Commercial Data Cabling, UK Business Cabling & Phone‎ Industry

Rapid technology advances have paved way for new and modern approaches to structured cabling techniques. Since everyone wants to keep up with the high demand for emerging techniques, UK business owners, project managers and cable installers in the commercial data cabling & phone‎ industry have been forced to quickly adapt and embrace modern infrastructure networks.

Business cabling technology has now been aligned to enhance performance, cut down overall maintenance cost and eliminate error occurrence and faulty reporting standards. Lack of proper project management techniques has been the main cause of challenges experienced by many professionals in the cabling industry. However, technology has opened up avenues for improved efficiency and robust cabling infrastructures capable of meeting today’s modern needs.

Business owners and project managers should be concerned about the impacts of falling behind the cabling curve, according to FlukeNetworks*

Poor planning approach had in the past caused a lot of time wastage, costly errors and a myriad of complications. It comes as no surprise that '57% of business owners and project managers believe mistakes in testing hurt profitability'*

Many commercial business cabling professionals fail to come up with a clear implementation roadmap to guide the entire cabling project and ensure high levels of success are achieved. Poor planning approach had in the past caused a lot of time wastage, costly errors and a myriad of complications. Set-up environments have become more elaborate because of highly changing customer preferences. This surge has forced new cables such as Cat6 to be introduced into the market because of their ability to work well with Gigabit Ethernet speeds replacing Cat5e cables.

Professionals in the cabling industry are now required to quickly troubleshoot, solve complex faults in an efficient manner within the shortest time possible and yet '58% of project managers wish testers were faster'*

Ever changing technology advances have forced professionals to sharpen their skills in order to cope with the new level of skill required for business cabling technology. These days, expert analysis, input and support is crucial to successfully conquer complex cabling and network architectures. Professionals in the cabling industry are now required to quickly troubleshoot and solve complex data cabling faults in an efficient manner within the shortest time possible.

These recent changes have led to a shortage of technicians with the qualified skill set to effectively manage the existing and upcoming highly complex architectures. The lack of familiarity with cabling standards has slowed down the deployment of high level cabling architectures.

Thanks to technology advances, new systems that simplify the user interface and eliminate errors have been introduced into the market and yet 72% of business owners see 'finding good temporary workers as a challenge'*

One other important factor to note with data cabling technology is that reporting standards have changed thus necessitating the need for professionals to be aware of new reporting mechanisms which are considered accurate, effective and a true reflection of what is happening on the ground. Levels of reporting have changed to incorporate an efficient reporting mechanism that keeps in mind high levels of accuracy and proper time management.

Thanks to technology advances, new systems that simplify the user interface and eliminate errors have been introduced into the market. Use of modern testers and tools is the key to facilitate faster troubleshooting and ensure that systematic project management timelines are set. If you are in this industry, there’s need to re-strategise and align yourself with current market demands to avoid being left behind.

*Source FlukeNetworks 'The State of the Cabling Industry' via @visually