Join The IT Managers Making Sure they get a Good Night's Sleep by Selecting Higher Quality Cabling

FACT: Companies who deploy higher performance cabling experience less network downtime - a key issue for IT managers - according to the latest research commissioned by SYSTIMAX Solutions.

The key conclusion drawn from the survey is that a number of factors, including bandwidth-hungry applications, businesses' demand for increased network uptime and the need for efficient network management and monitoring, should be driving the selection of cabling infrastructures and the investment in higher performance systems, rather than initial cost.

The research report, entitled "Speed and Agility, Performance and Reliability: A report on Global Enterprise Network Trends", covers technology trends for the physical layer of enterprise networks across 45 countries. The 1,484 IT professionals who took part in the research spanned organisations with between 50 and more than 10,000 network users, in sectors ranging from education to finance/banking and government to media/publishing.

From a fibre perspective, throughout the past five years there has been rapid growth in acceptance of laser optimised multimode fibre as an alternative to traditional multimode and singlemode fibre.

Quality of product is the single most important factor companies consider when making a cabling infrastructure decision, with technical performance cited as another key factor.

From the survey results, it is noticeable that those that are concerned with initial cost have lower performance networks and have more downtime and network connectivity problems.

Why Network Reliability Is Key for Business Success...

Gigabit Ethernet is already making its way to employees' desktops. Smart IT departments recognise the critical need to be prepared for the explosion of bandwidth absorbing applications. For example...

• The inevitable convergence of voice and video over IP based networks
• visual collaboration at the desktop not the conference room
• transparent intra-office mobility
• the desire, proliferation and eventual need for real-time streaming visual content

All these factors are quickly ushering in the digital decade.

Relief is on the way for desktop users but total network reliability is absolutely key for optimising business productivity and success.

As the bandwidth pipes are enlarged for the end user, much more bandwidth is needed in the backbone to handle the increasing load, and to accommodate the burgeoning desktop traffic.

At least ten times more is needed to ensure higher performance and solid backbone bandwidth reliability for tomorrow's competitive advantage.

While the network is the key to competitive advantage, the foundation for network performance and reliability is the cabling infrastructure.

The good news is that the cabling technologies required to advance network performance are already available from a complete integrated portfolio of copper and fibre solutions for the desktop and the building or campus backbone.

A critical point is to have an expert guide to take you through the multiple choices and flexible options that deliver communications throughput and reliability to help your business handle today's pressures and tomorrow's challenges.

To avoid the potential for backbone bottlenecks, IT and communications managers can capitalise on three recent networking advancements:

The first two are the IEEE 802.3 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard and new more affordable VCSEL short wave transceivers for transmitting and receiving across optical fibre.

The third is global standards ratification of a new classification of laser optimised multimode fibre and a test procedure for characterising this low cost alternative to singlemode fibre.

For extended distance campus backbone connectivity, singlemode fibre with added performance and flexibility should be deployed.

Three Fibre Solutions that Beat the Bandwidth Bottleneck

• Next generation laser optimised 50 µm multimode solution supporting up to 10 Gb/over 550 metres using 850 nm VCSEL transceivers
• 62.5 µm multimode solution for modest bandwidth requirements and LED based applications
• 100+ Gb/s full spectrum singlemode fibre solution with added bandwidth capacity in the E-band

To achieve a complete, single source solution, created with the aim of achieving superior yet flexible end-to-end connectivity, your chosen cabling partner must design your system so that every component works in harmony to maximise performance and reliability.

Be aware that many suppliers will assemble a collection of components from various sources which will inevitably compromise the performance of your network.

Top 10 Reasons to Invest in the best fibre optic solution

• Peace of mind with cutting edge fibre technology

Next generation technology with cutting edge performance, backed by the industry-leading Extended Product Warranty and Applications Assurance. Take advantage of the latest technology with assurance, safety and confidence.

• Product choice

Not all companies and networks are the same. 550m, 300m and 150m solutions give distance options when combined with the variety in apparatus this gives great solution choice.

• An end-to-end solution

With a complete range of Fibre, Cable, Apparatus, Connectors and the Design Guide there is a full end-to-end solution.

• Superior channel performance

This is not just raw fibre. It is a full system. By combining fibre cabling with the LC connector one creates the ultimate in channel performance.

• It is time to lay the foundation for bandwidth migration

The solution is ready to cope with future requirements from 1 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s - even 40 Gb/s.

• Ultimate bandwidth performance

A 2000 Mhz.km, Next Generation fibre, giving an application bandwidth increase of 900% to 10 Gb/s.

• Essential transmission distance

Incredible distance performance covering 95% of building backbones.

• Lowest cost per bit

More bits per fibre and radically simpler opto-electronics for 10 Gb/s transmission.

• Complete applications coverage

All applications from 10 Kb/s to 10 Gb/s.

• Availability

Available now, so you can build a future proofed network today.

To ensure that you make the right selection of fibre optic cabling, first time -talk to one of our consultants, experienced in the specification and implementation of fibre optic projects.

Finding a company that is willing to contribute resource and expert advice, early in the planning process, can have a major impact in the success of a project. If you have an upcoming cabling requirement and would like some free, impartial advice please call one of our consultants.

Call us on 0845 833 1163 or email advice@roycecomms.com

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