PANDUIT™ Research Predicts Accelerated Adoption of Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Applications in 2008
Simplified installation, enhanced management and reduced power consumption
of PoE applications driving down costs
London, UK (26th September, 2007) - PANDUIT™, a global supplier of
electrical and network solutions, today released its latest research paper,
'Applications driving the adoption of Power over Ethernet'. The paper
highlights the benefits of Power over Ethernet (PoE), which include
significantly reduced installation costs, centralised management of assets
and the opportunity to greatly reduce power consumption within a company's
facilities and that these benefits have gained widespread recognition and
are driving development of new applications and demand for PoE enabling
technologies.
Alan Farrimond, managing director PANDUIT™ EMEA, commented, "Increased
customer demand for PoE solutions indicates that the advantages of the
technology are finally receiving the market recognition they deserve. PoE
enabled applications currently available include, VoIP telephony, wireless
access points and IP surveillance. The availability of new and more advanced
PoE applications will further drive market demand. The task of PANDUIT™ is to
continue to enable current and future generations of PoE applications with
complete structured cabling infrastructure."
David Palmer Stevens, PoE Solutions Manager at PANDUIT™, said, "Where
previously all peripheral network devices needed to be installed within
reach of an AC mains outlet, now they don't. This has hugely simplified
installation and removed the need for a layer of additional hardware. These
factors have driven out as much as 80% of the cost of installations. With
the ability to centrally manage power usage through the IP network and the
development of increasingly power efficient devices, the ongoing cost
savings in terms of electricity bills could reach as much 94% for some
devices within the next 15 months."
"Applications are being further developed to take better advantage of this
and the next generation PoE standards, which will raise available wattage
from 15W to 30W. New applications include thin client computers with
low-energy white LED screens. With regular PCs drawing in the region of 350W
and these low energy PCs predicted to draw just 20W, we expect their
commercial availability in 2008 to further accelerate adoption of PoE. Other
areas of PoE application innovation include, motorised network cameras, IP
telephony videophones, RFID readers and access-control systems."
With over 60,000 electrical and network products in its portfolio, including
a full range of PoE structured cabling solutions, and 10% of revenue
invested into R&D, PANDUIT is well placed to support this and next
generation applications.
PANDUIT™ has made the white paper available here:
http://www.panduit.com/resources/whitepapers.asp
For further information and photography, please contact:
James Farquharson/Emily Monsell
Goode International Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 1491 873323
E-mail: james.farquharson@goode.co.uk
Sylvia Sielicka
Panduit Europe Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 208 601 7341
E-mail: cs-emea@panduit.com |
