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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3 Mid-Cap Stocks We Find Risky

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Warner Music Group (WMG)

Market Cap: $17.04 billion

Launching the careers of legendary artists like Frank Sinatra, Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) is a music company managing a diverse portfolio of artists, recordings, and music publishing services worldwide.

Why Is WMG Not Exciting?

  1. Annual revenue growth of 4.3% over the last two years was below our standards for the consumer discretionary sector
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  3. Underwhelming 14.1% return on capital reflects management’s difficulties in finding profitable growth opportunities

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Hologic (HOLX)

Market Cap: $14.85 billion

As a pioneer in 3D mammography technology that has revolutionized breast cancer detection, Hologic (NASDAQ: HOLX) develops and manufactures diagnostic products, medical imaging systems, and surgical devices focused primarily on women's health and wellness.

Why Are We Cautious About HOLX?

  1. Weak constant currency growth over the past two years indicates challenges in maintaining its market share
  2. Expenses have increased as a percentage of revenue over the last five years as its adjusted operating margin fell by 23.6 percentage points
  3. Shrinking returns on capital suggest that increasing competition is eating into the company’s profitability

At $66.51 per share, Hologic trades at 15.3x forward P/E. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why HOLX doesn’t pass our bar.

FactSet (FDS)

Market Cap: $14.03 billion

Founded in 1978 when financial data was still primarily delivered through paper reports, FactSet (NYSE: FDS) provides financial data, analytics, and technology solutions that investment professionals use to research, analyze, and manage their portfolios.

Why Are We Wary of FDS?

  1. 5.6% annual revenue growth over the last two years was slower than its financials peers
  2. Earnings growth over the last two years fell short of the peer group average as its EPS only increased by 6.4% annually

FactSet is trading at $371.01 per share, or 20.8x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with FDS, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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