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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.

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3 Software Stocks Skating on Thin Ice

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Software is rapidly reducing operating expenses for businesses. The undeniable tailwinds fueling the industry have also led to strong returns for SaaS stocks lately as they’ve gained 4.7% over the past six months. Investing here would have been wise - at the same time, the S&P 500 shed 1.1% of its value.

However, only a handful of companies will ultimately thrive over the long term as the low barriers to entry for software businesses lead to fierce competition. With that said, here are three software stocks best left ignored.

Paylocity (PCTY)

Market Cap: $10.24 billion

Founded by payroll software veteran Steve Sarowitz in 1997, Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY) is a provider of payroll and HR software for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Why Is PCTY Not Exciting?

  1. Competitive market dynamics make it difficult to retain customers, leading to a weak 92% net revenue retention rate
  2. Estimated sales growth of 8.8% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Gross margin of 68.6% reflects its relatively high servicing costs

Paylocity is trading at $184.21 per share, or 6.4x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why PCTY doesn’t pass our bar.

Wix (WIX)

Market Cap: $9.67 billion

Founded in 2006 in Tel Aviv, Wix.com (NASDAQ: WIX) offers a free and easy to operate website building platform.

Why Does WIX Fall Short?

  1. 11.5% annual revenue growth over the last three years was slower than its software peers
  2. Gross margin of 67.9% reflects its relatively high servicing costs

At $174.07 per share, Wix trades at 5.3x forward price-to-sales. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than WIX.

BlackLine (BL)

Market Cap: $2.98 billion

Started in 2001 by software engineer Therese Tucker, one of the very few women founders who took their companies public, BlackLine (NASDAQ: BL) provides software for organizations to automate accounting and finance tasks.

Why Are We Wary of BL?

  1. Average billings growth of 6.7% over the last year was subpar, suggesting it struggled to push its software and might have to lower prices to stimulate demand
  2. Estimated sales growth of 7.4% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Free cash flow margin is expected to remain in place over the coming year, indicating the company may be entering a more mature phase

BlackLine’s stock price of $48.20 implies a valuation ratio of 5x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why BL doesn’t pass our bar.

Stocks We Like More

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