I thought it was pretty handy when they started dispensing rolled postage stamps from a box. And who doesn’t love “pop-up” dispensers for sticky notes and cleaning wipes? But, I have to admit, one thing I never thought I would pull out of a box, were my patch cords.  When I saw the photo I was immediately intrigued! I believe I … Read More »

It’ s great to come to work every day with a sense of pride. WESCO is not just a great company to do business with – it is a great company to work for. Today, I opened my email and found an announcement that WESCO moved from 345th place to 34th place on Barron’s 2012 America’s Top 500 … Read More »

If you’re in the Houston, TX area, don’t miss out on this terrific event. We’re having an Open House at our Houston branch. Meet your local WESCO / CSC team along with industry-leading manufacturers…plenty of food and music, too- register now!
What’s all the excitement about? Not only will you participate in the area’s largest tradeshow with the … Read More »

CORNING, N.Y., May 1, 2012 — Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today that it has received a Milestone Award in Electrical Engineering and Computing from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for the invention of low-loss optical fiber, which played a pivotal role in changing the way the world communicates. The IEEE Milestone Award recognizes … Read More »

So, you’ve got your printed copy of The Catalog 2012-13 in front of you (don’t have one,  click here), and you want to get more information on a specific product. What to do? It’s simple. Check out the online digital version of the catalog now!
The book includes all the easy to use indexes of our printed copy, plus you … Read More »

First quarter results compared to the prior year:
- Earnings per diluted share of $1.03 increased 39%
- Net income of $52.9 million increased 42%
- Operating margins improved to 5.2%, up 70 basis points
- Consolidated sales of $1.61 billion increased 12%
PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ — WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE: WCC), a leading provider of electrical, industrial, and communications MRO and OEM products, … Read More »

A few years ago, my local cable company went through my neighborhood and replaced all the outdoor coax with fiber optic cables. Now the “construction boom” is back, and below is a great video article from reporter Anton Troianovski, of the Wall Street Journal, with footage of how the fiber is laid.
With the explosion of internet use and smartphones reaching farther away from our populated cities, cell … Read More »

Speed and efficiency are of ever increasing importance, and hence came into play a myriad of pre-terminated fiber solutions. I realized recently, that I was confused by a fact – I thought that MPO connections and MTP connections were identical, just different abbreviated call-outs by various manufacturers for the same product. Happens often enough, but I wasn’t sure if it was actually correct in … Read More »

Next time you are out on a jobsite testing a fiber optic link and you need to know whether your test results are within reason, or better yet, make a pass/fail determination, you can simply whip out your iPad and use the FREE iPad app: FOA LossCalc. The Fiber Optic Association ( a not-for-profit professional society of fiber optics) … Read More »

Last September I wrote a post defining the OSI model, so I was quite intrigued when I came across this white paper from Global Knowledge comparing and contrasting OSI to TCP/IP. Author Paul Simoneau is a senior instructor and course director with Global Knowledge, where he has authored and managed highly successful courses in various formats.
Mr. Simoneau wastes no … Read More »