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NEWS IN BRIEF
Networks Europe helps you to understand the art of
the possible as the news desk highlights some of the
stories currently catching their attention.
New Leviton
Cat 6A U/
UTP Copper
Cables create
more options
for network
managers
Leviton has announced new Cate-
gory 6A U/UTP Cables in EuroClass
Eca and Dca, LSHF/LSZH and CMR,
adding to the company’s selection
of Category 6A cabling systems. The
cables are compatible with Atlas-X1
and eXtreme connectivity, providing
complete end-to-end systems all
from a single provider.
The new cable design maximises
installation efficiency, enabling
installers to terminate the cable
with Leviton connectivity more than
twice as fast as leading competitive
products that incorporate pair sep-
arators and foils in their UTP cable
designs.
Leviton Dca EuroClass cable in-
cludes an s1a smoke rating, the best
smoke emissions rating available.
Internationally, the Dca cable is also
UL Riser listed for those customers
requiring CMR cable, while the Eca
cable provides a cost-competitive
Leviton-made LSHF/LSZH solution.
Leviton has specifically designed
these cables for Power over Ethernet
applications (PoE), with excellent
thermal dissipation characteristics,
exceeding industry standards for
PoE up to 100 watts.
“We are proud to introduce
additional Cat 6A cables, which are
manufactured in-house in the UK
and designed for high-performance
networks,” said Jonathan Dunbar,
Senior Product Manager. n
New V-Lock security system from
Siemon improves cabinet access control
Unplanned data centre downtime can
cost the business thousands of pounds per
minute. While power outages and network
failures range among the most common
causes, industry reports show that data
centre outages are often attributed to
human error. In a colocation facility, human
error can be as simple as accidentally
accessing the wrong cabinet for patching
and maintenance work.
With V-Lock, global IT infrastructure
expert Siemon offers a new data centre
cabinet door security system that provides
superior cabinet-level access control for
improved security, administration and
control in mission-critical colocation and
enterprise data centres. The new system
also facilitates compliance with privacy
regulations such as the General Data
Protection Regulations (GDPR), the Financial
industry’s Sarbanes-Oxley and the Payment
Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-
DSS).
V-Lock comprises of a comprehensive
and easy to set-up hardware and software
system and a wide range of secure door
handles that eliminate the risk associated
with the use of universal cabinet keys to
open any cabinet. V-Lock security handles
provide the flexibility to meet specific
cabinet security needs including electronic,
low-frequency card, high-frequency card,
biometric fingerprint and PIN access.
To administer users, their cards and
biometrics and to manage user and group
permissions, V-Lock uses a server-based
software platform that also provides real-
time monitoring and maintains extensive
logs of events for auditing and compliance
regulations. n
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