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FOLS Events

FOLS members regularly speak at industry conferences and hold Webconferences.

FOLS Events

Upcoming FOLS Events

March 21st, 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST. Free Webinar: LAN Standards, News & Trends: 2012 Update. Presented by Pete Pondillo, Standards Chair of the Fiber Optics LAN Section. Participants will earn one BICSI CEC. It is now available on demand and can be viewed at: www.brighttalk.com/webcast/727/43931

FOLS White Papers

FOLS publishes White Papers that authored by the Section and present a vendor-neutral perspective on industry topics.

We also offer members the opportunity to publish White Papers that represent the views of their company.

Recently Posted Whitepapers

Bending the Truth: Get the Straight Story about Corning ClearCurve Multimode Fibers. This White Paper from Corning discusses their bend insensitive multimode fiber.
Full Spectrum Fiber comes of Age. This White Paper from OFS talks about the advances in bandwidth allocation.

FOLS Videos

FOLS videos: Periodically FOLS members speak on industry topics for TIA Now.

Recent Videos

FOLS at BICSI conference: FOLS chair Rodney Casteel and Vice chair, Alfred Flores speak about the role that FOLS plays in the industry and about some of its initiatives for 2012.
Next Generation of Data Centers: John Kamino, OFS, and Herb Congdon, TIA talk about the evolving needs of the data center at the Winter BICSI 2012 event.

FOLS Webconference series brings the information that network managers, designers, and planners need for their jobs. As an added bonus, attending a FOLS Webconference earns one BICSI Continuing Education Credit.

Upcoming Webconferences

December 13, 2011, 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST. Free Webinar: From Green to Sustainable Electronic Information Technology Systems - How the STEP Rating System Can Get Us There. Now Available on Demand. Download a PDF version.

Recent Webconferences

Fiber Trends, Standards and Applications. Now available on demand. Download a pdf version.
Data Center Best Practices: Architectures, Media Options & Testing. Now available on demand.
View the rest of our Webconference series.

Standards

FOLS does not create standards but many of our members are actively involved in the development and interpretation of standards.

Check here for our quarterly standards updates and articles and presentations.

Standards

Research

The Fiber Optics LAN Section has the opportunity to conduct primary research among qualified users and installers at several venues, including our on-line web conferences and industry forums. Please check this section for our most recent research reports.

Recent Research

Presentations

FOLS Members frequently speak at industry conferences and events.

We regularly post copies of these presentations on our Website.

Presentations from the Winter BICSI Conference

"From Green to Sustainable Information Technology Systems - How the STEP Rating System Can Get You There," Allen Weidman
"Preparing Your Data Center Infrastructure for 40G and Beyond," Brian Rhoney, Corning Cable Systems
Optical Fiber and Cabling Standards for Tomorrow's Data Center," John Kamino, RCDD, OFS

Full Members

Sponsoring Members

February 22, 2012
TIA’s Fiber Optics LAN Section elects 2012 officers
January 20, 2012
FOA offering ANSI-approved fiber-installation standard for free
November 15, 2011
Telecommunications Industry Association Joins Board of Sustainable Technology Environments Program (STEP)
July 14, 2011
Longtime ICT Industry Engineer Herb Congdon Joins TIA as Associate Vice President of Technology and Standards
June 28, 2011
TIA-942A data center cabling standard to recommend OM4 fiber

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White paper stresses proper maintenance of data center fiber-optic infrastructure

May 11, 2012 | A new white paper from CommScope, is entitled How To Properly Maintain A Fiber Optic Infrastructure: Best Practices to Minimize Damage and Failures. Authored by Rodney Casteel, RCDD, NTS, OSP and technical manager for the company, the paper lists proper procedural guidelines for installing and maintaining fiber-optic infrastructures in data centers.

May 10, 2012
OFS: Few-mode fibers could mean 10x bandwidth jump
May 10, 2012
CommScope takes Graybar's top supplier honors
May 08, 2012
Bend-insensitive fiber rings enable connector-to-connector OTDR tests
May 07, 2012
White paper from Superior Essex, OFS addresses SMF fusion splicing
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