SANDirectMay 29, 20193 minHow Often Do New Cable Technologies Come Out?In 2018, Speedtest Intelligence reported that fixed broadband speeds increased from 2017 to 2018 by 26%. The year before, the same agency...
SANDirectMay 24, 20192 minWhy SaaS Companies Need Great Data Storage SolutionsSoftware as a Service (SaaS) has hit the business world in a huge way, so much so that the industry is expected to grow by $76 billion by...
SANDirectMay 15, 20193 minSpecial Considerations When Installing Fiber Optic CablesSANDirect overviews the special considerations unique to fiber optic cables that must be taken into account during the installation process.
SANDirectMay 6, 20192 min5 Unique Data Storage Challenges That SMBs FaceAs data becomes a driving component of success across all industries, it’s vital for small and medium businesses to have a data storage s...
SANDirectMay 1, 20193 minFive Factors that Influence How Long Your Fiber Optic Cables Will Last When comparing fiber optic cables to twisted-pair copper cables, there are numerous advantages to the use of fiber optics in terms of the...
SANDirectApr 24, 20193 minIs Ethernet Cabling Still Better than WiFi? As we become increasingly mobile in both our professional and personal lives, there’s no arguing that the convenience of WiFi connectivit...
SANDirectApr 19, 20192 minCaring for Fiber Optic Cables Fiber optic cables are fast becoming the go-to solution when a long-distance, high-speed connection is required to connect networks and d...
SANDirectApr 16, 20192 minThe Benefits of Installing CAT6a Cables Network technologies are advancing as quickly as the devices they are being designed to support. There is an ever-increasing need to move...
SANDirectApr 9, 20193 min5 Reasons Copper Data Cables Dominate the Industry The battle for dominance in the ethernet cable market between copper data cables and fiber optic cables has been fierce in the last ten y...
SANDirectApr 3, 20192 minHow to Handle Fiber Optic CablingIt’s lightweight, and it allows signals to travel amazing distances in the blink of an eye. It’s fiber optic cabling, the favorite medium...
SANDirectApr 1, 20192 minDo I need Shielded or Unshielded Cat 6 Cable?We’ve discussed elsewhere the dominance of copper data cables in the realm of modern networks, despite the speed and versatility of fiber...
SANDirectMar 18, 20192 minAre All Ethernet Cables Created Equal? As our need to consume larger chunks of digital content has escalated over the last ten years to a fevered pitch, ethernet cable manufact...
SANDirectMar 11, 20192 minEthernet Cables 101 When discussing the Internet and the world wide web, people like to utilize metaphors and compare the entire system to a complex plumbing...
SANDirectMar 8, 20192 minWhy You Shouldn’t Run Data and Power Cords in ParallelAnyone who has ever set up a computers and routers for a business can tell you how complicated it can be to keep the myriad of cables and...
SANDirectFeb 19, 20192 minCopper vs Fiber Optic: Which is Right for Me?Advances in network cabling have changed the dialogue in the debate over what sort of cabling is best to utilize in building your network...
SANDirectFeb 11, 20193 min5 Reasons Fiber Optic Cables Are Future ProofCopper cabling has remained a viable player in the construction of networks, despite the introduction of fiber optics, in many ways a sup...
SANDirectFeb 8, 20192 minWhat is an SFP Module? In order to build a network capable of allowing data traveling at varying strengths and speeds to effectively transition between connecte...
SANDirectJan 31, 20192 minWhat’s the Difference Between CAT6 and CAT6a Cables? Companies rely upon the ability of their ethernet networks, composed of a mixture of fiber optics and twisted pair copper-based cables, t...
SANDirectJan 29, 20192 minScalability and Data Storage Scalability is the ability of an organization or process to adapt and grow or streamline according to a change in requirements. As modern...
SANDirectJan 14, 20192 minConsiderations in Storing Government DataThe Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative set out to make a significant shift in the government’s data storage practices, with the...