its new interactive data centre e-magazine. Entitled “Data Centre Solutions” this resource-rich e-magazine is designed to guide IT network professionals through critical data centre decisions, placing them in the network infrastructure driver’s seat. The e-magazine is available for download at http://www.siemon.com/uk/promos/dc-e-brochure.asp.

The innovative e-magazine provides in-depth coverage on an extensive range of topics, including copper and optical fibre cabling choices, energy and thermal efficiency, data centre density and cable management, physical layer bandwidth and performance, network security and sustainability best-practices.

Bob Carlson, VP of global marketing at Siemon says, “By combining timely information and educational resources in a variety of multimedia formats, including articles and links to white papers and videos, the e-magazine delivers valuable content that can help data centre professionals ensure the specific needs of theirs project are met, and the latest standards and best practices are considered. The information contained in Siemon’s interactive e-magazine is based upon continual disciplined research, voice of customer and practical experience”

Accessible through Siemon’s Data Centre e-magazine:

Data centre design strategies, including point-to-point vs. any-to-all structured considerations
Total cost of ownership factors – balancing data centre CAPEX with OPEX
Real world data centre case studies from leading global organisations
Physical layer security and management through intelligent infrastructures
Long-term “green” planning

“Especially within the data centre, network infrastructure technologies are continually evolving and Siemon is committed to giving the market the resources it needs to make well-informed cabling decisions,” Carlson added. “The Siemon e-magazine is a good example of how we deliver value to our customers and partners by sharing our data centre infrastructure expertise. With this interactive resource, readers can systematically navigate their own path to the topics that best suit their needs.”

Siemon’s Data Centre Solutions e-magazine can either be viewed online, or downloaded as a PDF, free of charge at http://www.siemon.com/uk/promos/dc-e-brochure.asp

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Cannon Technologies helps Wi-Manx become the host with the most

Debbie Ireland — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:48:37 +0000

Since it first began operating in 2004, Wi-Manx has become one of the Isle of Man’s leading network, voice and hosting solutions provider. In order to continue its growth, the company decided to establish a state-of-the-art co-location data centre at its Heywood House headquarters using cabinet, racking and cooling solutions from Cannon Technologies.

The Isle of Man occupies a unique place in the British Isles and as corporation tax is charged at zero per cent, it makes an attractive proposition for businesses. Wi-Manx currently has customers as diverse as e-gaming companies, banks, IT service providers, local councils, legal firms and media companies.

Work began on the new facility in mid-2010 and in charge of the project was Joe Hughes, chief technology officer at Wi-Manx. He explained, ‘We wanted a data centre that could provide a full range of solutions including cloud hosting, co-location, voice servers, security, load balancing and storage. To achieve this a high-density and scalable containment solution was required and after carrying out extensive research we chose Cannon Technologies.’

Hughes and his team selected 64 ServerSmart cabinets and two CannonPatch cabling racks. The ServerSmart cabinets are available in a range of heights, widths and depths, with exceptional cooling ability for high power densities. ServerSmart’s doors also have the unique ability to open to 180º when bayed and 270º at end of bay or when used in a standalone formation.

A similarly high-density solution, the CannonPatch racks have substantial cable capacity and its cable management arms guide cables being fed from patch panels to the vertical cable trunking. Every bit of U space can be filled with patch panels and they can be used as a single patching frame or quickly bayed in multiples.

With a power usage effectiveness (PUE) target of 1.3, Hughes knew that as well as having an efficient power infrastructure, cold aisle containment was a must have item. As part of the request for proposal, Wi-Manx sought a vendor who could offer high quality cabinets complemented by a modern, efficient cold aisle containment system. Cannon Technologies was able to meet both requirements.

‘Cannon Technologies’ Aisle-Cocoon concept is a technically advanced solution that provides a system of overhead panels and end doors that effectively seal off the cold aisle,’ explained David Stickland, chief commercial officer at Wi-Manx. ‘This ensures that the cold air emitted from the floor is sealed in a “cocoon” which is unaffected by hot exhaust air, while the cooling air can only exit through the equipment for which it is intended.’

In September 2011 the installation was completed and the facility was officially opened soon after. Joe Hughes concluded, ‘I’m absolutely delighted with the results and confident that the Heywood House Datacentre is the most modern hosting facility of its kind. Cannon Technologies understood our requirements and their versatility, flexible approach, UK manufacturing base and desire to make sure their solution fitted with our overall design and vision of the data centre was instrumental to the success of the project.’

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World’s First IT Infrastructure Manufacturer to Label Products with Carbon Footprint

Debbie Ireland — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:36:50 +0000

Brand-Rex, the international IT structured cabling manufacturer has become the first company in the IT infrastructure sector to introduce Carbon Footprint marking onto its cable products.

Said Brand-Rex CEO Paul Lines, “We announced in June this year that we were the first cabling company to make our operations globally carbon neutral and the carbon footprint marking of our high volume products was the logical next step. Knowing the exact CO₂ equivalent of our products will help our customers manage their own environmental stewardship.”

According to Andy Lowe of environmental consultants Carbon Clear who have helped Brand-Rex with their global carbon reduction programmes, “To be able to display the Carbon Footprint stamp on products, a company must have performed a lifecycle assessment in order to measure or compute all of the CO₂ equivalents from the point at which the raw materials were extracted from the ground, including all shipping and all conversion and manufacturing processes right through to the point at which they are delivered to the customer – and, in the case of Brand-Rex delivered to the customer’s data centre, building site or distributor’s warehouse.” All of this was done in line with the internationally agreed standards ISO14044 and PAS2050:2008.

Carbon reduction is an established part of Brand-Rex’s decade long environmental strategy and the PAS2050 assessment was carried out initially for the two highest volume products (Cat5e and Cat6 cables).

This confirmed that from 2009 to 2010 Brand-Rex had cut the Carbon Equivalent of its GigaPlus Cat5e cable by 6.17per cent to 45.22kg CO₂e per 305 metre box; with an even larger reduction of 9.64 per cent on its larger Cat6Plus Cat6 cables. A total of 1478 tonnes CO2e across these two products.

Confirming the carbon footprint labelling as a world first, Carbon Clear’s Andy Lowe said, “we were sure that Brand-Rex would be the first structured cabling manufacturer to start carbon footprint labelling on its products, but we were surprised to discover they were also the first company in the IT infrastructure manufacturing sector. Carbon Footprint labelling is going to become extremely important and Brand-Rex has shown their industry a significant example.”

Brand-Rex operates a policy of total transparency on its green credentials and all of the calculations and data relating to this and other claims can be accessed at www.brand-rex.com/environment

Carbon Equivalence

Carbon reduction is not all about one material explains Brand-Rex. It relates to all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The term “carbon” in this context refers to a range of GHGs including: carbon dioxide (CO2); methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydroflurocarbons (HFCs); perflurocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and a few lesser ones.

Some are more environmentally damaging. Each has been allocated a “global warming potential”, for example methane is 25 times more harmful than carbon dioxide. To give a single measurement standard we use this factor to give everything a carbon dioxide equivalence (CO2e).

ABOUT BRAND-REX

Brand-Rex Ltd is a global operation, designing, developing and manufacturing the most sophisticated, high performance copper and fibre cabling systems for communications and extreme environment applications. Headquartered in Scotland, the company is committed to being a trusted market leading provider of best-in-class communication infrastructure solutions that are truly ‘future proof’. For more information visit www.brand-rex.com/environment

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Sivakumar Appointed Siemon Sales Manager for Middle East and North Africa

Debbie Ireland — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:01:16 +0000

Siemon, the global network infrastructure specialist, has promoted Iyer Sivakumar, (Siva), to sales manager for the extended region of Middle East and North Africa.

Following (three) very successful years growing Siemon’s business in the Middle East Siva will now drive the business forward across the whole region.

In this newly created role – which recognises the economic importance of the Middle East and North African region, Siva will be supported by business development manager, Prem Rodrigues and technical manager Narender Vasandari providing local technical support.

Siva joined Siemon in December 2008 from a Dubai-based online networking distribution company where he specialised in structured cabling and was responsible for UAE, Upper and Lower Gulf and KSA.

Since joining Siemon he has expanded the company’s channel in the Middle East, recruited a number of partner companies to join Siemon’s Certified Installer programme – as well as working with value added resellers (VARs). He has also worked hard to increase consultant and end users relationships in the IT and networking markets all over ME.

Appointing Siva to the new regional role, Steven Foster – managing director EMEA with Siemon said “Siva came to us with a great pedigree and has made a massive impact to our Middle East business – we’re now looking forward to him using his perfect mix of skill and market understanding to continue this throughout the region.”

Siva is married with three children and, as well as a busy family life, enjoys reading, walking and movies.

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Volex launches RF coil cable production for healthcare equipment in China

Debbie Ireland — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:18:49 +0000

Volex plc, the global provider of electrical, digital and optical cabling and interconnect solutions, has commenced the production of radio frequency (RF) coil cable assemblies at its factory in Suzhou, China for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. The factory was awarded the ISO 13485 standard for quality management systems in the manufacturing of medical devices earlier this year.

This move comes in response to the growing demand for components for medical imaging devices globally. Many of Volex’s customers, some of the world’s leading manufacturers of healthcare equipment, already manufacture in China. By adding RF coil cable to the product range made in Suzhou Volex is taking another step to strengthen existing partnerships with its OEM customers in the medical device industry. Developing and manufacturing RF coil cables in Asia will also enable Volex to provide consultancy and design services locally.

“Having RF coil cable assemblies in our portfolio here in China is giving us more flexibility to react quickly to changing requirements of our customers throughout Asia”, says John Conroy, VP Healthcare at Volex. “The additional production capacity underlines the company’s commitment to growing our business in this sector and region.

“RF coil cables are a very complex component”, adds Conroy. “ As the connection between the patient coil and the MRI system they have a key role in image quality in the MRI scanning process.”

Linda Starr, SVP at Volex, concludes “The Healthcare market continues to be a key area of revenue growth for Volex, and we continue to work with industry-leading customers to deliver a product portfolio that puts us at the forefront of innovation and demonstrates the company’s commitment to be a supplier that delivers real added value to its business partners.”

RF coil cables are key components in MRI scanners and are designed specifically to fit each new device. Volex’s design engineers work closely with the OEMs’ design engineers to ensure the cables perform to the highest standards.

About Volex – www.volex.com

Volex (LSE: VLX.L) designs and manufactures performance-driven interconnect solutions and power cords for customers in four market sectors: telecoms/datacoms, healthcare, consumer products, and industrial. Volex’s core interconnect solutions encompass key technologies such as fibre-optic, high-speed copper, radio-frequency (RF), low frequency (industry standard I/O), and complex cable harnesses. Volex has design and manufacturing facilities located across the globe, enabling flexibility in meeting customers’ delivery timetables and price targets.

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New UK and European Catalogue from Siemon

Debbie Ireland — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:31:56 +0000

Global Network infrastructure specialist Siemon has launched a new 2011/12 product and systems catalogue for customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Designed specifically to help customers select the ideal products for their country or region, from Siemon’s extensive global portfolio, the new catalogue covers both complete infrastructure systems and individual networking products.

The new catalogue arranges products into their appropriate systems to simplify the process of selecting an end-to-end cabling infrastructure at speeds up to and beyond 10Gb/s. It features Siemon’s key product offerings including end-to-end category7_A/class F_A TERA®, Z-MAX™ category 6_A shielded and UTP network cabling solutions and complete category 6 and category 5e systems.

In addition, the new catalogue features Siemon’s complete line of high-performance optical fibre cabling, including 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s-ready OM3 and OM4 MTP-based plug and play cable assembly and connectivity systems for data centres. Siemon’s full end-to-end LAN solution also includes 10Gb/s+ XGLO™ and 1Gb/s Lightsystem® single mode and multi mode fibre optic cable, innovative XLR8™ mechanical splice and epoxy polish SC and LC connectors, factory pre-terminated trunking cable assemblies, jumpers and pigtails as well as high-density fibre enclosures.

The new catalogue’s complete twisted-pair copper and fibre cabling solutions are also supported by Siemon’s MapIT G2™ intelligent infrastructure management system in copper and fibre, as well as the VersaPOD™ family of data centre cabinets and open racking products.

The catalogue has been designed for maximum clarity and simplicity of use with product by product sections and easy to follow colour coding throughout.

Innovative products featured in the 2011/12 catalogue are:

VersaPOD – Siemon’s space-saving, super high density data centre equipment cabinet, featuring Zero-U vertical patching and cable management space for switch, server, SAN and distribution area configuration. VersaPOD allows its entire 45U of space to be used for servers, switches and other active equipment, with none having to be sacrificed to house patch panels. Maximising density and space utilisation, the cabinet’s design also provides excellent accessibility and thermal efficiency.

Z-MAX – This revolutionary category 6_A cabling solution offers the best guaranteed performance margins and fastest termination time in the industry. The system is available in both shielded (F/UTP) and unshielded (UTP) variants. With termination times under 60 seconds, Z-MAX features a linear termination module and unique Z-TOOL™ for the easiest and most reliable termination process.

MapIT G2 – Siemon’s high density next generation intelligent infrastructure management (IIM) system that can monitor up to 2880 ports in a single rack space. MapIT G2 offers best-in-class user interfaces, 80 per cent higher density and a 75 per cent reduction in power consumption versus competing systems plus excellent thermal efficiency and a new low profile design to maximise airflow in the cabinet.

Explaining the need for this new catalogue, Daniel Vout, Siemon’s marketing manager for EMEA said, “We wanted to make it easier and quicker for our customers to quickly select appropriate products and swiftly put together a complete system. As a global supplier, we have a huge range of products to suit every situation and specific networking need. This makes for a wealth of choice, but can create a daunting number of options. We recognised the need to have product catalogues to suit regional demands so systems can be swiftly composed that best suit local requirements.”

To obtain your free copy please contact your nearest Siemon sales office or distributor, e-mail info_uk@siemon.com or download a copy from www.siemon.com/uk/download/catalogs.asp#catalogs .

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Brand-Rex wins Scotland’s VIBES Environmental Management Award

Debbie Ireland — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:21:26 +0000

‘The greenest large company in Scotland” might be a fitting description for Brand-Rex the international data network infrastructure and cabling company following its winning of the VIBES (vision in business for the environment of Scotland) Management Awards on 29^th November 2011.

Announcing the award, Jim Campbell, Projects and Commercial Director for FMC Technologies, last year’s winner said: “The winner of the VIBES Management Award in the large business category, Brand-Rex, was selected by the final judging panel due to their entire life-cycle approach to reducing their business impacts; from their raw materials through to the final product. This holistic approach has provided benefits not only to the business, but also to their customers and the wider global community.”

VIBES is a partnership between Environmental Protection UK the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland. Awarded annually, the VIBES Management Award is the most prestigious, recognising businesses that take significant steps to improve or reduce their environmental impact and whose management systems deliver continuous improvement in environmental performance.

Barely over the dividing line from medium size business to large business, Brand-Rex was up against formidable competition from major companies like Amey construction, Chivas Regal, Shell, Robert Wiseman Dairies and Edinburgh Airport.

Receiving the VIBES Management Award, Brand-Rex CEO, Paul Lines said; “This is an honour and fantastic recognition for my team’s dedication, globally, to reducing our carbon footprint. They have made it a way of life at Brand-Rex and their efforts took us to become the first company to achieve carbon neutral status – on a global scale – to the new PAS2060 standard.”

Lines continued, “I would like to make a call to all business CEOs that they too should aggressively take up carbon reduction because, contrary to popular belief, if it’s properly done it doesn’t cost money, it actually adds to the bottom line at the same time as protecting the planet for our grand-children.”

The judges, who spent time grilling the management at the Brand-Rex headquarters were particularly impressed with the company’s vision and innovation including the replacement of conventional ‘always-on’ factory lighting with daylight and intelligent top-up low energy electric light; replacing the factory’s fuel-oil by natural gas (saving £78,000 per quarter in the process); and by the Brand-Rex social responsibility in choosing offset programmes in the countries most impacted by the company’s raw materials sourcing.

For example, a land-fill methane flaring project in Chile – where the copper for their cables is mined and a hydro-dam project in Turkey where the copper is purified.

Over the preceding year, Brand-Rex increased production by 29 million metres of cable but still turned-in an overall carbon footprint reduction of 141 tonnes. An equivalent saving of 1330 tonnes compared to pre-improvement figures.

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Ruggedised Armoured Cable added to Siemon’s MTP Plug and Play Fibre Range

Debbie Ireland — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:46:47 +0000

Global network infrastructure specialist Siemon, today announced the addition of armoured cable options to its comprehensive line-up of high-performance MTP-based plug and play fibre cable assemblies.

Available in 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s capable OM3 and OM4 multimode fibre cable constructions, as well as standard 62.5/125, 50/125 multimode and singlemode, these plug and play assemblies feature flexible, spiral wrapped aluminium interlocking armour offering over seven times the crush resistance of standard assemblies. This added durability supports rugged-environment intra-building backbone (campus) and horizontal installations and eliminates the need for ducting usually needed to protect non-armoured fibre cable. Compared to the installation of non-armoured fibre with separate inner duct or conduit, the use of armoured cable can cut installation costs by up to 50 per cent or more for both materials and labour.

Available in 12 to 144 fibre counts in increments of 12 fibres and in custom lengths, Siemon’s armoured plug and play fibre cable assemblies are user-configurable to precise application requirements and efficiently put high-performance, high-density fibre connections exactly where they are needed.

These new armoured fibre cable assemblies join Siemon’s full line of high-performance MTP plug and play fibre optic cabling solutions. Constructed of high-quality fibre optic cable and components for future-proof support of critical links up to 40Gb/s and 100 Gb/s application speeds, the Siemon plug and play system’s factory terminated and tested connections guarantee maximum channel throughput, without the performance variability of field terminations.

In both armoured and non-armoured varieties, Siemon OM3 and OM4 multimode MTP assemblies have passed independent third-party testing by Experior Labs, confirming 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s readiness and performance margins in accordance with the latest IEC 61280-4-1 Edition 2 standard. These latest IEC testing procedures use new encircled flux methods, which limit the negative impact on the accuracy of multimode fibre insertion loss and return loss test results. Encircled flux compliance reduces test variability by up to 75 per cent versus the previous test methods, helping eliminate false pass results that can degrade overall network performance. The more accurate encircled flux test methods indicated industry-leading performance margins of up to 60 per cent for all Siemon product tested.

To ensure these high performance levels are maintained in every plug and play assembly, Siemon performs 100 per cent automated end-face inspection of all fibre interfaces to IEC 61300-3-30 Ed 1.0 to limit contaminants and surface defects that significantly degrade system performance. Siemon also tests all of its multimode plug and play assemblies for insertion loss and return loss in both directions for both 850nm and 1300nm wavelengths and ships individual test results with every assembly.

The full Siemon plug and play fibre optic system includes low-profile MTP to LC or SC modules, MTP pass-through adapter plates and an extensive offering of pre-terminated MTP to MTP, and MTP to LC cable assemblies.

For more information on Siemon’s new armoured MTP plug and play fibre optic cable assemblies, as well as other Siemon network cabling innovations visit: www.siemon.com/uk/plug-and-play

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