Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 31 | Page 56

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Modern data centers and today ’ s underlying network infrastructure will continue to evolve to meet the requirements of leading technologies . As organizations look at ways to cut costs , reduce their environmental impact and converge traditionally disparate operational and IT systems , data centers are chasing to keep pace with assurance of deployment stability and uptime expected . We speak to Andrew Froehlich , President of West Gate Networks , and Lisa Schwartz , Director of Product Marketing at AEM , on the nuances of testing and troubleshooting cabling in data center environments and why it is important to realize that testing needs have also evolved to keep pace .

Understanding data center Cable Plant layouts

Andrew Froehlich , President of West Gate Networks ( left )
Lisa Schwartz , Director of Product Marketing at AEM ( right )
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