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Why Fiber Optics is How We Network

Energy, all businesses need it but how can we get it without the damaging effects it has on our earth.  Businesses need the wiring to build their network and survive. With many businesses making a comeback after 2020 we have more building plans that are being constructed.

We have an opportunity to take charge from the start and make some changes that can benefit our environment and decrease our carbon footprint. A lower energy consumption means positive elements for the environment.

Using a fiber optic network will not only use less energy now but it allows networks to work over a longer period of time. How does Fiber Optics help the environment? Well, it reduces CO2 emissions and the use of  non sustainable materials. 

Shorter lengths of fiber optic cabling supports a high bandwidth over longer distances compared to copper cabling. Fiber is lighter in weight and requires fewer lines to use which helps reduce unnecessary waste.

Using a closet to support fiber optic telecom networks helps reduce the need for a cooling system (HVAC) which in turn limits the amount of HFC’s that are known to harm our environment. Overall Fiber Optics is good for growing businesses and businesses who have the same environmental goals. A small change now for big changes tomorrow. Let’s Thrive!

Advocate

MBE, WBE, DBE, SBE VBE Advocate

If you have recently been certified by a Government Agency as a Minority/Woman Owned (MWBE) business – congratulations! If you are like many business owners, you may be wondering how to fast track results utilizing your certification and to start generating sales. Here are ten tips to help get you started.

Understand the true purpose of your certification:

Government certification as an MWBE is all about creating access to opportunities to strengthen the ability for minorities and women to successfully compete in the market place. MWBE Certification is not a guarantee of work although some agencies do have mandatory participation/subcontracting requirements in their contracts; it’s still up to each individual MWBE to be prepared to meet the requirements of doing business with the government. In addition to access to opportunities, MWBE certification often comes with resources including technical assistance, access to information, training, networking opportunities, advertising and free marketing. MWBE certification is an extremely powerful marketing tool that if used properly can help you to differentiate your firm from large competitors.

Identify your target audience:

Identify government agencies that are either currently using your products/services or looking to procure them in the future. You want to identify buyers, facilitators and MWBE advocates within the agency and learn how they make purchasing decisions. Ideally, you should have no more than three to five agencies that you are targeting per month.

Do your homework:

Once you have identified your target audience, you will want to focus on your value proposition to the government. What problem issue or could your firm potentially solve? It’s not enough to just sell pencils, you need to think about why should the agency buy from you, and if you thinking that it’s because you’re a certified MWBE, think again. There are already plenty of certified MWBEs that are marketing to the government. Think in terms of how your company adds value.

Identify your competition:

As you identify your target audience, you should also take note of who they are currently doing business with and why. Analyze your competitors; look at their marketing materials, website and pricing modules. Don’t forget to check out other MWBE’s that have similar qualifications to your firm. Figure out how you can differentiate yourself.

Networking/Procurement Events:

As I mentioned previously, one of the benefits of being a certified MWBE is access to opportunity. The accesses to opportunities are in the form of networking, procurement fairs, and training events. You want to take advantage of every single opportunity there is to meet buyers in person.

Make Marketing a Priority:

If you are like most small business owners, you are focused on delivering your product/service and handling the day to day. Unfortunately, handling the day to day won’t bring you new business. You’ll need a dedicated, focused approach to marketing for a minimum of 6-8 hours per week. Ideally, you should have a marketing plan that outlines all of your activity for 6 months to year.

Create Professional Marketing Materials:

If you want to do business with the government, in my opinion, you need a professional website, business cards, and a capabilities statement just to get started. If you are fortunate enough to be considered for an opportunity, you should know that without fail, buyers will check your website and they will always ask for a “cape statement”. I also recommend eliminating the use of personal email addresses – it screams, “I am not ready to do business”.

Create your Past Performance History:

Create and develop three client references that include a description of work performed by you/your company; accurate contact information for the point of contact (telephone number, address and email), value of the assignment, the date the assignment started and ended. Guaranteed you’ll use this information over and over again for a variety of reasons.

Bids/Proposal Pipeline:

Since most opportunities over $100,000 are required to go out for bid, you want make sure that your firm is properly registered on the appropriate websites to receive bid notifications. In addition, you’ll want to obtain procurement forecasts for your target audience to ensure that you do not miss any opportunities. Finally, being on the bidder’s list does not guarantee that you will actually receive a bid. You need to stay in touch with the agency, and calendar all potential opportunities.

Consider Strategic Partnerships/Alliances/Joint Ventures and Mentor Relationships:

In order to strengthen your position with the government you may want to consider developing an alliance with a larger firm that has strong past performance, expertise and financial resources that could be potentially viewed as a value added to the government. Stay away from firms that just want to “use” your status to their advantage and look to partner with a company that can truly add value to your firm by leveraging their past performance. Look to add value to the larger firm by levering your previous experience, your MWBE certification and your unique selling proposition. The relationship should have balance; and you must take responsibility for your role in the relationship.

CCTV Cabling

We offer corporate security and surveillance systems to add value to our clients’ existing IT infrastructure. Our highly trained technicians install IP based security solutions around the client’s needs. Whether they need to add indoor camera to their existing analog system or just wish an integrated IP based surveillance, we have the expertise and industry knowledge to do it.

ESC Cabling provides corporate security and surveillance systems designed around today’s leading technologies. Our understanding of networks and IT systems enable us to integrate physical security solutions into this infrastructure. Our IP based security solutions are designed to add value to your existing IT infrastructure.

Traditional security companies don’t always understand IT technologies and the impact of deploying IP based systems into an infrastructure that is not designed for it. ESC has the knowledge base to do it right the first time and has a track record to prove it.

Whether you need to add an indoor camera to your existing analog system or want an integrated IP based surveillance ESC cabling has the experience and industry knowledge to do it right.

Voice & Data Cabling

Voice and data cabling (Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A Structured Cabling) is the lifeline of any organization. Since all businesses want to thrive, not just survive, voice and data networks in business need to be scalable and flexible to support future growth. To minimize voice and data network problems, we design robust solutions for organizations of all types and sizes, following strict design, installation and testing guidelines.

We offer corporate security and surveillance systems to add value to our clients’ existing IT infrastructure. Our highly trained technicians install IP based security solutions around the client’s needs. Whether they need to add indoor camera to their existing analog system or just wish an integrated IP based surveillance, we have the expertise and industry knowledge to do it.

ESC Cabling provides corporate security and surveillance systems designed around today’s leading technologies. Our understanding of networks and IT systems enable us to integrate physical security solutions into this infrastructure. Our IP based security solutions are designed to add value to your existing IT infrastructure.

Traditional security companies don’t always understand IT technologies and the impact of deploying IP based systems into an infrastructure that is not designed for it. ESC has the knowledge base to do it right the first time and has a track record to prove it.

Whether you need to add an indoor camera to your existing analog system or want an integrated IP based surveillance ESC cabling has the experience and industry knowledge to do it right.

Our specific cabling services and capabilities include:

  • Voice and Data Premise Wiring – Design, installation and service
  • Moves, Adds and Changes (MAC)
  • DMARC – T1& DSL Extensions
  • Data Rack Installation
  • Cable Trays/Conduit/Raceway Installation
  • Rack and Stack
  • Testing/Certification

Fiber Optic Cabling

We are one of the most experienced and established fiber optic installation companies in New York, New Jersey metropolitan area. We specialize in the complete installation of business communication systems with structured voice and data cabling design and infrastructure.

We are committed to supplying the equipment and systems which build a scalable network that will meet your company’s needs not only today but for many years in the future. As a Fiber Optic contractor, in addition to fiber cabling, we work with Cat 5e, Cat 6, Coax, Horizontal Cabling, Backbone Cabling, Server Room, Data Room Building / Datacenter Build-outs.

Construction Services :

  • Fiber optic installation
  • Fiber Optic Cable Termination
  • Fiber optic cable splicing
  • Full scope design and maintenance for fiber cabling
  • Aerial cable placement
  • Conduit rodding, cleaning, and cable pulling
  • Underground conduit construction

Fiber Optic Installation Types:

  • Fiber Optic Cabling
  • Single Mode Cable
  • LC/SC Connectors
  • Indoor Fiber Optic
  • Outdoor – Fiber Optic Cabling
  • Multimedia Outlets
  • Wall or Rack Mounted Cabinets

Coax Cabling

Knowing how to install and terminate coax cable properly is critical to achieving impedance matching. Knowledge and selection of the best available materials greatly increases efficiency.

Coaxial cables may be rigid or flexible. Rigid types have a solid sheath, while flexible types have a braided sheath, both usually of thin copper wire. The inner insulator, also called the dielectric, has a significant effect on the cable’s properties, such as its characteristic impedance and its attenuation. The dielectric may be solid or perforated with air spaces. Connections to the ends of coaxial cables are usually made with RF connectors.

The most common type of coax, called Flexible Coax, is a flexible cable, which uses a braided shield of extremely fine wires. This braid helps to make the coax flexible, but at a cost: energy or RF (radio frequency) signals leak through the small gaps in the braid. To combat this attenuation (energy loss), manufacturers have added several layers of braid and placed thin foil between the layers, this provides better coverage for greater shielding effectiveness.

Even though coax makes up a small percentage of our total installations, it is still a critical piece of the infrastructure puzzle for our customers. Coax has been the medium of choice for high fidelity audio, television, satellite and broadband communications.

Grounding and Bonding

With the increasing demand for computer network installations, telecommunications grounding and bonding has become an important part of a structured cabling solution. ESC Cabling has seen the high need for Grounding Design including vertical ground design.  We also install and test our grounded systems

As with traditional electrical grounding, telecommunications networks and equipment should be grounded to the electrical service. However, simply grounding to structural steel isn’t enough when tackling telecommunications systems.

The sensitivity of the electronic equipment requires that the telecommunications cabling and power be effectively equalized to prevent loops or transients that can damage the equipment. This means designing a complete grounding and bonding system that goes beyond the basic “green-wire” methodology.

Terms associated with grounding and bonding with concern to telecommunications are:

  • Telecom bonding connector
  • Telecom main grounding bus-bar
  • Telecom bonding backbone interconnecting bonding conductor
  • Telecom grounding bus-bar
  • Telecom bonding backbone

Local Area Network (LAN) Design & Installation

The options and small details are mind boggling. Our team can assist you with all the planning, managing, staging and deployment of all your site locations in the NY/NJ area. ESC cabling’s dedicated Project and Field Management team will respond to all of your project requirements and provide you with a single point of contact every step of the way.

Whether you require a system for a small office or a high end solution for a call center in a skyscraper in NYC, we have the technical experience and knowledge to get your project off the ground and up and working when YOU need it.

Our experts can design your entire scalable infrastructure of:

  • Voice Communications
  • Data Communications
  • Audio Visual Systems
  • CCTV
  • Digital Video Security
  • VoIP
  • Structured Cabling

More importantly, our services will allow your business to control costs and stay focused on what you do best. We will take on all of the labor intensive duties and paperwork off your head. Rest assured knowing the skills, experience and management to address your business needs are completely taken care of.

The products we recommend are only high quality products from major manufactures. You can rest assured that any product is from a company that can provide on-going support and will be available for the lifecycle of your new infrastructure as you grow.

Project Management

Collaborative efforts are instrumental in the management of each project. Organizing, planning and scheduling are key to delivering successful projects on time and within budget. Effective project execution is critical, and communication with our clients throughout the life of the project is what makes our project management excel within the industry.

Our Project Managers are dedicated to ensuring every project is delivered within our customers’ timelines and according to their specifications and requirements. They are in constant contact with our workforce and customers throughout the installation process to insure every project stays on track from design through completion. It is our Project Managers who are responsible for the coordination of materials and manpower, making sure that all factors meet the project schedule requirements. It is their responsibility to manage all customer requested changes and modifications to the project, and they take great pride in delivering the project according to time and materials requirements.

After the Installation We provide full Life Cycle maintenance and extended warranty programs through our manufacturers’ products designed to meet all of your requirements. All service requests are quickly processed to ensure minimal disruption to your organization. ESC has the ability to provide dedicated on-site labor to respond to small to large commercial cabling/telephone/network maintenance contracts. Additionally, should you require a dedicated maintenance program, ESC can provide a customized solution.

Our dedicated technical staff has been carefully selected to ensure smooth and seamless professional installations. Whether it’s small cabling runs or the end-to-end installation of 1500 station runs, Eastern Standard Cabling guarantees superior workmanship and competitive pricing. Specialized rates can be arranged for custom work. No job is too small at ESC. We have the expertise at every level to provide fast and professional deployment for your Telecommunications requirements. Please call or email us today for a prompt response.

We focus on Low Voltage Cabling products and services. We’ve become the leading experts in this field. We use only the finest components and the latest technologies to optimize performance, and ensure compliance to industry specifications.

Quality Management

Quality

Our BlCSl Certified Technicians are the most highly trained in the industry. The quality of your final installation will be second to none. We take great pride in the work we perform and know that adhering to all applicable standards will ensure your structured cabling system will continue to meet or exceed your voice and data communications needs for many years.

Cable Testing Certification

Testing and Certification are the most important steps in any cable installation. Because today’s Fast Ethernet transmission speeds “push the envelope” of any cabling system, it is critical that all components be thoroughly tested. Plugging the network equipment together and verifying that it “works” is not enough. Certification is especially important to prevent expensive upgrades to your cabling system when upgrading to faster networking technologies in the future.

Network testing and certification of all new installations and existing networks are offered for your entire infrastructure. Our cabling testing services can be included with each installation we perform. No matter what industry your telecommunications are engineered for, we can come in and certify the entire cabling infrastructure is engineered right the first time, meeting and often exceeding industry standards.

Our cabling systems are installed to meet and often exceed all industry recognized performance standards. These standards insure that your network cabling can accommodate the bandwidth requirements of today’s Fast Ethernet as well as tomorrow’s faster technologies.

All components of the cabling system that we install including the cable, modular connectors and patch panels are rated for Category 5e Category 6 and Category 6A performance. Installation of these components is performed in accordance with the recognized standard TIA 568-A.