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FlexLite™ Ribbon Cables: Lowering Design & Installation Costs Data Centers

Today’s data centers include a diverse number of devices like bladed servers, clustered storage systems, virtualization appliances, and backup devices. All these devices are interconnected by networking equipment and physical cables, which require a reliable, scalable, flexible, manageable, and high-performing cabling infrastructure.

Data Center and Rack designers will tell you that planning is the key to successfully cabling a data center. At Pactech, we’ve continued providing innovative cabling products to make things easier for our clients.

Back to the basics. A common question we see all the time is,"#PVC or #LSZH cable jacket? Which is best for me and my company?" Here's a short video covering the simple differences between the two so that you can make even smarter business decisions: https://youtu.be/yfzPTwUBmrM

The Difference between F/UTP and U/FTP in CAT6A Cables

In recent years we’ve seen an increase in demand for 28AWG CAT6A cables. As one of the pioneers of developing this product, we wanted to take some time to explain some of the differences between the CAT6A cables on the market.

What’s the difference between F/UTP and U/FTP? The letters are so similar, so someone unfamiliar with these products may miss the difference.

Breaking the Perception that Cables are Boring by Using Fashion Models at the Data Center Trade Show in LA

One of the challenges of being in the cable industry is the perception that cables are boring. Most people see cables as a commodity and they constantly price shop to find the best deal. Being in the cable industry for over 20 years, we know that not all cables are created equal. The quality and design of a cable can make a big difference in terms of performance, product life, and impact on the environment.

But how can we communicate this to the leaders in our industry?

Data Center World LA – April 5-6, 2017

We are excited to be an exhibitor at Data Center World this year in Los Angeles from April 5-6, 2017. With Pactech’s increasing focus on supplying custom cables for data centers, this is the perfect place for us to showcase our latest innovative products.

New Trends in Data Center Ethernet Connectivity

Last year Facebook and LinkedIn, following the moves of other hyperscale data center operators, decided to design their own data center networking switch and replaced off-the-shelf switches with 100G ports. They felt that off-the-shelf switch vendors, such as Cisco and Juniper, were unable to meet their requirements in high bandwidth, high availability, and rapid deployment. As a result, for example, LinkedIn came up with its first in-house developed 100G data center switch called Pigeon, which includes 32 x 100G ports. It plans to roll out at scale in its upcoming data center in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Innovations Big and Small

Recently we met with a robotics company that is developing service robots for the hotel industry. When customers staying in the hotel make requests for more shampoo or towels, these service robots would make the delivery right to the customer’s hotel room. These service robots would allow for quicker service for the customers and decreased costs to the hotels. It’s exciting to see innovative ideas being developed. Here’s a few more innovative ideas:

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, from all of us at Pactech. We’re wishing you joy, peace, and prosperity in 2016! Thank you for your continued support and partnership. We look forward to working with you in the years to come.

Beautiful Cable Management – Pactech’s Data Center Cables in Real Life (PHOTOS)

For the past few months, we always wanted to help customers “visualize” the benefits of our data center cables when they are applied in real life. Last week we assembled a rack together by populating top-of-rack (TOR) switches and servers (one of the two TOR switches and all the servers are just face plates made of sheet metal).

We installed three types of cables in the rack:
– Rapide™ SFP+ DAC Cables
– FlexLite™ 28AWG UTP CAT6 Cables
– Color C14 to C13 SJT Power Cords

New Product: Rapide™ Passive SFP+ DAC Cables, Available for Order

Today we proudly announce the launch of our brand new Rapide™ Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cable series. These cables are designed for data center and high speed network connectivity starting from 10Gbps.

New Products in our Estore: Fiber Optic Patch Cables, Power Cords, and CAT5e Cables

We’ve added new products to our estore! In response to requests from our customers, we have added the following popular products to our estore making it easier for small quantity orders. As usual, please contact us directly if you don’t see your desired length of a product or if you have large orders or custom requests. Stay tuned for more items to be added in the future.

If subtotal of the order is less than $100, a $25 handling fee will be added to the total.