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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.

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3 More Downgrades To Put On Your Buy List

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Marketbeat’s stock screening tools are a great place to find interesting stock plays, including the screen for Most Downgrades Stocks. Stocks with downgrades can signal many things, and one of them is when to buy. That’s right. A high-flying stock or stock with high-flying expectations will often return to more reasonable levels with a downgrade or 2.

If the resulting trend leaves the analysts' community bullish, but with a slightly lessened expectation for upside, you have a candidate for a winning investment. When you filter those candidates for market leaders, growth industries or under-valued dividend payers, the odds of finding a great investment increase exponentially. 

Home Depot Slumped On Tepid Results, But ... 

Home Depot (NYSE: HD) had a tepid quarter relative to expectations, resulting in a round of price target reductions. The takeaway from the report is that business will be flattish this year, which is saying a lot given the growth of the last few. That aside, the 29 analysts covering HD continue to rate the stock a Buy and see an upside for investors.

The consensus target of $331 is about 18% above the current price action, and even the low price target is above the action, so there is a floor in sight. As for the trend, the analysts' target has been steady since the post-release wave of downgrades that landed this stock on the Most Downgraded list. 

Home Depot isn’t a value compared to competitor Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), but it pays more in dividends. The stock yields double Lowe’s payout, which makes it a compelling buy for income investors. This could be why the institutions have been adding to their holdings and have their company ownership near 70%.

Shares of Home Depot failed to break out of their range following the Q4 report, but the range is intact. The market is drifting lower but will likely find support in the $260 to $270 range. Longer term, consolidation at these levels will get the stock back to its trend by next year. 

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ZScaler Is On The Brink Of Reversal

Shares of ZScaler (NASDAQ: ZS) have been pressured by fear of slowing growth, which was proved false by results across the cybersecurity industry. The stock is bottoming and has an attractive upside potential, although the analysts are weighing on the action now. The stock received 16 downgrades and price target reductions in the last 90 days, with the sentiment and consensus target moving lower. 

The takeaway is that sentiment is pegged at a Moderate Buy with a low price target that implies at least a 5% upside for the stock. The consensus target is closer to 50% above the price action and consistent with the growth outlook. Zscaler is slowing but to still-high double-digit levels that could reaccelerate with economic recovery. The overreaching theme within results across the tech industry is that tech adoption is ongoing, and large corporations are leading the charge. The more we lean on tech, the more we will be forced to lead on cybersecurity. 

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Devon Energy: Follow The Oil Price 

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) garnered a spot on the Most Downgraded list primarily for oil prices. Lower oil prices mean less earnings, but oil prices are bottoming. The price of oil shows support at the $70 level that could keep it at current levels if it does not move higher in the 2nd half of the year. Regarding Devon analysts, they are lowering their expectations but rate the stock a Buy with at least 6% of upside, and closer to 50% is on the table. The next earnings report is due in late May. The analysts are expecting a pullback in revenue that may not come. 

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