About Cabling Installation & Maintenance

Our mission: Bringing practical business and technical intelligence to today's structured cabling professionals

For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

Throughout our annual magazine, weekly email newsletters and 24/7/365 website, Cabling Installation & Maintenance digs into the essential topics our audience focuses on.

  • Design, Installation and Testing: We explain the bottom-up design of cabling systems, from case histories of actual projects to solutions for specific problems or aspects of the design process. We also look at specific installations using a case-history approach to highlight challenging problems, solutions and unique features. Additionally, we examine evolving test-and-measurement technologies and techniques designed to address the standards-governed and practical-use performance requirements of cabling systems.
  • Technology: We evaluate product innovations and technology trends as they impact a particular product class through interviews with manufacturers, installers and users, as well as contributed articles from subject-matter experts.
  • Data Center: Cabling Installation & Maintenance takes an in-depth look at design and installation workmanship issues as well as the unique technology being deployed specifically for data centers.
  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

Cabling Installation & Maintenance is published by Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.

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Simple fire-safety steps to help keep your home safe

(BPT) - October is Fire Prevention Month, making it an ideal time to review life-saving, fire-safety tips. Fire safety starts at home, and simple steps can go a long way in protecting every moment. In fact, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that one in five households (19%) are at risk of not having at least one functional alarm. Fire spreads fast and working smoke alarms help give you early warning so you can get outside quickly.

To help protect what matters most, follow these safety tips.

  • Check the age of your alarms. Smoke alarms don't last forever. They should be replaced at least every 10 years, and many homeowners don't realize theirs may already be expired. Check the date it was manufactured on the back of each alarm. If it's more than 10 years old, it's time to replace it.
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  • Care for your alarms. Having working smoke and CO alarms is the first line of defense. Roughly three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with either no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms (NFPA). Be sure to test your smoke alarms regularly to ensure they're in functioning condition, and replace them at least every 10 years. It's also important to regularly clean your alarms. To do so, gently vacuum the dust from the unit using a soft brush attachment or use a can of clean compressed air to blow dust out of the sensor areas.
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