by ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH | Apr 9, 2025
Optical Fiber Polarity is an essential design and implementation process necessary to ensure the proper functioning of all optical networks. Without a properly planned fiber polarity strategy, fiber networks become more complicated to administer and maintain. In this...
by ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH | Oct 2, 2023
Fiber optic cable, hardware and connectivity are now mainstay solutions for enterprise LAN networks, from the campus network, up the riser and now in the horizontal, with more and more fiber-to-the-edge optical LAN networks being deployed. But knowing which fiber...
by ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH | Aug 5, 2021
Join the FOTC at the Fall BICSI Conference on Monday, August 23 (1:00-4:30 p.m.) for a Masterclass. This practical seminar from five of the leading companies in the Fiber Optics market, and all members of the TIA’s Fiber Optic Technology Consortium (FOTC), will...
by ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH | Nov 3, 2020
While we are often invigorated by possibilities from the next level high speed application, we are challenged with the justification to migrate. Is it the right time, cost, value, etc. for your network? There are multiple data center and campus network trends along...
by ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH | Nov 25, 2019
For high-speed multimode fiber based optical networks operating at 10/40/100Gb/s today and 200-400 Gb/s in the near future, it is more critical than ever for network operators and designers to have an accurate knowledge of performance specifications of the active and...
