2008 BICSI Fall Conference

SCHeDULe 2-3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Choose one) q “The Network’s Role in Your Data Center Transformation,” Cindy Klepich, IBM, White Plains, New York 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, ITS Installer/Technician There’s lots of discussion around data center transformation, but what’s the role of the network? Find out as the presenter discusses what you need to know about networking when it comes to virtualizing and transforming your IT infrastructure. q “Intelligent Transportation Systems Infrastructure Design,” Gary Wright, RCDD, URS Corporation, Orlando, Florida 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, OSP Specialty, ITS Installer/ Technician As transmission speeds and data rates continue to increase, more end users are switching from copper to fiber for telecommunication networks. This presentation will provide an in-depth look at the advantages of installing optical fiber versus copper, and multimode versus singlemode fiber in a premises network. Topics will include installation and operation costs, testing requirements, network security, ease of handling, cable life-cycle, EMI and others. A demonstration of the differences in handling and connectorizing optical fiber versus copper will be shown. 2-8 p.m. Exhibitor Move-out 3:30-4:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Choose one) q “power Solutions for Your Blade Server environment—What You Need to Know,” Jeff Miller, Geist Manufacturing, Lincoln, Nebraska 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, ITS Installer/Technician maintained. As awareness of the negative effects of temperature rise in the cabling plant increases, managing heat buildup in structured cabling is becoming a priority in new and retrofit installations targeted to support the PoE Plus application. The following topics will be addressed: PoE and PoE Plus application overview; effect of temperature rise due to applied PoE Plus currents; main cabling plant design challenges; and strategies to minimize temperature rise. q “Keeping Remote Network equipment Safe: Tes Require Special Thermal and physical Needs to protect equipment,” Brian Mordick, Hoffman Enclosures Inc., Anoka, Minnesota 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, OSP Specialty, WD Specialty, ITS Installer/Technician Intelligent Transportation Systems is one of the fastest growing areas for large scale outside plant cabling systems. This presentation will give the attendees an overview of this growing technology field. q “TIa-606-B—The New Updated Label Standard,” Todd Fries, HellermannTyton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, OSP Specialty, WD Specialty, ITS Installer/Technician An advanced look at what is being proposed for the new TIA-606-B labeling standard. The current standard TIA-606-A was reaffirmed in June 2007. The new addendum 1 is meant to reconcile 606-A with TIA’s 942 data center standard; 606-A did not really consider data centers and 942 did not consider administration. The two concepts are now jointed together in TIA-606-B. This presentation covers the standard in simple overview so that the audience can understand, respond and give feedback on the proposed changes. q “Save Time, Money and aggravation—Install Multimode Optical Fiber in Your premises Network,” Sharon Bois, Corning, Inc., Corning, New York 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, OSP Specialty, ITS Installer/ Technician Are you utilizing HP, IBM or Sun Blade Servers? With this new technology, a need for increased power to the cabinet is created. Distributing this power is a chore. We will discuss some of the options available to help solve power distribution problems created by blade server applications. q “Ieee 80.at poe plus Operating efficiency: How to Keep a Hot application Running Cool,” Valerie Maguire, The Siemon Company, Watertown, Connecticut 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, WD Specialty, ITS Installer/ Technician The development of the pending IEEE PoE Plus requirements brought to light a significant new challenge in the specification of power delivery over structured cabling. For the first time, due to the higher power delivered by Type 2 PSE devices, IEEE needed to understand the temperature rise within the cabling caused by applied currents and subsequently specify the PoE Plus application operating environment in such a way as to ensure that proper cabling system transmission performance is This presentation will investigate the special needs when network equipment is placed in remote and often demanding environments. The focus will be on remedies that mitigate damaging temperature, humidity, rain, corrosion, vandalism and other conditions. The type of the TE (cabinet) primarily looked at will be wall-mounted applications. Topics to be discussed will be protection levels of TEs and what they mean (UL®, NEMA®, IP); typical equipment that is installed; heat exchangers, air conditioners, fans, filters—when to use which; calculating heat loan, solar load, importance of DEW point; painted steel, stainless steel, aluminum—which to use when; composite—Wi-Fi applications; solar heat gain and remedies; cable entry and management; and equipment mounting options. Several examples will be discussed and provided. The attendee will garner a better understanding of the application needs on remote mounted equipment. q “Integration Techniques for Installing aV in Classrooms and Conference Rooms,” David Kroeger, Extron Electronics, Anaheim, California 1 CEC – NTS Specialty, ITS Installer/Technician More and more IT professionals are being asked to include the AV design and installation in their proposals along with the page 0 | Register at www.bicsi.org/fall http://www.bicsi.org/fall

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