Among
all the interest in Cloud Computing, Big Data, the Internet of Things and
wireless connectivity in business applications, one thing is certain: the
cables will never end soon. Although the industry's cable requirements have changed
dramatically in the age of Ethernet, they remain at the heart of the corporate
network infrastructure.
To
get a better idea of what manufacturers need to focus on to ensure the
operational capacity of their network cable infrastructure, I spoke with Andy
Banathy, architect of corporate automation solutions at Panduit, an electrical
infrastructure systems provider and network and support services.
Panduit
supports structural and traditional point-to-point cabling, but structural
cabling is best placed to support the direction of future developments in
automation technology. In fact, structured cabling refers to a series of cable
and connection products that integrate data, voice, video and control, as well
as system management technologies.