Today's enterprise workspaces are increasingly more social and flexible, and are subject to frequent reconfiguration and updating. To determine how structured cabling can best support flexible workplaces, Siemon recently analysed the cost and environmental impact of various structured cabling designs. Below are the findings. [ + ]

Low resistance measurements have many and diverse applications, from checking the condition of circuit breaker contacts to verifying the integrity of welded joints. Low resistance test sets are, however, available in an almost bewildering range of types. This article offers some useful advice on choosing the right test set for the application in hand. [ + ]

Power efficiency is hardly a new concern among data centre operators, but today's constrained budgets and corporate sustainability initiatives have combined to make energy usage minimisation more critical than ever. [ + ]

The rise in adoption of automation technologies presents significant opportunities for the electrical industry. However, with varying levels of customer understanding, it's challenging to determine how to capture a piece of this rapidly growing market. [ + ]

Infratech Industries has launched Australia's first floating solar system, which is estimated to generate 57% more power than fixed land-based systems. [ + ]

After a nationwide recall of faulty Infinity cables, only 15%* has been remediated. [ + ]

Last year, NSW Fair Trading issued a warning to consumers about the potential risk of using non-compliant electrical products, especially USB-style chargers. [ + ]

If you're after a simple way of determining how green your fleet is, look no further than the Green Vehicle Guide, a comparison website developed by the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. [ + ]

How often have you relied on your intuition to make important business decisions? Have you ever felt nervous and unsure about the decision and wondered how your company will benefit? Now imagine using clear, actionable data to make intelligent decisions and enhance your company's operations for today and tomorrow with a click of a button - this is possible with analytics. By using analytics, you can sort through data and pull out the important details to inform intelligent business decisions.

The ACI Connect conference and expo, to be held at Sydney Olympic Park on 12-13 August 2015, will feature Engineers Australia's inaugural Future Tech Forum. [ + ]

Residual current devices (RCDs) have long had a bad reputation for causing nuisance tripping and unexplained outages in data centres. Sadly, this perception still exists within the ICT industry and is inconsistent with the latest developments in technology. [ + ]

As we inch ever closer to comprehensive vehicle-to-vehicle communication, transportation organisations around the world are investigating the use of data drawn from smartphones to deliver real-time traffic information. [ + ]

A recent survey of over 8000 field service customers has uncovered how industry technology trends impact on the decision to hire plumbers, exterminators, cleaning contractors and other residential service providers. Results show that the residential services market is ripe for businesses that adopt integrated software and why those that don't will get left behind. [ + ]

The Security Exhibition & Conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 15-17 July. [ + ]

A substantial fire recently broke out at an underground coal mine near the breaker shaft and machine system hydraulics on a feeder breaker, according to a Mines Safety Alert issued by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines. [ + ]