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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 Cash-Producing Stock Worth Your Attention and 2 We Brush Off

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Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments. Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.

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Two Software Stocks to Sell:

Akamai Technologies (AKAM)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 16.6%

With a massive distributed network spanning 4,100+ points of presence in nearly 130 countries, Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) provides a global distributed cloud platform that helps businesses deliver, secure, and optimize their digital experiences online.

Why Do We Steer Clear of AKAM?

  1. Sales trends were unexciting over the last three years as its 4.6% annual growth was well below the typical software company
  2. Gross margin of 59.1% reflects its high servicing costs
  3. Extended payback periods on sales investments suggest the company’s platform isn’t resonating enough to drive efficient sales conversions

Akamai Technologies’s stock price of $76.95 implies a valuation ratio of 2.6x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why AKAM doesn’t pass our bar.

Paylocity (PCTY)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 21.5%

Operating in a field where companies traditionally juggled multiple disconnected systems, Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY) provides cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions that help businesses manage their workforce and HR processes.

Why Is PCTY Not Exciting?

  1. Estimated sales growth of 7.6% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend
  2. Gross margin of 68.9% reflects its relatively high servicing costs

At $175.55 per share, Paylocity trades at 5.8x forward price-to-sales. To fully understand why you should be careful with PCTY, check out our full research report (it’s free).

One Software Stock to Buy:

monday.com (MNDY)

Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow Margin: 29.9%

With its colorful interface of boards, columns, and automation that replaced the chaos of spreadsheets, monday.com (NASDAQ: MNDY) is a cloud-based work operating system that helps teams manage projects, track tasks, and streamline workflows through customizable interfaces.

Why Is MNDY a Top Pick?

  1. ARR trends over the last year show it’s maintaining a steady flow of long-term contracts that contribute positively to its revenue predictability
  2. Superior software functionality and low servicing costs result in a best-in-class gross margin of 89.4%
  3. Strong free cash flow margin of 29.9% enables it to reinvest or return capital consistently

monday.com is trading at $182.01 per share, or 7.1x forward price-to-sales. Is now the right time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free.

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