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Communications Support Services Inc. of Raleigh, NC to install structured cabling for Greensboro LabCorp location (Mar 3, 2010)

LabCorp provides medical laboratory testing and services nationally. Structured cabling design and installation services are in order; the project is scheduled to be completed in Q2-Q3 of 2010.

Emulex 10Gb/s Ethernet connectivity to support eight IBM systems (Mar 2, 2010)

Emulex announced that its OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) architecture will provide 10Gb/s Ethernet integration into five enterprise-class and high-volume IBM server platforms.

Sumitomo Electric says PureAccess-R5 optical fiber exceeds ITU-T G.657.B3 standard (Feb 22, 2010)

The company says that its PureAccess-R5 bending loss insensitive singlemode optical fiber is fully compliant with the new ITU-T G.657.B3 recommended standard for macrobend at a 5-mm radius, for efficiently routing optical drop cables in applications including FTTH and MDUs.

Fiber optic cable installation job available at Navy base in Virginia Beach, Va. (Feb 15, 2010)

The U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG) is looking for a contractor to install and test fiber optic cable connections among workstations at the Atlantic Fleet Combat Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va.

Aquantia ramps 10GBASE-T PHY production for 10G Ethernet data center connectivity (Feb 10, 2010)

The company has entered full volume production on the AQ 1002, its flagship low-power 10GBASE-T PHY solution. 

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APC intros NetShelter SX enclosure with improved support for high density networking apps (Feb 23, 2010)

The company says the new enclosure's side airflow duct kit eliminates the challenge of cooling side-to-side airflow equipment, while addressing problems of hot and cold air isolation.

Targeting virtualized data centers, Brocade FCX Series doubles 10-GbE uplinks (Feb 19, 2010)

The switches have an optional 4-port 10-GbE module, doubling the number of 10-GbE connections between network layers and making them ideal for virtual data centers.

Draka introduces pre-terminated cabling for data centers (Feb 16, 2010)

Draka Communications has announced a new range of pre-terminated cabling products for LAN and data center network applications.

Siemon debuts 40+Gb/s SFF-8470 passive copper cabling assemblies (Feb 16, 2010)

The SFF-8470 assemblies offer data transfer rates from 2.5Gb/s to 10+ Gb/s per lane for support of high-speed interconnect applications.

Siemon unveils 10+Gb/s SFP+ passive copper cabling products for data centers (Feb 10, 2010)

The company has introduced a line of SFP+ copper cable assemblies developed as a lower-power alternative to optical cables for short reach links in high-speed interconnect applications such as high-performance computing (HPC), enterprise networking and network storage systems.

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