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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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2 Mid-Cap Stocks Worth Your Attention and 1 to Brush Off

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Mid-cap stocks often strike the right balance between having proven business models and market opportunities that can support $100 billion corporations. However, they face intense competition from scaled industry giants and can be disrupted by new innovative players vying for a slice of the pie.

This is precisely where StockStory comes in - we do the heavy lifting to identify companies with solid fundamentals so you can invest with confidence. Keeping that in mind, here are two mid-cap stocks with long growth runways and one best left ignored.

One Mid-Cap Stock to Sell:

Okta (OKTA)

Market Cap: $17.35 billion

Founded during the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2009, Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) is a cloud-based software-as-a-service platform that helps companies manage identity for their employees and customers.

Why Are We Cautious About OKTA?

  1. Average billings growth of 9.9% 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 9% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Free cash flow margin is forecasted to shrink by 1.4 percentage points in the coming year, suggesting the company will consume more capital to keep up with its competitors

At $99.04 per share, Okta trades at 6.2x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why OKTA doesn’t pass our bar.

Two Mid-Cap Stocks to Watch:

MACOM (MTSI)

Market Cap: $10.47 billion

Founded in the 1950s as Microwave Associates, a communications supplier to the US Army Signal Corp, today MACOM Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: MTSI) is a provider of analog chips used in optical, wireless, and satellite networks.

Why Could MTSI Be a Winner?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 9.9% over the last two years was superb and indicates its market share increased during this cycle
  2. Exciting sales outlook for the upcoming 12 months calls for 21.6% growth, an acceleration from its two-year trend
  3. Earnings growth has massively outpaced its peers over the last five years as its EPS has compounded at 81.7% annually

MACOM is trading at $140.68 per share, or 37.5x forward P/E. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our in-depth research report, it’s free.

Insulet (PODD)

Market Cap: $21.19 billion

Revolutionizing diabetes care with its tubeless "Pod" technology, Insulet (NASDAQ: PODD) develops and manufactures innovative insulin delivery systems for people with diabetes, primarily through its Omnipod product line.

Why Is PODD a Top Pick?

  1. Constant currency growth averaged 26.6% over the past two years, showing it can expand globally regardless of the macroeconomic environment
  2. Incremental sales over the last five years have been highly profitable as its earnings per share increased by 113% annually, topping its revenue gains
  3. Free cash flow margin expanded by 21.9 percentage points over the last five years, providing additional flexibility for investments and share buybacks/dividends

Insulet’s stock price of $297.50 implies a valuation ratio of 68.1x forward P/E. Is now the time to initiate a position? 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.

While this has caused many investors to adopt a "fearful" wait-and-see approach, we’re leaning into our best ideas that can grow regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate. Take advantage of Mr. Market by checking out our Top 5 Growth Stocks for this month. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 183% over the last five years (as of March 31st 2025).

Stocks that made our list in 2020 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,545% between March 2020 and March 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-micro-cap company Tecnoglass (+1,754% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free. Find your next big winner with StockStory today. Find your next big winner with StockStory today

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