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- Copper
- Cu A reddish-brown metal that is highly conductive and widely used for electrical wire. When a signal "runs over copper," it means that a metal wire is used rather...
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ZDNet Resources
- Roundup: Interop Las Vegas 2008
- The big takeaway from the product fiesta that is Interop Las Vegas 2008 is that 10 GB Ethernet has finally arrived. Sister site TechRepublic has multiple folks on the scene at Mandalay Bay, here's a look at some of the key items roundup: Implement...
- Tags: Copper, Termination, NetGear, Access Point, Change Management, Leadership, Home Networking, Workforce Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Networking, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- 100 gigabits per second over copper?
- 100 gigabits per second over copper?Re: 100 gigabits per second over copper?"So stay tuned! It would be great to get this speed at home."What could anyone possibly do with this much speed at home? Download the entire Library of Congress in 20 minutes? Please... (:-(HehSounds like something Google would like...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, gigabit, copper, DSL
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- Europe and telecommunications regulations
- Europe and telecommunications regulationsComments.Already in Europe, there is deregulation, and a requirement on the old monopoly operators to "unbundle the local loop". This means, in essence, they are obliged to let competitor have access to the copper between the exchange and the customer (not for free, of course).This has generally...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Network technology, telecommunications, British Telecommunications, copper, village, broadband, broadband network
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Twisted-Pair Ethernet: copper Cabling for High Performance Networking
- Ethernet has become the default network communications protocol and has evolved from first generation 10 Megabits per second Mbps speeds that were predominant in the early 1990s to the 10 Gigabits per second (10 Gbps) of today's networks. According to Dell'Oro, by the end of 2007, it was expected that...
- Tags: Copper, Performance, High-performance, Anixter, Performance Management, Ethernet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking
- White papers 2007-09-06
- Meth to the madness as phone poles stripped for copper
- Meth to the madness as phone poles stripped for copperDon't be a victim - Buy a gunYou are a tool user, right? Typing away on your keyboard and driving to and from work, that is a fair assessment. Issues with copper wire are trivial compared to what these...
- Tags: Telephony, PRODUCTIVITY, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, copper, phone pole, Meth, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- Meth to the madness as phone poles stripped for copper
- The wholesale price of copper is rising. It is now up to $3.55 a pound. In fact, the scrap market will pay you more than $3 a pound for what is hauled in.Unfortunately, many of the customers who seek to sell copper to the scrappers are methamphetamine addicts. That's meth...
- Tags: News
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- A nano two-wheeler
- According to New Scientist, French and German researchers have built a nanoscale machine with two wheels of a diameter of 0.8 nanometers joined by an axle of only four carbon atoms long. It has been done before, but this time, the nanoscientists have been able to really watch these nano-wheels...
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Science &, Nature, axle, Free University
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Unleashing the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Market: Proving 10GBASE-T Performance and Reliability Under Worst-Case Conditions
- With the advent of 10GBASE-T for 100 meter links of twisted pair copper cabling, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is moving into the market to provide simple, cost-effective, standards-based products for enterprise and data center networks. 10 Gb/s Ethernet on copper will more than halve the cost of 10 Gb/s links, by...
- Tags: Copper, Meter, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Solarflare Communications, Solarflare, Ethernet, Data Centers, Network Technology, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-01-28
- 10GBASE-T: 10G Ethernet on copper Cabling
- 10GBASE-T offers two important attributes to network managers and IT professionals planning data centers and enterprise networks. First, it supports legacy copper UTP cabling and for new installations of copper cabling, it maintains the structured cabling paradigm and support for RJ-45 connections and patch panels. Second, 10GBASE-T will enable over...
- Tags: Copper, Network, Solarflare Communications, Ethernet, Networking, Data Centers, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-09-12
- Will copper's record prices affect VoIP, WiFI and cell phones?
- Will copper's record prices affect VoIP, WiFI and cell phones?Start up them old Copper minesLooks like copper mining in Michigan's upper peninsula will begin again (after 100+ years)! That should be some good news for the state with the largest unemployment rate.Once again, thank the Chinese (and the Walton's). Buy...
- Tags: Cellular phones, VoIP, Wi-Fi, copper, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2006-04-18
- Will copper's record prices affect VoIP, WiFI and cell phones?
- As you can see from the chart, copper constitutes 19% of most cellphones. And since VoIP and WiFi phones have similar basic construction components, the percentage of copper in these phones most assuredly is in that same 19% range.Although advances in chip technology have driven the price of these...
- Tags: copper
- Blog posts 2006-04-18
- 26% of copper front-end equipment tools were purchased by US companies in 2004
- Despite a substantial and growing portion of the world's semiconductor manufacturing capacity located in Asia, US and European IC manufacturers are driving the market for front-end equipment tools for copper processing of IC interconnects, according to The Information Network. Equipment purchases to US IC companies represented 18% of the total...
- Tags: copper, copper tool, tool
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- Deploying 10 Gigabit Ethernet Into HPC Clusters, Server-to-Server/Server-to-Storage Infrastructure and Workstations Over CX4 copper Interconnects
- The advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) over CX4 copper cabling offers a cost-effective means of extending high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity to many network areas requiring the added performance advantages of 10GbE. In particular, 10GbE CX4 connectivity can now be extended over a great number of servers and clusters, and it...
- Tags: Copper, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet, Network Technology, Workstations, Networking
- White papers 2005-12-01
- BellSouth's IPTV strategy may pay off
- BellSouth's IPTV strategy may pay offthis is very good footstep in New era of IPTVthis is very good footstep in New era of IPTV after IT heyday was over so many IT Job have been reduced by many reasons such decrease of IT investment. or lack of interest...
- Tags: Network technology, BellSouth Corp., strategy, fiber, copper, IP television
- Discussion threads 2005-06-10
- Verizon racks up more TV deals
- Verizon racks up more TV dealsisn't this putting the cart before the horse?Before branching out into new areas and putting money there, shouldn't the phone companies be servicing their existing clients first with broadband?I consider this news and the news of upping bandwidth in existing areas, etc. as very disheartening...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TVs, TV & Home Theater, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, central office, broadband, copper, phone company, fiber, phone, TV, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-04-23
- Study: VDSL to grow as ADSL stalls
- Study: VDSL to grow as ADSL stallsJapan's internet isn't all that...I get tired of people talking/bragging about how fast the internet is in Japan. While it's true their system runs faster, it is also true that lost connections, lost packets, and general connection problems are constant everyday problems we...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Asian Countries, VDSL, connection problem, copper, DSL, broadband, ADSL
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- Verizon announces final fiber suppliers
- Verizon announces final fiber suppliersFiber is cheap, it's the headend equipment.Interesting concept and one I would love to try, but my question is who pays for the hardware not fiber? The cost of this hardware makes the best PC look dirt cheap in comparison. I sure wish ZDnet...
- Tags: Network technology, Verizon Communications Inc., copper, fiber
- Discussion threads 2003-12-22
- Mapping Water Treatment Issues for One of the World's Largest copper Mines
- SRK Consulting's 500 employees work out of 25 offices on 6 continents. The company provides scientific and engineering consulting services, principally in support of mining and petroleum exploration. The challenge was to quickly grasp complex water treatment processes at one of the world's largest copper mines, analyze and improve processes...
- Tags: Copper, Petroleum, Mindjet, SRK Consulting, Telecom & Utilities
- Case studies
- KME Group Provides Faster, Easier Access to IT Systems and Data for Greater Efficiency and Agility
- Formed in 1995 through the merger of Europa Metalli S.p.A. Italy, Trefimetaux S.A. France and KM-kabelmetal AG Germany, KME is one of the world's largest producers of copper and semi-finished copper alloy products, with an output of about 630,000 tons per year. The challenge was to improve information-sharing across all...
- Tags: Copper, Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Grid Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Portals, Network Technology, It service Management, Internet, Networking
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Interview: Alex Wiley, creator of the gold MacBook
- In October 2007 an outfit called Computer Choppers gave us the 24-karat gold-plated MacBook Pro (15-inch) complete with diamond-studded Apple logo. Now comes the gold MacBook Air pictured with multi-colored sapphires in the Apple logo. Computer Choppers offers the following plating ...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Computer, Jewelry, Computer Choppers, O, W, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
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