Currently, companies need mechanisms that improve and integrate communication processes, the connection between the servers that are used, telephone systems, databases, among others. This makes business processes more efficient and all processes are better fulfilled.
Structured cabling is a system of cables that can be protected (STP) or unprotected (STP), which together with devices and connectors allow the infrastructure of a local area network (Local Area Network - LAN) in a building.
In this sense, this type of wiring can be understood as the systems of both cables and connectors, conductors and those devices that facilitate providing a telecommunications infrastructure that are found inside a building.
A structured cabling system has the main function of providing the building or structure with a single medium through which all information systems are conducted.
In itself, this method of integration is made up of several mechanisms that allow managing the control signals of the different systems that are integrated within the structure, such as biometric access control, security systems, home automation if applicable, alarms, among others.
STRUCTURED CABLING APPLICATIONS
There are more and more implementations of this wiring system, among which the following stand out:
- NETWORK INTEGRATION:
Local area networks (LAN) or even more extensive (WAN) can be integrated. The main mission is to be able to count on an elementary infrastructure and in this way, make the most of the resources available to the institution, as well as the creation of an internal infrastructure (INTRANET). This allows the organization to send and receive data between the people who make life in that place and between the systems, also, speeding up decision-making together with the management and processes of the company, the communication area and storage.
- CONTROL AND REMOTE ACCESS:
It arises from the requirement to implement a network of machines that connect to servers that are centralized with specific databases or with their own systems that are vital for the company.
- SERVER ADMINISTRATOR:
This system is of vital importance since it can ensure that network administrators can plan the security of all the data that travels through said network. Likewise, it facilitates the efficient configuration of all processes within the company.
BENEFITS OF STRUCTURED CABLING
The objective of structured cabling is to improve and optimize both internal and external processes of a company, in addition to reducing costs and contributing to the speed of communications. Some of its benefits are:
- EFFECTIVE AND SIMPLE ADMINISTRATION:
This option offers the facility that resources can be moved from place to place in the workplace and be able to access the same services or include services to the network without the need to reinstall the wiring, reducing costs and time.
- INTEGRATION
With this mechanism, several servers can be integrated into the network, such as data, voice, image, security systems, alarms, among others, with the same system. When integrating these applications, a distribution channel is usually used to transport all the cables responsible for carrying the signal to each information outlet.
- EASY MAINTENANCE
This structured cabling system is easy to maintain, since only one cabling structure is monitored and not multiple ones, thus reducing costs considerably.
- HIGH PERFORMANCE
If you have structured cabling, you will have a higher data connection speed between the company's equipment because it is transmitted through fiber optics.
- INCREASED SECURITY
The establishment that has a wired network will be able to have greater security both in the field of information, as well as in that of security, oriented to the personnel that lives in the facilities. Similarly, it is safe because due to its installation, unauthorized personnel cannot modify your system.
- VISUAL:
By integrating everything in the same wiring, spaces are reduced, making everything look more orderly and careful. Aesthetically pleasing spaces can be created that contribute to the image of the organization.
- HIGH DURABILITY:
This system offers a long useful life, ranging between 10 and 15 years of operation, guaranteeing that all technologies or telecommunications, both current and future, will be supported within that period of time. In the same way, when updating the system, the costs are reduced by the structure that will be left over time.
- EXPANSION:
Thanks to its structure and versatility, this system can be expanded in size if necessary or even moved if the organization changes its physical location, always providing protection and security for the data and information that resides there.
- MOLDABILITY
Protocol and provider independence can be managed, in addition to having a flexible installation and simple management according to the needs that are required.
- COST REDUCTION
As we have already mentioned before, having a structured cabling system reduces costs for maintenance, transfer, expansion, in addition to having a durability of 10 years or more.
