From a young age we’re told it’s important to plan ahead. For many of us it becomes a lifetime habit. Proactive planners replace the roof when it starts to show signs of serious age instead of waiting for the roof to spring a leak and cause damage. Proactive planners replace an aging furnace when it starts to act up, they don’t wait for it to fail during a frigid winter storm.
The same approach can be taken in the workplace.
Are you a proactive planner?
Proactive planners review their workplace regularly to anticipate needs and avoid disruption.
When was the last time you reviewed your company’s communications infrastructure? Do you know if you are getting all that you need from it?
If you have upgraded your switches and access points but your communications backbone cannot support the speed these upgrades promise, you won’t get faster speeds. Read more about how slow speeds impacted a local university.
To break it down:
- OM1 fiber supports 1GB
- Multimode fiber supports 10GB
- Single-mode fiber is limitless
Single-mode fiber will support multiple generations of changes, upgrades and demand increases, allowing you to future-proof your campus, office, hospital or lab for the foreseeable future.
While we have many examples, read here how one local private school proactively wired their campus for the future.
If you anticipate the need for greater speed than your structured cabling offers, it might be time to take a look at your communications backbone to see if your structured cabling is putting the brakes on your network.
At KTS this is our core business and we’ve been doing it for almost 40 years. We can help you determine if you have what you need. If you don’t, we can work with you to determine your short- and long-term needs, help you plan and phase the work to fit your budget, and get your workplace wired for the future.
If you’re ready to have a proactive review of your structured cabling, contact us.
