Cabling Networking Systems : Headline News

RuggedCom board agrees to $33 per share cash offer from Siemens

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:49:00 EST

In a surprise move, Siemens Canada Ltd. has made an offer to purchase all outstanding common shares of RuggedCom by way of take-over bid at a price of $33 per share. [Full Story]

Gennum demos 4x25Gb/s active copper cables for 100Gb/s networks

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:47:00 EST

Burlington, Ont.-based Gennum Corp. this week demonstrated active copper cables using its 25-28Gb/s CDRs at the DesignCon 2012 Exhibition in Santa Clara, Calif. [Full Story]

Redline Communications expands presence in Middle East

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:45:00 EST

Markham, Ont.-based Redline Communications Group Inc., a provider of specialized broadband wireless offerings, has announced the opening of a new branch office and warehouse facility in Dubai, UAE as part of the company's plan to expand its... [Full Story]

Wi-Fi chipset revenue to reach US$6.1 billion in 2015: NPD In-Stat

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:42:00 EST

The Wi-Fi chipset market continues to march forward at a brisk pace as a growing number of consumer electronics are integrating the technology, says research firm NPD In-Stat. [Full Story]

CABA announces BiQ award recipients

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:39:00 EST

The Continental Automated Buildings Association this week announced the recipients of its inaugural Building Intelligence Quotient (BiQ) Awards. The annual awards recognize property owners and operators whose buildings achieve the highest... [Full Story]

AT&T launches new cloud-based unified communications services

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:33:00 EST

AT&T says it is bringing the benefits of Unified Communications (UC) to businesses of all sizes via a carrier-grade service. [Full Story]

IEEE ICC 2012 now open for registration

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:31:00 EST

The IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC) has begun the registration process for its annual event to be held June 10-15 at the Ottawa Convention Centre. [Full Story]

CommScope grounding wire acts as copper theft deterrent

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:17:00 EST

CommScope Inc. has developed a copper-alternative grounding wire that deters "copper theft and lower maintenance costs for telecoms and data applications." [Full Story]

Trend Micro calls 2011 "Year of Data Breaches"

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:15:00 EST

Trend Micro, in its annual threat round-up report, tags 2011 as "The Year of Data Breaches," after "witnessing large, well-known companies succumb to targeted data breach attacks that not only stained reputations, but caused significant... [Full Story]

3M, AFM vendor FiberZone sign partnership deal

Cabling Networking Systems — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:12:00 EST

3M has signed a business alliance with FiberZone Networks, a provider of Automated Fiber Management products, to bring its AFM system to the data centre market. [Full Story]