In this issue . . .
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The New Era in Wireless LAN
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Standards Update - 10G Ethernet Cabling
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RiserGuide Fibre Cable Management System
Patch-by-Exception
Data Centre Delivers
Instant ROI
New
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Australia Vol13 No.1 2006
W
elcome to the new look ADC KRONE
magazine. You may have noticed the new
name for this publication - New Networks. We
will continue to bring you all the great content
you regularly received including the latest news
and information on networks and cabling, along
with technical articles, case studies and industry
updates. I hope you enjoy the new format.
I’d like to introduce John Dulin, our recently
appointed Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific.
John joins us from ADC headquarters in America,
where he most recently lead the Latin America
sales team. He has spent time with ADC in
Australia in recent years, in fact, John was part of
the team which initiated the Optus build 15 years
ago. John’s article on page 3 explains some of the
changes we have recently made to our sales

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A NOTE FROM BOB FITZGERALD
ADC KRONE News
3 Serving Our Customers Better
7 Innovative Leadframe Jack Design
Wins ATUG Award
8 RiserGuide Fibre Cable
Management System
10 Ethernet’s Future Is Bright
Customer Stories
4 Datacom NZ Enjoys Instant ROI
With ADC KRONE’s PBE Solution
Technical Articles
11 Standards Update - 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Cabling
13 A New Era In Wireless LAN
Editor: Sarah Bishop
Art Direction: Nora Collins
Website: adckrone.com/au
CONTENTS
Copyright © 2006 ADC Communications (Australia) Pty. Limited
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SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS BETTER
John Dulin introduces the new sales structure for Australia and
New Zealand along with recent appointments in his Asia Pacific team.
Damien Rodgers has been appointed Sales Director, Enterprise
Australia and New Zealand. Damien brings a breadth of experience from

We now have two distinct areas within the sales
team - Enterprise Sales and Carrier Sales. This
alignment gives a higher level of expertise and an
improved communication link for customers in
each group.
A
cknowledged as a leader in the NZ systems
and outsourcing market, Datacom NZ (DNZ)
is the largest information and communications
technologies services firm in the country. DNZ’s
clients are high profile multinational companies
and Government Departments, who utilise its five
robust data centres located in Australia and New
Zealand.
Uptime is key to DNZ’s business and that of its
clients. When the company’s Datacom Systems
Limited Division decided to build a new data
centre at its Auckland headquarters from scratch,
it was imperative customers were provided with
an improved infrastructure which continued to
deliver security, reliability and, above all, the
agility to deploy systems.
DNZ wanted to move away from its current
system of patch panels sourced from a variety of
vendors and alleviate
the time-consuming
difficulty of under-
floor access to cables.
A project team
consisting of Datacom

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secured uptime for data centre customer
network;
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opportunity for more sales in data centre;
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easy, cost-effective upgradeability to Gigabit
Ethernet in the future;
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a 20-year guarantee of the PBE solution
components.
DNZ outsources the management of its cabling
system to Mark Leonard and the team at SCS.
Mark is certified as both a Master Installer and a
Network Designer.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT/TIME SAVED
In Mark’s estimation, the PBE solution at this data
centre has boosted his team’s efficiency by 250
per cent. A visit that would have taken two hours,
now only takes half an hour; a relocation move,
add or change that would also have taken two
hours can now be done in minutes. In
maintenance time alone, it has saved DNZ
approximately $45,000 per year since the facility
was completed.
As the data centre is a live facility, permission
has to be sought to work on the system. The
window for entry for the maintenance team is
set between 7pm and 7am to minimise any
possible disruptions to service for DNZ’s

floor tile outside the customer cabinet and
terminates a series of Category 6 cables to the
appropriate rack and then connects the necessary
jumper cable at the cross-connect frame to link
the rack outlet to the correct switch port. As each
customer is allocated an individual cabinet, there
is no chance of interrupting another client’s
service. So, new work does not impact existing
customers and the time saved in maintenance is
significant.
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE SALES IN
DATA CENTRE
Data centre real estate is precious. The compact
PBE solution delivered the opportunity for the
DNZ project team to design a data centre to
maximise the number of customer cabinets able
to be accommodated. The Ultim8 disconnect
modules are mounted on the wall rather than
taking valuable floor space; cables are contained
within racks and cabinets for neat, vertical and
horizontal cable management.
DNZ also has increased the environmental
safety and security of the data centre. Anti-static
tiles are usually installed in these facilities to
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FROM ADC KRONE’s
Rear view Category 6 Cross-connect Frame

HighBand
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TrueNet Category 6 cable
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KM8 Category 6 RJ45 outlets
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FL2000 FIBRE
PANELS
The FL2000 range is ADC KRONE’s advanced fibre
patching system. It is available in multiple
configurations and ideally suited to all enterprise and
data centre applications. The fibre panels are a
flexible, modular and economical, designed for both
19 inch and 23 inch rack systems. The panels are wall
mountable and available with accessories to ensure
compatibility with existing equipment.
FEATURES
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Provides termination, splicing and storage
capabilities for in-building cables, outside
plant cables.