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Dubai: Global IT infrastructure specialist Siemon has successfully completed a series of educational events across the Middle East to share knowledge and expertise on the latest developments and trends impacting enterprise, intelligent building and data centre infrastructure.
During an Emerging Technology Forum (ETF) seminar held last month at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel in Kuwait City, Valerie Maguire, Director of Standards and Technology at Siemon, delivered a copper, fibre and wireless applications technology update to educate IT industry professionals on the structured cabling implications of emerging and recently published wired Ethernet, wireless Ethernet LAN, and remote powering applications.
The seminar was held in partnership with Cisco and attracted a large audience of more than 80 attendees, including end users, consultants, architects and partners from the region.
Commenting on the subject of her talk, Valerie Maguire said: “Wired Ethernet technology under development covers a broad spectrum including 40Gb/s over balanced twisted-pair, remote power delivery using four pairs, 400Gb/s over optical fibre, single-pair Ethernet and more. Looking at wireless Ethernet, recent developments include the second wave IEEE 802.11ac technology. In my talk, I highlight the impact these developments have on structured cabling to help ensure enterprise building and data centre professionals put IT infrastructure in place that is ready to support this latest technology wave.”
At the seminar Siemon also showcased a range of its products, including demonstrations of its ConvergeIT™ cabling solutions for intelligent buildings and high-density data centre equipment and attendees learnt how the latest technology on offer can provide specific advantages to them.
Siemon’s educational programme then moved on to the UAE and the BICSI Middle East and Africa conference and exhibition in Dubai where Valerie Maguire, together with other industry experts, delivered a masterclass on the subject of ‘Remote power delivery and the role four-pair Power over Ethernet (PoE) plays in powering the future of intelligent buildings and the IoT’. Addressing designers, installers and maintainers alike the masterclass explored new capabilities of four-pair PoE and how it will affect cabling design, installation, and testing. Valerie provided valuable advice on cable media selection and design strategies, stressing that shielded copper cabling including Category 6A and 7A cabling and a zone cabling design approach offer the greatest benefits when power is delivered over structured cabling.
In her keynote presentation during the opening day of the BICSI conference Valerie explored how and why single-pair cabling is finding its way into today’s enterprise automation and IoT networks. Attendees learnt how single-pair Ethernet sufficiently provides power and data to many automation controllers, sensors, and M2M devices and how single-pair cabling standards will facilitate deployment of generic infrastructure to support future IoT devices and technology.
“We are very pleased with the amount of interest our ETFs and educational presentations received both in Kuwait City and Dubai. This confirms the importance of ongoing education and development amongst industry professionals in the Middle East”, reflects Prem Rodrigues, Sales and Marketing Director for Middle East, India and SAARC at Siemon. “Siemon has always been very dedicated to sharing knowledge and technical expertise and to helping infrastructure managers understand how the latest technology can future-proof their networks. We will certainly continue to offer these educational events in the future.”
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About Siemon
Established in 1903, Siemon is an industry leader specialising in the design and manufacture of high quality, high performance IT infrastructure solutions and services for data centres, LANs and intelligent buildings. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, with global sales, technical and logistics expertise spanning 100 countries, Siemon offers a comprehensive suite of copper and optical fibre cabling systems, cabinets, racks, cable management, data centre power and cooling systems and intelligent infrastructure management solutions. With more than 400 patents specific to structured cabling, Siemon Labs invests heavily in R&D and the development of industry standards, underlining the company’s long-standing commitment to its customers and the industry.
Siemon Interconnect Solutions (SIS) is a Siemon business unit comprised of a team of dedicated technical sales professionals supported by Siemon Labs, mechanical, electrical and signal integrity engineers committed to solving industry and customer driven interconnect challenges. Siemon provides custom network infrastructure solutions to OEMs, leading manufacturers, value-added resellers and system integrators. www.siemon.com
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