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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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1 Software Stock for Long-Term Investors and 2 We Find Risky

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Software is rapidly reducing operating expenses for businesses. 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 11.5% over the past six months. This drop is a far cry from the S&P 500’s 5.2% ascent.

Investors should tread carefully as only some businesses are worthy of their valuations, and luckily for you, we started StockStory to help you find them. With that said, here is one resilient software stock at the top of our wish list and two we’re passing on.

Two Software Stocks to Sell:

DocuSign (DOCU)

Market Cap: $14.33 billion

Creating the digital equivalent of "sign on the dotted line" for over a billion users worldwide, DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) provides an agreement management platform that enables businesses to electronically prepare, sign, and manage documents and contracts.

Why Is DOCU Not Exciting?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 10.8% over the last three years was below our standards for the software sector
  2. Customers had second thoughts about committing to its platform over the last year as its average billings growth of 6.4% underwhelmed
  3. Estimated sales growth of 5.9% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend

At $70.99 per share, DocuSign trades at 4.7x forward price-to-sales. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including DOCU in your portfolio.

Sprinklr (CXM)

Market Cap: $2.14 billion

With a proprietary AI engine processing 450 million data points daily across 30+ digital channels, Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM) provides cloud-based software that helps large enterprises manage customer experiences across social, messaging, chat, and voice channels.

Why Are We Out on CXM?

  1. Average billings growth of 4% 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 3.4% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  3. Efficiency has decreased over the last year as its operating margin fell by 3.6 percentage points

Sprinklr’s stock price of $8.25 implies a valuation ratio of 2.5x forward price-to-sales. If you’re considering CXM for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

One Software Stock to Watch:

Veeva Systems (VEEV)

Market Cap: $45.86 billion

Originally named "Verticals onDemand" before rebranding in 2009, Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) provides cloud software, data solutions, and consulting services that help life sciences companies develop and bring products to market more efficiently.

Why Should VEEV Be on Your Watchlist?

  1. Billings have averaged 15.5% growth over the last year, showing it’s securing new contracts that could potentially increase in value over time
  2. Excellent operating margin of 27% highlights the efficiency of its business model, and it turbocharged its profits by achieving some fixed cost leverage
  3. Robust free cash flow margin of 41.5% gives it many options for capital deployment

Veeva Systems is trading at $283 per share, or 14.7x forward price-to-sales. Is now the time to initiate a position? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

Stocks We Like Even More

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Take advantage of the rebound by checking out our Top 9 Market-Beating Stocks. 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 Kadant (+351% 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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