Within any business, multiple departments compose the business as a whole and in order to prevent the business from falling apart by the weight of its departments, these pieces must actively communicate to keep the business processes operating and producing.  Structured cabling systems are the core communications medium and are often overlooked post installation.  This is an area where business...

Order telecom services for your new location.  Double check if there’s been similar services in your suite.  I recommend ordering services 2 to 3 months before moving (45 days is absolute minimum).  If it is a new building, there’s a slim possibility that the phone company does not have cable underground to the building’s main demarc.  In this case, they are required to provi...

Most companies have implemented disaster recover plans for their network infrastructure; however, not many seem to make too much effort to plan continued operations during an epidemic such as what is possible with the Swine Flu.  While everyone at Tier 1 IP hopes that we all remain flu free this season, we have developed a plan to make sure we can continue to operate and provide high quality inst...

Several states do not require voice and data cable installation techs to be certified or licensed.  This has led to many customers having their cables installed without conforming to industry standards.  Imagine the nightmare this network administrator faces when they need to troubleshoot a connection. Here is an example of how not to wire a data center: In the mid-1980s, the Telecommunications...

Over the last few days, I have been helping a friend (I won’t mention their name) reinstate their primary business email address.  Unfortunately, my friend did not understand the processes and time frames that run the domain hosting industry.  My friend was having a lot of trouble sending emails to *@yahoo.com and *@aol.com accounts.  I informed my friend that they need to setup a reverse...

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