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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 with Exciting Potential and 2 We Ignore

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Software is eating the world, and virtually no business is left untouched by it. The undeniable tailwinds fueling SaaS companies have led to lofty valuation multiples historically, but rich prices also make re-ratings harder and place a ceiling on returns - over the past six months, the industry’s 5.3% gain has lagged the S&P 500 by 5.2 percentage points.

However, some businesses can support their premium valuations with superior earnings growth, and our mission at StockStory is to help you find them. Keeping that in mind, here is one software stock poised to generate sustainable market-beating returns and two we’re swiping left on.

Two Software Stocks to Sell:

Appian (APPN)

Market Cap: $2.28 billion

Powering billions of transactions daily since its founding in 1999, Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) provides a low-code platform that helps businesses automate complex processes and operationalize artificial intelligence without extensive programming knowledge.

Why Do We Think Twice About APPN?

  1. 16% annual revenue growth over the last three years was slower than its software peers
  2. Competitive market means the company must spend more on sales and marketing to stand out even if the return on investment is low
  3. Projected 2.8 percentage point decline in its free cash flow margin next year reflects the company’s plans to increase its investments to defend its market position

Appian is trading at $31.01 per share, or 3.1x forward price-to-sales. If you’re considering APPN for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Couchbase (BASE)

Market Cap: $1.35 billion

Named after its fusion of Apache CouchDB and Membase technologies, Couchbase (NASDAQ: BASE) provides a modern cloud database platform that combines the reliability of traditional relational databases with the flexibility and scalability of NoSQL systems.

Why Does BASE Worry Us?

  1. Average billings growth of 6.6% over the last year was subpar, suggesting it struggled to push its software and might have to lower prices to stimulate demand
  2. Long payback periods on sales and marketing expenses limit customer growth and signal the company operates in a highly competitive environment
  3. Cash-burning history makes us doubt the long-term viability of its business model

At $24.38 per share, Couchbase trades at 5.5x forward price-to-sales. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than BASE.

One Software Stock to Buy:

Palantir Technologies (PLTR)

Market Cap: $371.8 billion

Named after the all-seeing stones in "Lord of the Rings," Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) develops software platforms that help government agencies and enterprises integrate, analyze, and operationalize their data for decision-making.

Why Is PLTR a Top Pick?

  1. Billings have averaged 44.2% growth over the last year, showing it’s securing new contracts that could potentially increase in value over time
  2. User-friendly software enables clients to ramp up spending quickly, leading to the speedy recovery of customer acquisition costs
  3. PLTR is a free cash flow machine with the flexibility to invest in growth initiatives or return capital to shareholders

Palantir Technologies’s stock price of $156.46 implies a valuation ratio of 82.1x forward price-to-sales. Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our in-depth research report, it’s free.

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