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The tPM patch-cable-management solution from trans data elektronik (tde) is a patented system that the company says provides “more order and green IT in data centers” as it enables “organized and flexible cable routing of fiber-optic and twisted-pair patch cables in network distributors.” The system comprises three elements—a 19-inch 1U panel, cable guide holders, and foam inserts. The system “protects the patch cables from mechanical strain thanks to its integrated strain relief,” tde explains. “In combination with tde’s own platforms tML and tSML, tPM creates neatly structured and energy-efficient cabling of a high packing density within a compact unit.”

The system’s strain-relief capability prevents attenuation caused by microbending, the company explains. “This is particularly advantageous with regard to the low loss budget at high transfer rates,” tde says. “Depending on the needs and applications, installers can equip the tPM system with up to nine cable guide holders with different foam inserts and attach them in 17 different positions to the 19-inch panel. Alternatively, there is also an angled bracket for the vertical cable routing. In this way it is easier to lay or re-lay cables, and it is easier to exchange damaged or unnecessary patch cables. At the same time, the improved cable management system contributes to a more-efficient airing of the server rack and so results in more-green IT in data centers.”

Tde’s chief executive officer Andre Engel commented, “Because of the growing demands placed on technology and capacity, the amount of network cables in data centers is constantly increasing. Our new tPM patch-cable-management system brings order into the network distribution rack and so ensures a significantly improved overview. Some of our customers—from the automotive industry, for instance—are already successfully using our patented system.”

The company also points out that system installation is a tool-free process that consists of mounting and locking the cable guide holders. Foam inserts are available with different gaps for various cable types and volumes, according to use. Installers can insert the cables from above into the cable guide holders, and subsequently secure them with the foam inserts and folding mechanism. The system can manage a horizontal as well as a vertical patch-cable orientation.

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AFL recently announced it is launching a technology it calls TruEvent, which it describes as “advanced event-analysis software.” The technology is used in the company’s M-series optical time-domain reflectometers (OTDRs), and will be available on other OTDRs around mid-year, AFL said. TruEvent “provides a new level of accuracy and reliability in event analysis,” AFL said. “This new technology allows the user to confidently determine where losses meet or exceed specifications from data centers to long-haul applications.”

Lee Kellett, director of product marketing for AFL’s test and inspection division, commented, “The introduction of TruEvent technology provides industry-leading event analysis that makes AFL’s newest models the most accurate OTDRs on the market. Our research focused on developing software that reported all events accurately, while not reporting false events. More accuracy translates into faster, lower-cost troubleshooting and data you can count on.”

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At the NY Tech Summit on June 19, CABLExpress announced that it has reduced the diameter and weight of its Skinny-Trunk fiber-optic trunk cables to allow for increased capacity and ease of cable management in data center infrastructure systems.

According to the company, changes to the Skinny-Trunk fiber trunks include: Ideal 45-163 a reduction in overall cable diameter by an average of 18 percent across all fiber counts; a decrease in the weight of trunks by an average of 47 percent across all fiber counts; fiber optic cleaning kit and a reduction of MTP breakout legs by 33 percent, from 3 mm to 2 mm.

“These fiber trunks will help organizations maximize the overall efficiency of their data centers,” comments Lisa Belodoff, vice president of CABLExpress. “fiber optic tools Our engineering team works in partnership with our customers to develop solutions for issues they’re dealing with on a daily basis. These enhancements will not only make their jobs easier, but provide a clear benefit when evaluating total cost of ownership of the IT infrastructure spend.”

In addition to the physical changes to the Skinny-Trunk fiber trunks, neoclean the product enhancements also allow for a decreased bend radius of the cabling, adds the company.

“The bend radius impacts overall performance because the lower the bend radius, the lower the potential for signal loss,” notes Kent Goldsmith, RCDD, DCDC, engineering manager at CABLExpress. “fiber optic microscope By reducing the opportunities for signal loss and network downtime, organizations are also minimizing the risk of disrupting the critical business processes that their customers, patients or students rely on.”

The 2.5mm Fiber Optic Foam Swab is an excellent choice for FTTH, CO, or Data Com applications. While some foam can generate particles, this swab is manufactured with a tough, medical-grade urethane foam that provides excellent particle entrapment, and has resulted in millions of successful cleaning operations.

It is a versatile, effective and cost-efficient swab for cleaning 2.5mm connectors and ferrules, test equipment ports, can be used with fluid for all types of soils and contaminants

Features:
• Flexible swab head conforms to connector face
• 2.5mm Fiber Optic Foam Swab provides outstanding particle entrapment
• No adhesives, binders, or fibers to leave residues
• Open-cell structure gives the best solvent holding capacity, enables less solvent to do more work

Applications:
• Cleans connectors on jumpers and in adapters
• Cleans a wide variety on connector types: SC,ST, FC
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• Cleans Test Equipment Ports

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Market researcher Frost & Sullivan predicts that sales of fiber-optic test equipment will grow to $884.9 million in 2020. According to the firm’s latest report, the market will benefit from fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) applications as well as the overall bandwidth demand increase that long term evolution (LTE) deployments will create, helping the case for 100G and 400G fiber-optic networks.

Frost & Sullivan reports that the fiber-optic test equipment market reached $603.8 million in 2013. The firm says that integrated or platform-based test instruments are gaining momentum, while fiber inspection probes also did well, accounting for approximately $45 million in sales last year.

The increase in fiber associated with mobile backhaul and other wireless activity, from FTTA, fiber-to-the-tower (FTTT), distributed antenna systems (DAS), and cloud or centralized-radio access networks (CRAN), will help drive the need for fiber-optic test sets, according to the research. But other factors also will increase instrument sales.

“The proliferation of electronics and reduction in chip sizes will also augment the demand for innovative test technologies,” comments Frost & Sullivan Measurement and Instrumentation Program Manager Sujan Sami. “One such potential opportunity lies in micro-structure fiber and hollow fiber with higher non-linear limits.”

New fiber-optic connector technologies also will prove a catalyst, according to the new report, entitled Analysis of the Global Fiber Optic Test Equipment Market.

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Infonetics Research has released preliminary data from its 2014 Telecom and Datacom Network Equipment and Software report, which provides a big picture of the health of the overall market, as aforementioned.

“Despite the fact that enterprises and service providers are in the middle of massive network upheavals due to the evolution of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) technology, the telecom and datacom networking equipment and software market is on track to grow annually through 2018 with the fastest growth coming in 2015,” says Jeff Wilson, principal analyst at Infonetics Research.

According to the report, worldwide, sales of telecom and datacom equipment and software came to $183 billion in 2013, an uptick of 3% versus the previous year.

The firm adds that “Asia-Pacific put some breathing room between itself and North America” in the regional race for telecom/datacom equipment and software revenue, growing 6% year-over-year as compared to North America’s 4.5% — and that this trend is expected to continue through at least 2018. Infonetics is projecting a cumulative $1.01 will be spent by service providers and enterprises on telecom/datacom gear and software over the 5 years from 2014 to 2018.

The report further states that, based on global revenue, the overall telecom and datacom network equipment and software market share leaders are, in rank order: Cisco, Huawei, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and ZTE — the same top 5 vendors with virtually the same shares as the year prior. The firm notes that vendor share positions held steady in the enterprise segment, fiber optic cleaning kit with Cisco in the driver’s seat and followed distantly by tightly bunched Avaya, Brocade, HP, and Juniper (listed here in alphabetical order).

Michael Howard, co-founder of Infonetics and co-author of the report, comments, “Looking at just the service provider equipment space, we’re seeing a shakeup in vendor market share, fiber optic tools with Huawei leapfrogging longtime number-one Ericsson to take the top spot in 2013. While Huawei’s been doing well in a number of regions, China’s economy is a key factor keeping Huawei’s growth so strong.”
Infonetics’ notes that its annual datacom and telecom equipment and software “pivot report” compiles worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, and forecasts through 2018 from all of its reports that track enterprise and service provider gear. It is the majority of all data networking and telecom equipment for service providers, fiber optic cleaning cable companies, and small, medium, and large organizations, excluding consumer electronics.

The 11 major categories of equipment and software tracked in Infonetics’ report include broadband aggregation; broadband CPE; pay TV; optical network hardware; carrier routing, switching, and Ethernet; service provider VoIP and IMS; service provider mobile/wireless infrastructure; service enablement and subscriber intelligence; fiber optic tool kit security; enterprise and data center networks; and enterprise communications. Companies tracked include Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Brocade, Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, HP, Huawei, Juniper, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, ZTE, and many others.

CK-001 Field Portable Fiber Optic Cleaning, Inspection Kit provide a complete selection of fiber optic cleaning products for field cleaning, inspection of connector endfaces in a rugged carrying case.

It contains everything needed to eliminate the #1 cause of fiber optic network failure: contamination. 

CK-001 Field Portable Fiber Optic Cleaning, Inspection Kit includes fiber optic inspection microscope, one click cleaner for SC, ST, FC, LC, MU connectors, fiber cleaner, replacement reel for fiber cleaner, 2.5mm fiber optic cleaning foam swabs, 1.25mm fiber optic cleaning swabs, precision fiber optic cleaning cube, automatic alcohol dispensing bottle in a rugged carrying case. 

Features: 
• Clean, inspect fiber optic networks 
• Includes Fiber Optic Inspection Microscope for patchord end-face inspection 
• Includes Fiber Optic Cleaning Supplies to clean fiber optic connector end-faces on patch cables, withine adapters or patch panels 
• Economical and cost-effective 
• Lightweight, easy to use and efficient 
• Rugged carrying case made from tough nylon for long life 

Applications: 
• Cleans connectors on jumpers and in adapters 
• Cleans a wide variety on connector types: LC/MU, SC, ST, FC with UPC or APC polishes 
• Cleans adapter alignments sleeves 
• Cleans Test Equipment Ports

Siemon has introduced a line of SFP+ copper twinax direct-attach cables (DACs) especially designed for compatibility with Cisco equipment. While Siemon’s industry-standard passive SFP+ DAC assemblies have been tested and proven for interoperability through independent testing by the UNH Interoperability Lab, the new cables are programmed specifically to work with all Cisco network equipment having 10GBASE-CX1 ports, including the company’s Catalyst and Nexus switches.

As 10 gigabit per second (Gb/s) SFP+ DACs and transceivers become common for top of rack (ToR) applications in the data center where small access switches or port extenders connect directly to servers, Siemon says its Cisco Compatible SFP+ DACs were developed specifically as a cost-effective and lower-power alternative to optical modules for these short-reach, high-speed interconnects. Ideal for high-performance computing (HPC) in networking and storage environments, the new standard-compliant assemblies easily support transfer rates up to 10+ Gb/s per lane with ultra-low crosstalk for enhanced performance.

Like all Siemon SFP+ DACs, the Cisco Compatible SFP+ DACs combine a twinaxial shielded cable construction with robust die-cast housing, superior strain relief and gold-plated contacts for enhanced support at higher frequencies with minimized EMI leakage. Siemon notes that, when the new cables are plugged into Cisco equipment, they will not trigger the warning message that a non-Cisco or third party DAC has been detected. The cables do not violate Cisco’s warranty.

“To avoid having to troubleshoot substandard cables, some switch vendors incorporate encryption or ‘vendor lock’ into their equipment to issue a warning message if a non-vendor approved cable assembly is plugged into a port,” explains John Sawdy, Senior Signal Integrity Engineer for Siemon. “While Siemon SFP+ DACs have always been compliant with IEEE and SFF industry standards with proven interoperability, we are excited to now employ encryption that prevents the warning message and offers a greater peace of mind to data center managers.”

Offered in the same lengths and wire gauges as Cisco DAC assemblies but at a significant cost reduction, Siemon’s Cisco compatible SFP+ cable assemblies are available in lengths from 1 to 5 meters. The assemblies support data transfer rates up to 10+ Gb/s per lane, meeting or exceeding current industry standard specifications.

PFOC-1200 Precision Fiber Optic Cleaning Cube is a convenient, fast, portable platform for cleaning fiber optic end-faces.

Features
– Compact size: convenient, fast to work in the field or store in the tool case 
– Fiber-safe foam platform: provide ideal surface for fiber optic cleaning 
– Heavy Duty Lint-Free Wiping Material: won’t shred or tear, ideal for cleaning fiber optic  end-face 
– Low cost per clean: clean up to 1200 fiber optic end-faces 

Applications 
– Fiber Optic end-face cleaning 
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– Buffer gel removal 

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German manufacturer Rosenberger-OSI GmbH & Co. OHG has launched its PreConnect Pure, a new system for fiber-optic cabling in data centers that the company says exceeds current accepted quality standards. The new end-to-end system comprises trunk cables, patch cords, SMAP-G2 panels, and racks. The fiber-optic cables are available in multimode fiber and singlemode fiber versions.

Rosenberger-OSI says the values the system allows for insertion loss in the cables and for the quality of the fiber endfaces are more demanding than such relevant standards as IEC 61300-3-34 und IEC 61755-5 Ed. 1.0 CD. This performance enables the fiber cables to include more fiber-optic connector couplings and reach longer distances. For example, the PreConnect Pure 50 µm multimode in a 16G FibreChannel OM4 channel supports twice as many connections and for channels that are up to 15 m longer, according to the company.

Further, the new system’s interface design prevents damage or contamination of the fiber end faces during customization and installation of the cables, the company continues. This ensures that faulty installation doesn’t compromise the product quality guaranteed by the manufacturer. Compared to conventional systems, this enables savings in terms of time and cost of up to 15%, as there is no need for any on-site acceptance tests or cleaning, Rosenberger asserts.

Rosenberger specifies its PreConnect Pure system using the application limit value, which quantifies the level of insertion loss that the connections will not exceed (assuming that connectors and couplers are from a single manufacturer are used and that the connectors are free of damage, clean, and professionally installed.) The measuring procedure for the application limit value is standardized according to IEC 61300-3-34.

The highest grade of application limit values for 50 µm multimode connections specified by the IEC 61755-5 Ed. 1.0 CD standard is called Cm. To reach this grade, insertion loss (IL) may not exceed 0.6 dB for at least 97% of the channels, with a permissible mean insertion loss of 0.35 dB. The PreConnect Pure system is specified by Rosenberger OSI with a maximum insertion loss of 0.4 dB for 100% of the channels and a mean insertion loss of 0.15 dB. IEC 61755-5 Ed. 1.0 CD also sets a standard for the return loss (RL), which must reach at least 20 dB. For  the PreConnect Pure system, Rosenberger OSI guarantees a return loss of at least 40 dB.

Limit values for the optical quality of the polished endfaces of connectors are defined in the IEC 61300-3-35 standard. According to this standard, the core of a multimode cable may have up to four defects, none of which may be bigger than 5 µm. In the PreConnect Pure system, no defects are allowed, Rosenberger says. The permissible maximum size of scratches is defined by the standard as 3 µm while the manufacturers’ own standard allows scratches of up to 2 µm in size. For other zones of the cable, the PreConnect Pure standard is also more stringent than the international standards, the company says.

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