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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1 S&P 500 Stock on Our Buy List and 2 to Question

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While the S&P 500 (^GSPC) includes industry leaders, not every stock in the index is a winner. Some companies are past their prime, weighed down by poor execution, weak financials, or structural headwinds.

Some large-cap stocks are past their peak, and StockStory is here to help you separate the winners from the laggards. Keeping that in mind, here is one S&P 500 stock that is positioned to outperform and two that may struggle.

Two Stocks to Sell:

PTC (PTC)

Market Cap: $18.53 billion

Used to design the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial airplanes, PTC’s (NASDAQ: PTC) software-as-service platform helps engineers and designers create and test products before manufacturing.

Why Does PTC Fall Short?

  1. 8% annual revenue growth over the last three years was slower than its software peers
  2. Average billings growth of 7% over the last year was subpar, suggesting it struggled to push its software and might have to lower prices to stimulate demand
  3. Competitive market means the company must spend more on sales and marketing to stand out even if the return on investment is low

At $154.03 per share, PTC trades at 7.3x forward price-to-sales. To fully understand why you should be careful with PTC, check out our full research report (it’s free).

Paychex (PAYX)

Market Cap: $51.58 billion

One of the oldest service providers in the industry, Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) offers its customers payroll and HR software solutions.

Why Are We Cautious About PAYX?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 6.6% over the last three years was well below our standards for the software sector
  2. Demand will likely be soft over the next 12 months as Wall Street’s estimates imply tepid growth of 6.8%

Paychex is trading at $143.29 per share, or 8.9x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why PAYX doesn’t pass our bar.

One Stock to Buy:

Lululemon (LULU)

Market Cap: $32.32 billion

Originally serving yogis and hockey players, Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) is a designer, distributor, and retailer of athletic apparel for men and women.

Why Are We Backing LULU?

  1. Locations open for at least a year are seeing increased demand as same-store sales have averaged 8.1% growth over the past two years
  2. Collection of products is difficult to replicate at scale and results in a best-in-class gross margin of 58.8%
  3. Robust free cash flow margin of 16% gives it many options for capital deployment

Lululemon’s stock price of $268.20 implies a valuation ratio of 17.4x forward price-to-earnings. Is now a good time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

Stocks We Like Even More

Market indices reached historic highs following Donald Trump’s presidential victory in November 2024, but the outlook for 2025 is clouded by new trade policies that could impact business confidence and growth.

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Stocks that made our list in 2019 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+2,183% between December 2019 and December 2024) as well as under-the-radar businesses like Comfort Systems (+751% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free.

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