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From the producers of Cabling Installation & Maintenance magazine (CI&M - cablinginstall.com), this podcast pulls together current industry news, interviews and features from around the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) cabling and connectivity sphere. For 28 years, CI&M 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. Learn more at www.cablinginstall.com.
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Thursday Mar 24, 2022
The Cabling Podcast Ep. 3 – Cabling Tools Talk w/ Jonard Tools
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
CI&M sits down for some serious cabling tools talk with Jonard Tools’ Managing Sales Director of North American Operations, Wayne Bunce.
For Episode 3 of The Cabling Podcast, CI&M senior editor Matt Vincent sits down for some serious cabling tools talk with Jonard Tools’ Managing Sales Director of North American Operations, Wayne Bunce.
Wayne talks briefly about his background (00:44), starting with his time as a wire wrangler from an early age, before turning to the meat of the discussion (02:16): ICT job site challenges and the value proposition of certain Jonard Tools products that may prove helpful in the field installer's quest to alleviate such challenges. One of these tools has quite an interesting history which Wayne describes (04:22).
After much cabling tools discussion from an ICT-themed perspective, Matt and Wayne wrap up the podcast with another installment of “Cabling Triumph vs. Cabling Tragedy” (14:23), a discussion of cabling photos as seen on social media, and recently featured on CablingInstall.com.
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Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
The Cabling Podcast, Ep. 2
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
For Episode 2 of The Cabling Podcast, CI&M senior editor Matt Vincent sits down with a longtime friend of the brand, Ethernet Alliance (EA) chair Peter Jones.
The discussion ranges from recent Ethernet Alliance activities (01:13), including the consortium's latest Power over Ethernet Certification program announcement (02:48), and an update on Single Pair Ethernet technology (03:40) with Peter also addressing Ethernet-APL systems technology developments (05:03).
Peter then reflects on the spread of Wi-Fi 6 technology (12:27), before providing a description of the background and development of the technology consortium's recently launched Voices of Ethernet oral archive project (15:43).
An update on the EA's rescheduled High Speed Networking (HSN) Plugfest is then provided (19:35).
The discussion wraps up with the podcast's kickoff round of "Cabling Triumph vs. Cabling Tragedy," a discussion (24:05) of select ICT structured cabling photos as featured in recent articles at CablingInstall.com.
Friday Oct 29, 2021
The Cabling Podcast, Ep. 1
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
In the first episode of The Cabling Podcast, Cabling Installation & Maintenance (CI&M) editors Matt Vincent and Patrick McLaughlin chat about the Fall (Sept./Oct) issue of the magazine (00:42), where the recipients of CI&M's 2021 Cabling Innovators Awards winners are honored (1:01).
As described by Patrick, the issue also covers advancements (2:55) in the areas of fiber-optic end-cleaning; cybersecurity and fiber; optical return loss; as well as Single Pair Ethernet cabling and connectivity.
Patrick also provides his reflections on the theme of 'Then and Now' (5:24) as applied to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, when viewed through his lens of a quarter century's experience in the space.
To wrap up (13:36), the editors give a preview of what's ahead in 2022 for readers of CI&M, including a new digital newsletter tightly focused on the Fiber Broadband segment.