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Featured White Paper
Field Testing Installed Fiber
This White Paper from Fluke Networks and Ortonics/Legrand reviews best practices for the technician performing
field tests on installed optical fiber cabling.
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Have you downloaded our Free Premises Cost Model?
More than 5,000 people have used it to help them compare the first installed costs of different architectures.
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FOLS receives many questions from users about optical fiber in the enterprise. Read the answer to one of our recent questions:
Is it more expensive to install fiber cable than UTP cable?
Or, make your own calculations for your own network using our Cost Model!
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Welcome to Fiber Optics in the Enterprise, a newsletter published by
the Fiber Optics LAN Section (FOLS) of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).
In this issue we are highlighting links to our recent webconferences, a newly published white paper, some must read articles and a preview of our upcoming pre-conference seminar at the Fall BICSI. We hope to see you there!
Regards,
Rodney Casteel, Chair FOLS
rcasteel@commscope.com
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Don't miss FOLS at BICSI
The Fiber Optics LAN Section is sponsoring a pre-conference seminar at the Fall BICSI Conference.
Date: Monday, September 13th
Time: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
"Fiber Trends, Architectures and Cost Modeling" - Herb V. Congdon II, PE, Tyco Electronics,
- Alfred Flores, RCDD, Berk-Tek, a Nexans Company,
- Sharon Bois, Corning Incorporated
3 CECs - RCDD, OSP, ITS Installer/Technician
In this seminar, the TIA Fiber Optics LAN Section will examine current fiber trends based on industry-recognized surveys, reports and manufacturers' data to assist in making factual recommendations. Also included is a discussion of the current standards-based architecture options and tips on how to evaluate them based on future bandwidth and trends. Finally, a cost analysis based on the newest version of the FOLS cost model will be performed. Other sessions by FOLS Members include:
Wednesday, September 15th, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
"The Ins, the Outs and the Bends of OM4 Fibers for Enterprise Networks," Tony Irujo, OFS, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Wednesday, September 15th, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
"Polarity Management Methods," David Kozischek, Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, North Carolina
Wednesday, September 15th, 2:00-3:00 pm
"Bend, Bandwidth or Both-Making the Right Choice for Your Enterprise Networks," Ravi Yekula, Corning Optical Fiber, Corning, NY
Wednesday, September 15th, 3:30-4:30
"Optical Fiber Networks: Industry Trends, Application Influences and New Options for Networks," Herbert V. Congdon II, PE, Tyco Electronics, Conover, North Carolina Thursday, September 16th, 9:15-10:15
"Optical Connectivity Enables the Green Data Center," Doug Coleman, Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, North Carolina
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FOLS Webconferences available On Demand
In 2010 FOLS has continued with its series of Webconferences developed for the premises market. If you missed participating live you still have the chance to watch them on demand AND receive a BICSI CEC. PDF copies of the slides are also available on our Website in the Presentations section. OM4 Fiber for Next Generation Networks: Presented by John Kamino, OFS. Multimode Fiber Trends: Presented by Ryan Chappell, Draka Communications. LAN Standards, News & Trends: Presented by Herb Congdon, Tyco Electronics. Please check our Website for future events.
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Recent Presentations
Don't miss out on the valuable information in these recent presentations by FOLS members. These links will take you to free, downloadable pdf files.
Access them in our Resource Library at www.fols.org.
"Reflectance, the Hidden Danger that Increases Bit Error Rates in Your Fiber Network," Adrian Young, Fluke Networks, at the BICSI Technical Education Summit, May 2010.
"Why Cable Bend Matters in Enterprise Networks and Why Multimode Fiber Prevails". Sharon Bois, Corning Incorporated, at the BICSI Technical Education Summit, May 2010.
"Power Separation and 10 Gigabit Ethernet,"Herbert V. Congdon II, PE, Tyco Electronics AMP NETCONNECT, at the BICSI Canadian Conference & Exhibition, May 2010.
"OM4 Multimode Fibres for the Next Generation of Enterprise Networks," Tony Irujo, OFS Optical Fiber Division, BICSI Canadian Conference & Exhibition, May 2010.
"Developing a Green and Sustainable Fiber Optic Infrastructure with Air-Blown Fiber Technology," Kurt Templeman, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, at the Winter BICSI Conference, January 2010.
"Data Center Optical Connectivity with Bend-Optimized OM3/OM4 Multimode Optical Fiber," Doug Coleman, Corning Cable Systems, at the Winter BICSI Conference, January 2010.
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