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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.

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

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Is it Time to Take Profits in Chip Stocks?

By: MarketBeat

Nvidia logo and sign on headquarters. Blurred foreground with green trees - Santa Clara, California, USA - 2020

Most chip stocks are up off their lows and have trended higher, like NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and On Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: ON). The first quarter season should be solid amid a market downturn, but the guidance may not be enough to keep the market moving higher. A new report from UBS suggests that weakening IT spending will impact guidance. According to them, a “number of data” points suggest incremental pressure on spending that could impact the enterprise market. In their view, there is a risk of weak guidance, and they expect quarterly results to be soft. 

On the contrary, semiconductor equipment makers should have better quarters and issue more favorable guidance due to demand from China. UBS says China is at an inflation point regarding equipment demand and could easily make up the $8 billion in lost revenue associated with Biden administration export controls. KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) is well positioned, although upside potential may also be limited.

NVIDIA Corporation: Is the Melt-Up Over? 

NVIDIA has been leading the semiconductor market higher on a melt-up that may be reaching its zenith. The move is driven by rapidly improving analysts' sentiment, with the stock at the top of the "most upgraded stocks" list and poised to retest all-time highs. The caveat is that after 45 positive commentaries in 90 days, the Marketbeat.com consensus rating is still only a "moderate buy" with a price target that assumes the stock is fairly valued at current levels. The consensus price target is trending higher, and many of the most recent are above consensus, but even they have the stock capped at the all-time high or just above. That’s good for a gain of 25%, but it may not come if the results and guidance are not inspirational. 

NVIDIA reports toward the end of May and is expected to post a sequential increase in revenue and earnings. The risk is that revenue will fall more than expected and margins will shrink more than expected in the face of flagging demand. The key takeaway from NVIDIA’s fourth-quarter report and others in the industry is that next-gen and AI were underpinning the business. If IT spending plans are cut, the outlook for next-gen and AI is getting cut because consumer-oriented demand is already low. NVIDIA is poised to take a stab at the all-time high, but it needs to get above resistance at the 2022 high before it can. 

On Semiconductor Corporation Might Peak 

On Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: SEMI) is another leader in the semiconductor industry at risk of peaking. The stock has been trending higher on a tide of positive analysts' commentary that peaked over the last month. The sentiment is pegged at "moderate buy" and the price target is up solidly compared to last year, but there has been no movement in over a month. The company is expected to report in early May and may reinvigorate the analysts, but it will have to produce better-than-expected results and guidance. As it is, the company is expected to post sequential and year-over-year (YoY) declines in revenue and earnings. In this scenario, better-than-expected results may not be enough to produce growth and get the stock to a new high. 

The Semiconductor Index Reversal: Dead in the Water?

The semiconductor index has been bottoming for the last year and is on the brink of a reversal. The next major hurdle is $440, which could be a strong resistance point. It is the bottom of last year’s head and shoulders reversal, and a point of support/resistance tested several times before. If the market can’t get above this level with first-quarter results and guidance, it will be range-bound at this level with a chance of moving lower. 

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