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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.

Datadog, Palo Alto Networks, Sprout Social, Monday.com, and Braze Shares Are Falling, What You Need To Know

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What Happened?

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after Confluent's disappointing quarterly results signaled growing headwinds in the space. 

The data-streaming company missed revenue forecasts, citing significant challenges including customers optimizing their cloud spending and a slowdown in new projects. The situation was worsened by news that a large AI-native client is shifting to self-management, which is expected to impact future growth. Consequently, Stifel downgraded Confluent's stock from "Buy" to "Hold." The negative sentiment appeared to spill over to peers like cloud monitoring firm Datadog, which also saw its shares decline.

The stock market overreacts to news, and big price drops can present good opportunities to buy high-quality stocks.

Among others, the following stocks were impacted:

Zooming In On Sprout Social (SPT)

Sprout Social’s shares are very volatile and have had 21 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.

The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 9 months ago when the stock dropped 16.5% on the news that the company reported weak third-quarter earnings. Its EPS and revenue guidance for next quarter missed Wall Street's estimates. Notably, remaining performance obligations (RPO - leading revenue indicator) fell below consensus estimates during the quarter, raising concerns about sales heading into the last quarter of the year. Overall, this quarter could have been better.

Sprout Social is down 43% since the beginning of the year, and at $17.50 per share, it is trading 55.2% below its 52-week high of $39.07 from July 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Sprout Social’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $605.75.

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