Every office and business environment requires structured cabling for optimal functioning and true network reliability. A structured cabling system is the wired infrastructure that transmits the data essential for your network throughout your building, ensuring...
Infrastructure Cabling
How Power over Ethernet (PoE) Benefits Your Business
Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a technology that enables your Ethernet cables to carry power as well as data. Network cabling instantly becomes more useful, as PoE eliminates the need to run high voltage power to IP end-point devices. For example, PoE can power Wi-Fi...
Activo Attends the Innovation@Work CommScope 2013 Symposium
The team at Activo is excited to attend the Innovation@Work CommScope 2013 Global PartnerPRO Network Symposium in Dallas, Texas. CommScope is a leading worldwide network infrastructure provider which hosts many seminar events across the world. CommScope has put...
Technology Considerations When Moving Your Business: Series
Companies often move locations because they are expanding or contracting their business. In both scenarios the technology they use to operate, such as phone systems and bandwidth requirements, may be affected. Other factors such as timing, new technology upgrades, and...
CommScope iPatch + Cisco Energywise
Energy consumption has become a fundamental concern for most businesses. In response to rising energy costs, government directives, and environmental concerns, businesses are focusing on understanding and controlling their energy usage. Many businesses are now seeking...
IPv6: How to get started
On June 6, World IPv6 Day participants, including Akamai, AT&T, Facebook and Google, turned IPv6 support on and left it on. However, a poll conducted by Information Week in May revealed that 38% of poll respondents have no plans to run IPv6 in the foreseeable...
Six Benefits of IPv6
In honour of World IPv6 Day on June 6, Information Week's Andrew Lientz outlined six additional reasons - aside from the obvious increase of IP addresses - to move from IPv4 and enable IPv6. They are: 1. More Efficient Routing IPv6 reduces the size of routing tables...
IPv4 depletion and the Move to IPv6
There are some major changes coming with the way Internet Protocol (IP) works with the growth of the Internet. IPv4 is near depletion and a new version, IPv6, will open up a large amount of new possible IP addresses. This transition requires investment on behalf of...
Activo Achieves “Expert” Tier with Corning LANscape Network of Preferred Installers
Activo is proud to announce that we are now an "Expert" with Corning LANscape Network of Preferred Installer (NPI) for the 2012 program. A step-by-step well-rounded solution for the increasingly complex optical networks is a much better solution to individual...
Abandoned Cables and the Risks They Bring
Commonly hidden in ceiling plenum spaces is data cabling that is hazardous and could become a lethal threat in the event of a fire. In most cases, new cabling is routinely added on top of old cabling in order to quickly solve networking problems, resulting in what is...