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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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Extension Filers: You're On the Clock, and Still On the Radar

By: NewsUSA

August 04, 2025 at 20:00 PM EDT

(NewsUSA) - If you filed for a tax extension, you've bought yourself time, but not immunity from risk. As the October deadline approaches, be wary of slick promises from online platforms offering "AI-powered" shortcuts for claiming the federal research and development (R&D) tax credit. The IRS has issued guidance warning about overreliance on AI in completing tax returns. Due to its significant benefits to American businesses yet potential for abuse, the R&D tax credit can be the target of high scrutiny by the IRS, so exercising caution is crucial when using AI in tax filings.

The R&D tax credit can be a valuable benefit for innovative companies, but it's also one of the most closely scrutinized. To qualify, businesses must show that their work meets strict IRS criteria, something that AI alone cannot verify. The IRS has raised concerns about AI's inability to make legal judgments, ensure accuracy or recognize complex nuances in a company's activities.

For instance, interviews are a critical part of accurately claiming the R&D tax credit, since they provide context that data alone cannot capture. However, some platforms, like SPRX, Neo.Tax and MainStreet, advertise AI tools that "eliminate the need for interviews" or "streamline your tax compliance." The IRS requires businesses to demonstrate that their activities qualify for the R&D tax credit, and in the absence of real interviews, the criteria can't be fully understood by automated inputs, risking miscalculation, assumptions and even hallucinations by the AI.

AI can process data, but it can't recognize subtle red flags, consider context or apply professional judgement the way a seasoned CPA can. Without human insight, businesses and taxpayers risk submitting claims that may be incomplete or overgeneralized, subjecting companies to audits or fines. AI cannot replace the real-world expertise that human CPAs exercise. Ultimately, if the IRS comes knocking, the business itself, not shady AI-driven tax providers, will have to defend their filing.

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