Cabling Atlanta

It seems that whenever you talk about an upgrade or new installation of a company’s voice/data network these days you hear the buzz word “ethernet” sometime in the conversation. With all the buzz… should you seriously consider ethernet in the mix for your network solution? [...]

Have you ever seen those guys on stage with a million or so effects pedals laid out at their feet? Patch cables slithering like a bed of snakes through a maze of distortions, delays, choruses, flanges, wah’s, envelope filters, octave dividers, EQ’s, tuners, and the list goes on… [...]

A major shift in telecommunications from circuit to packet switched technology, along with increasing sophistication of the corporate LAN/WAN, is prompting businesses of all sizes to consider merging their voice and data networks. The upside is the potential of adding strategic business capabilities – a triple play of voice, video, and data – and future proofing the network for a host of real and non realtime applications under the concept called Unified Communications. [...]

Alliances frequently result in mergers and/or acquisitions. Partnering relationships, such as joint ventures or strategic alliances, can sometimes lead to a merger or acquisition situation. After companies work together for a period of time and get to know one another’s strengths, weaknesses, and synergistic possibilities, new relationship opportunities become apparent. One could argue that a joint venture or strategic alliance is simply the getting to know each other part of a courtship between companies and that the real marriage does not occur until the relationship has been consummated by a merger or acquisition. [...]