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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 with Open Questions

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From commerce to culture, software is digitizing every aspect of our lives. Companies bringing it to life have been rewarded with high valuation multiples that make fundraising easier, but they have weighed on the returns lately as the industry has pulled back by 13.8% over the past six months. This drawdown is a stark contrast from the S&P 500’s 5.4% gain.

A cautious approach is imperative when dabbling in these businesses as their valuations could plummet if AI disrupts their earnings potential. Keeping that in mind, here are three software stocks best left ignored.

JFrog (FROG)

Market Cap: $4.92 billion

Named after the founders' affinity for frogs, JFrog (NASDAQ: FROG) provides a software-as-a-service platform that makes developing and releasing software easier and faster, especially for large teams.

Why Are We Wary of FROG?

  1. Track record of operating margin losses stem from its decision to pursue growth instead of profits
  2. Capital intensity will likely increase as its free cash flow margin is anticipated to drop by 8.9 percentage points over the next year

JFrog’s stock price of $42.16 implies a valuation ratio of 8.9x forward price-to-sales. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than FROG.

Dropbox (DBX)

Market Cap: $7.25 billion

Founded by the long-serving CEO Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi in 2007, Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX) provides a file hosting cloud platform that helps organizations collaborate and share documents.

Why Does DBX Fall Short?

  1. Offerings struggled to generate interest as its billings were flat over the last year
  2. Sales are projected to tank by 2% over the next 12 months as demand evaporates
  3. Efficiency has decreased over the last year as its operating margin fell by 4 percentage points

At $26.70 per share, Dropbox trades at 3x forward price-to-sales. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including DBX in your portfolio.

Zeta (ZETA)

Market Cap: $4.29 billion

Co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley, Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) provides software and data analytics tools that help companies market their products to billions of customers.

Why Are We Hesitant About ZETA?

  1. Gross margin of 60.9% reflects its relatively high servicing costs
  2. Operating losses show it sacrificed profitability while scaling the business

Zeta is trading at $18.07 per share, or 2.9x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why ZETA doesn’t pass our bar.

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