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October 2009

IT and Facilities Managers Working Together  Data center managers must work with facilities managers to look at new buildings to expand into, upgrade current facilities, regulate temperatures, and research LEED certification.  Jill Eckhaus, CEO, AFCOM

State of the Electronic Cable Industry  That’s why I usually suggest to my customers that if they are installing Cat 6 or data/telecom wire, they should probably install fiber optic cable at the same time because if they need higher communication speeds later on the additional capacity is already there. André Sabourin, Vice President of R&D, Cerco Cable

CC-Link Communication Network  The CC-Link communication network is a high speed, high performance industrial network technology that enables devices from numerous manufacturers to communicate resulting in a fast, deterministic control system.  Charles Lukasik, Director of the CC-Link Partner Association

OPC Foundation North American Certification Test Lab  Vendors will only bring software that passes the tests in the CTT (Compliance Test Tool) and the tests outlined in our supplemental documentation. Nathan Pocock & Manny Mandrusiak, OPC Foundation

Creating a Safe, Sustainable Community  A well-planned strategy combines technology, implementation expertise and funding strategies in an effort to improve the environment, upgrade technology and reduce operating expenses. Joy Clarke-Holmes - Director – Local & Metro Markets Solutions Sales, Building Efficiency, Johnson Controls

September 2009

The Multi Protocol Router  The Router converts the disparate protocols and raises them to XML and serves out control pages using TCP/IP protocol. Many services such as trending, alarming, security, webpage design and many others are part of the onboard tool box.  David Oshoway, President, Energetic Concepts Ltd.

Smart Building Product Ratings  With a product rating we think that stakeholders will find the design, sourcing and integration of building systems simplified. Jim Sinopoli, Principal, Sinopoli and Associates

Energy Storage  As we learned in high school science class, there are a number of types of energy (potential, kinetic, chemical and thermal) and each can be stored. Mark M. MacCracken, CEO, CALMAC Manufacturing Corporation

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