Category: Focus

Data Centers on a High. Here are the Trends. And the Consequences for Network Managers.
The data center sector and its suppliers are without doubt facing a further high. More than a dozen digital megatrends are causing this upwind. What do network managers need to know about the consequences?

Planning Edge Data Centers Now. This is how it Works.
Edge computing is gaining in significance for the net. Who should be planning edge data centers? What are the first steps? R&M is providing information to cities, utilities, and industries such as trade, media, traffic, real estate.

The Long Road to Smart Buildings
Digitalized building automation will bring a number of benefits with it. But the road to get there is a long one. It's a road that takes in cabling and requires consolidation. Everything could run over Ethernet/IP.

Three Trends Challenge the LAN
High-frequency transmission for 10 to 40 Gigabit/s, constant remote power supply for PoE and comprehensive Ethernet/IP supply challenge the LAN.

Next Generation Optical Connectivity
Transporting even more data even faster. With as few fibers, as little energy, in as small a space and at the lowest costs possible. Set out by the fiber-optic branch, this goal is resulting in several new connectivity solutions. Help...

Talking Digital
Our communication behavior is undergoing change. People talk to each other digitally and are using new ways of contacting each other. This digital transformation is the lead story in the R&M customer magazine CONNECTIONS. It is impacting the business world....

Planning Smart Networks Correctly
There is a lot more going on behind network connections than you might be led to believe with familiar keywords. Smart networks and complex digital images of reality emerge from the Internet of Things. The current focus story from R&M...