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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 Software Stocks Worth Your Attention and 1 We Brush Off

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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 capped returns lately as the industry’s six-month gain of 13.1% has trailed the S&P 500’s 17.4%.

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One Software Stock to Sell:

PubMatic (PUBM)

Market Cap: $369.9 million

Powering billions of daily ad impressions across the open internet, PubMatic (NASDAQ: PUBM) operates a technology platform that helps publishers maximize revenue from their digital advertising inventory while giving advertisers more control and transparency.

Why Are We Out on PUBM?

  1. 5.2% annual revenue growth over the last three years was slower than its software peers
  2. Forecasted revenue decline of 8.5% for the upcoming 12 months implies demand will fall off a cliff
  3. Day-to-day expenses have swelled relative to revenue over the last year as its operating margin fell by 5 percentage points

At $8.25 per share, PubMatic trades at 1.4x forward price-to-sales. If you’re considering PUBM for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more.

Two Software Stocks to Watch:

Workiva (WK)

Market Cap: $4.24 billion

Nicknamed "the Excel killer" by some finance professionals for its ability to eliminate spreadsheet chaos, Workiva (NYSE: WK) provides a cloud-based platform that enables organizations to streamline financial reporting, ESG, and compliance processes with connected data and automation.

Why Are We Positive On WK?

  1. Billings growth has averaged 23.2% over the last year, indicating a healthy pipeline of new contracts that should drive future revenue increases
  2. High switching costs and customer loyalty are evident in its net revenue retention rate of 112%
  3. Software is difficult to replicate at scale and results in a stellar gross margin of 76.8%

Workiva’s stock price of $75.99 implies a valuation ratio of 4.5x forward price-to-sales. Is now a good time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

Braze (BRZE)

Market Cap: $3.35 billion

With its technology powering interactions with 6.2 billion monthly active users across the digital landscape, Braze (NASDAQ: BRZE) provides a platform that helps brands build and maintain direct relationships with their customers through personalized, cross-channel messaging and engagement.

Why Does BRZE Stand Out?

  1. Billings have averaged 24.4% growth over the last year, showing it’s securing new contracts that could potentially increase in value over time
  2. Customers tend to stick around and use its software more over time as its net revenue retention rate clocks in at 110%
  3. Sales outlook for the upcoming 12 months implies the business will stay on its desirable three-year growth trajectory

Braze is trading at $30.18 per share, or 4.1x 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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