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 Oversold Stock Ready to Bounce Back and 2 We Brush Off

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Two Stocks to Sell:

H&R Block (HRB)

One-Month Return: -8.5%

Founded in 1955 by brothers Henry W. Bloch and Richard A. Bloch, H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) is a tax preparation company offering professional tax assistance and financial solutions to individuals and small businesses.

Why Do We Think Twice About HRB?

  1. Muted 4.1% annual revenue growth over the last two years shows its demand lagged behind its consumer discretionary peers
  2. Projected sales growth of 3.3% for the next 12 months suggests sluggish demand
  3. Eroding returns on capital suggest its historical profit centers are aging

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Exponent (EXPO)

One-Month Return: -3%

With a team of over 800 consultants holding advanced degrees in 90+ technical disciplines, Exponent (NASDAQ: EXPO) is a science and engineering consulting firm that investigates complex problems and provides expert analysis for clients across various industries.

Why Does EXPO Worry Us?

  1. Sales trends were unexciting over the last two years as its 3.3% annual growth was below the typical business services company
  2. Performance over the past two years shows its incremental sales were less profitable as its earnings per share were flat
  3. Waning returns on capital imply its previous profit engines are losing steam

Exponent’s stock price of $70.48 implies a valuation ratio of 33.8x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with EXPO, check out our full research report (it’s free).

One Stock to Watch:

Allison Transmission (ALSN)

One-Month Return: +0.4%

Helping build race cars at one point, Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN) offers transmissions to original equipment manufacturers and fleet operators.

Why Are We Fans of ALSN?

  1. Offerings are difficult to replicate at scale and lead to a best-in-class gross margin of 47.9%
  2. Disciplined cost controls and effective management resulted in a strong long-term operating margin of 29.3%, and its profits increased over the last five years as it scaled
  3. Robust free cash flow margin of 20.2% gives it many options for capital deployment

Allison Transmission is trading at $86.45 per share, or 12.6x forward EV-to-EBITDA. Is now the time to initiate a position? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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