Network Communications News (NCN) July 2016 | Page 3
CONTENTS
Contents
THE UK’S NUMBER ONE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE MAGAZINE
July 2016
July 2016
INSIDE…
SPECIAL FEATURE:
TEST EQUIPMENT
& TOOLS
QUESTION TIME:
TALKING WITH TRACKIT
STAY STRONG:
THE NEED FOR
NETWORK RESILIENCE
Editor: Michael Crane
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5 Editorial
Going it alone.
6 Industry News
The latest news, partnerships, training news,
comment, approvals and forthcoming events in
the network infrastructure industry.
10 Talking Point
Tris Simmons of Netgear highlights the need
for network resilience.
12 On the case
Who is putting what in where.
15 Hot topic
Jon Arnold of Volta Data Centre argues that it’s
time for companies to look beyond traditional
Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
16 Q&A
NCN talks to Steve Beber of TRACKIT and gets
his thoughts on data centre assets and the
future of the industry.
20 Project Focus
Michael Crane talks to Eaton about its work
with BlueFjords data centre in Norway.
33 Essential Selection
The latest products available to installers and
end users.
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Special feature:
Test equipment & tools
22 A guide to selecting
network testing equipment.
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Tim Widdershoven of Ideal Networks lays
out simple guidelines to selecting network
testing equipment.
27 Copper vs fibre: Best
practices in installation
and testing
Ed Gastle at Viavi Solutions argues that
both copper and fibre have a place
in today’s data centre infrastructure provided certification of installation is
carried out properly.
30 Test equipment &
tools round up
ABC membership approved,
pending first audit.
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A round up of the latest test equipment and
tools available to installers and end users.
38 Know How
Dean Boyle of EkkoSense looks at
reducing risk with the help of real time
data centre monitoring.
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