Tight Security for the US Joint Forces Command The Challenge The U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., uses fiber optics as the network backbone for their campus, connecting 3000 users and their computers in various buildings. For security reasons, wireless data links were not an option, and the Joint Forces Command wanted a streamlined system that ran fiber directly to the desktops. But they preferred to avoid the clutter involved in equipping each work station with an external media converter and its power supply. The Solution B&B Electronics provided IE-ModeConverter SFP/SFPs with the IE-PowerTray/18 to mount them. The IE- ModeConverters allow network operators to incorporate multiple fiber types within the same network and the small footprint of the IE-PowerTray lets

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