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As the global economy continues to reinvent the way companies do business, it is also reinventing the way companies use their commercial spaces. With the rise of social networking, shared working spaces, colocation data centers and 12-hour work days, commercial spaces—including office, retail and warehouse—are required to be flexible toward employee use, security and environment. The office spaces of 9-to-5 work days with low-slung cubicles and typing pools are being replaced by shifting work schedules, global social networking, and on-demand e-commerce and customer service. Where buildings used to be a staid environment that required use for a set amount of time, today’s buildings need to provide workers, owners and managers with greater control over costs, security and use.

These intelligent buildings rely on a broadband network to manage the endless amounts of data generated and gathered from users. Through the collection of data from security cameras, access control points, lighting and HVAC systems, and network connections, building managers can better anticipate users’ behavior and tailor the environment to meet their needs. With the demands placed on buildings in today’s global, competitive environment, energy costs can start to escalate, which for managers and owners can lead to everything from higher operating expenses to a greater negative impact on the environment.

Intelligent building controls provide managers with the information needed to tailor operations to reduce energy use and costs. By implementing hundreds, if not thousands, of sensor and monitoring points, technology is becoming more advanced and able to collect data from a variety of building subsystems.

In an intelligent building, management operation of in-building wireless, access control, video surveillance, perimeter security, and HVAC systems can be centralized and simplified. For example, sensors in overhead lighting can dim or strengthen automatically based on ambient light from open windows. Sensors can also determine the occupancy of a room to allow for the opening and closing of dampers to save on HVAC costs and to cut power to outlets in unoccupied rooms. By lowering the output when needed, overall costs can be saved. An intelligent building allows managers to be smarter with their energy usage and to better control those systems that have the greatest impact on cost and energy use.

“It is the idea of opening buildings up to interconnect subsystems such as access control, video surveillance and lighting in an open architecture environment,” said Andy Jimenez, Anixter’s Vice President of Technology for Enterprise Cabling Solutions. “When these technologies are installed and functionally integrated with one another, more data will be collected and analyzed. Through the analysis of this data, companies can create new applications to tailor solutions to meet their challenges.”

Indoor LightingIn a commercial building, lighting alone can account for up to 35 percent of the total energy used. This is helping to push the overall market for lighting to $115 billion by 2015, which is roughly a 25 percent increase from today. Increasingly stringent national and state building codes require greater energy efficiency from lighting systems, which is leading many building operators to replace inefficient bulbs or rely on more outside lighting. Even though there are many simple design changes that can lower energy consumption, an intelligent lighting system that relies on a twisted-pair cabling network can better integrate with other building systems to provide greater overall control and energy reduction.

A new application, developed by Redwood Systems, takes advantage of an intelligent building network by building performance through a low-voltage LED lighting and sensor network. The LED lighting and high-density network of sensors is DC powered through Category 5e, 6 and 6A rated twisted-pair cabling systems. LED lighting is the next generation lighting technology and it’s already being adopted within commercial building spaces due to its superior lighting quality, longer life, and lower power consumption when compared to traditional fluorescent lighting. The sensors enable extremely smooth per-fixture dimming, one-button daylight harvesting and highly accurate activity sensing for occupancy-based lighting policies. The sensors automatically deliver data and alerts that report how workspaces are use, heated and cooled. This provides building owners, operators and tenants with the ability to minimize overall building operating costs while enhancing employee and workspace productivity.

Get Ready for the Intelligent Building Revolution

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Lower Power ConsumptionCommercial buildings represent 18 percent of the United State’s energy consumption. For a commercial building, energy consumption is typically 30 percent of its total operating cost. Approximately 40 percent of this energy consumption is consumed as electricity for lighting. As demonstrated by the building automation lighting industry, energy savings of 30 percent (i.e., 10 percent of overall energy consumption) are considered easily achievable by simple conservation methodologies. Here is a conservative breakdown of building electrical energy consumption.

Indoor Environmental QualityAccording to the U.S. Green Building Council and its New Construction Rating Systems v2.2, a new building construction can earn important LEED certification points by addressing the degree to which both the both environmental and lighting systems can be controlled and monitored. Through automation, individual control or intelligent monitoring, an intelligent building can adjust both lighting and temperature to suits the needs of a building’s occupants based on policies set by the building owner. Office temperatures can be adjusted based on occupancy. Sensors can monitor activity within an area and illuminate as necessary. Centralized networks can adjust heating and lighting for an individual office or entire floor based on predetermined criteria such as vacations, holidays or special events. With the increased control provided by an intelligent building, users can reduce energy consumption to lower a building’s cost of operation.

Cabling InfrastructureAdditionally, the enterprise network has started to expand into physical building infrastructure controls. As more of these controls are becoming IP enabled and added to the network, a universal concept for a single building cabling approach will be required. An intelligent building will need a robust, utility-grade cabling plant to act as a single transport for both IP and analog signaling at the device level. As IP-enabled networks become more pervasive, from the integration of building automation systems (BAS) to the now ubiquitous corporate network, a single cabling plant of four-pair copper and optical fiber design will interface directly to these BAS devices.

End-users benefit from the ANSI/TIA 568-C and ISO/IEC 11801 series of standards that define Category 5e (Class D), Category 6 (Class E) and Category 6A (Class EA) performance levels to establish the minimum transmission medium requirements necessary to support a wide array of data, voice and video communications systems within their enterprises. Performance and test parameters within these standards ensure that the cabling systems that meet the specified requirements demonstrate sufficient “headroom” or margin to ensure operation of the communications equipment.

Future of Building AutomationThe following building systems are applicable candidates for building automation systems (BAS):

• Physical security and access control• Energy management and power distribution• Tenant telecommunications (telephone, data networks)• Lighting• Life safety• HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning)• Vertical transport (elevators and escalators)• Communications within the public spaces (public address, elevators)• Building structure monitoring (leaks, corrosion, etc.)• Metering and monitoring of natural gas and other outside energy sources• Monitoring and control of drinking and hot water for domestic use• Monitoring and billing of individual tenant utilities and services

Companies implementing IP convergence can gain significant cost benefits. Running all applications over the same cabling simplifies network management, improves network scalability and offers considerable cost savings. What follows are the key benefits that IP convergence provides:

• Offers faster, cost-effective deployments and reconfigurations• Eliminates the need to build and maintain separate networks• Leverages existing infrastructure and investment• Improves overall reliability of systems• Provides better scalability to accommodate growth• Facilitates management via centralized administration

For more information on intelligent buildings and the Redwood Systems lighting solutions, contact your local Anixter sales representative or call 1.800.ANIXTER.

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Anixter’s 2012 Trade Show and Events Calendar

Below is a small sampling of the trade shows and events Anixter will be participating in throughout 2012.

Make sure you stop by our booth to speak with our sales specialists regarding your enterprise cabling, security, and wire and cabling solution needs. For more information about an event or trade show, call 1.800.ANIXTER.

Trade Show and Events CalendarDate Name Focus Location

February

February 12–15 BICSI Winter Network cabling Orlando, FL

February 15–16 WHMA Wire harness Orlando, FL

March

March 8 iSecurity Security Virtual

March 18–22 AFCOM Spring Data centers Las Vegas, NV

March 28–30 ISC West Security Las Vegas, NV

April

April 19–20 Secured Cities Security Chicago, IL

April 25–28 CSIA Control Systems Scottsdale, AZ

May / June

June 13–15 InfoComm Audio/Visual, IT, Networking Las Vegas, NV

June 20–21 NRF Loss Prevention Security New Orleans, LA

June 27–28 Electronic Security Expo Security Nashville, TN

July / August / September

September 10–13 ASIS International Security Philadelphia, PA

September 30–October 2 NECA Wire and Cable Las Vegas, NV

October

October 24–25 Canasa Security Toronto, ON

October 31–November 1 ISC Solutions Security New York, NY

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TIA-1179: Healthcare Facility Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard

The purpose of this standard is to enable the planning and installation of a structured cabling system for healthcare facilities and buildings by establishing performance and technical criteria for various cabling system configurations. This structured cabling system must support multiproduct and multimanufacturer environments.

This is not a stand-alone document, but instead, it provides references to existing standards documents for the majority of its content. However, where the requirements for a healthcare installation dictate unique structured cabling system parameters those are spelled out in the TIA-1179 document.

The existing standards documents that are referenced throughout the TIA-1179 document are as follows:

• ANSI/TIA-568-C.0 (Generic Telecommunications Cabling For Customer Premises)

• ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 (Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling And Components Standard)

• ANSI/TIA-568-C.3 (Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard)

• ANSI/TIA-569-B (Commercial Building Standard For Telecommunications Pathways And Spaces)

• ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-A (Administration Standard For Commercial Telecommunications Infrastructure)

• ANSI/TIA-758-A (Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard)

• ANSI/TIA/EIA-862 (Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard For Commercial Buildings)

Even though there is nothing within the TIA-1179 standard that replaces or supersedes the information in the standards above, there is considerable guidance on implementing these standards in the context of a healthcare facility. This is the first TIA standard to specifically address the unique healthcare environment.

Advice is given that it is not sufficient to implement a structured cabling system solely on performance criteria, but that consideration must also be given to application standards (requirements), governmental and local regulations, equipment vendors, system suppliers and service suppliers. Some of these additional considerations have the potential to limit the performance of the cabling infrastructure.

Sustainability is addressed in the TIA-1179 standard as it relates to the longevity of the average healthcare facility, equipment refresh cycles and expected lifetime of the structured cabling system. Given that it is often very difficult and disruptive to add infrastructure in the healthcare environment, designing and installing with scalability and future performance needs in mind is paramount.

Patient care and life safety can be impacted by changes and/or failures in the cabling infrastructure. Therefore it is essential that the cabling system be designed to reduce or eliminate the probability of requiring changes to the infrastructure as user or application requirements change.

Diverse routes and paths are strongly encouraged whenever possible to prevent service interruptions in all critical care areas. This encompasses the elements from the entrance facility through the horizontal cabling.

There are several different classifications of work area as described below. These classifications provide a general guideline as to the density and location of outlets in the work areas.

• Patient services

• Surgery, procedure and operating rooms

• Emergency

• Ambulatory care

• Women’s health

• Diagnostic and treatment

• Caregiver

• Service and support

• Facilities

• Operations

• Critical care

Because some of these work areas can be controlled environments, infection control requirements (ICR) is addressed in the standard as well. Dust in patient areas is a leading cause of airborne contaminant infection. Therefore, disturbing ceiling tiles, wall penetrations and access to unoccupied spaces can present challenges to moves, adds and changes, and so care must be given to overprovisioning these areas. Additionally, there are potential problems associated with disposal of cabling and components that have been installed in ICR governed areas.

From an administration standpoint, the standard recommends that an automated infrastructure management system by considered due to the critical nature of attached biomedical devices and that in some cases it might be necessary to segment the network into distinct elements for these devices.

Contact your local Anixter representative or systems engineer for more information.

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IEEE Updates: Two New Standards for Power Substations

TIA-862-A: Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard

IEEE has approved a project to revise its standards for electric power substation cable systems and physical security.

IEEE P525–Guide for the Design and Installation of Cable Systems in Substations–will update a guide for the design, installation and protection of insulated wire and cable systems in substations with the objective of minimizing cable failures and their consequences. The revision will add a large substation example to illustrate more complex design issues and also will update the communications cable section to expand on recent technology such as fiber optic cables.

IEEE P1402–Standard for Physical Security of Electric Power Substations–will revise a standard establishing a minimum requirement and practices for the physical security of electric power substations. It is designed to address a number of threats, including unauthorized access to substation facilities, theft of material and vandalism and to describe requirements for positive access control, monitoring of facilities and delay/deter feature to mitigate these threats. The standard is being updated to reflect latest changes in physical-protection technologies and procedures in light of the recent dramatic increase in substation vandalism due to the increases of the prices of commodities such as copper.

Contact your local Anixter representative for more information.

This Standard specifies minimum requirements for BAS cabling including cabling topology, architecture, design and installation practices, test procedures, and components that comprise the cabling system. The BAS cabling specified by this Standard is intended to support building management related applications in a wide range of premises.

Building automation encompasses control systems such as security and monitoring (i.e. vice surveillance), safety systems such as fire alarm, environmental conditioning systems such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), and energy management systems such as internal and external lighting. The TIA/EIA-862-A Standard specifies generic cabling topology, architecture, design, installation practices, test procedures, and coverage areas to support building automation systems (BAS) used in commercial buildings. Since, historically, providers of these building automation services specified their own proprietary equipment, cables, interface connections, and topology, this new Standard offers the distinct advantage of being able to support multi-product and multi-vendor environments using one generic structured cabling system.

It is important to note that other “low-voltage systems” (e.g., audio/video paging, service/equipment alarms, nonvoice/data communications, wireless access points) are also supported by the telecommunications cabling infrastructure requirements of this Standard.

Watch Anixter’s Vice President of Technology for Enterprise Cabling Solutions, Andy Jimenez, discuss the standard and its impact on the industry.

Contact your local Anixter representative for more information.

Products. Technology. Services. Delivered Globally.

Summary

CustomerMajor public school system

ChallengeUpgrade of video surveillance system

Solution• Technical expertise, government

contract negotiation• Supply Chain Solutions (Sourcing and

Material Management)

Results• Reduced supplier base• Lowered inventory management costs• Reduced distribution costs• Met monthly benchmarks for performance

Customer ChallengeOne of the largest school systems in America received federal funding to implement a systemwide upgrade of its security system, especially at high-risk schools. With more than 1,500 schools and thousands of students, the school system encompasses millions of square feet of space spread out over a large geographic area. Many of the schools had already installed data cabling and the updated video surveillance system was designed to take advantage of these enhancements.

The school district contacted a technology consulting firm that it previously worked with on its data cabling installation for help on its new video surveillance system. The firm worked on the technical specifications for the upgrade, which included an IP-based solution that networked the cameras throughout the facility, but needed assistance in selecting and sourcing the right products to meet its technical design. With more than 20 integrators working for the consulting firm and thousands of products needed, the firm looked for a partner that could help recommend the right products, successfully manage materials, reduce overall costs and improve the speed of deployment.

Anixter SolutionAnixter worked with the school district and consulting firm on specifying the products for the system deployment. During the initial design phase, product specifications frequently changed. By aligning with manufacturers, Anixter was able to demonstrate and recommend products that fit the integrator’s technical specifications for the rollout. This included sourcing different products and managing lead times to ensure enough product was available when the integrators needed it. By working with select manufacturers and presenting multiple solutions, Anixter was able to manage more than 10 different manufacturers to supply the cameras, headend gear and data cabling.

Anixter held two major contracts with the state government: one for infrastructure products and one for security. This allowed the school district to buy directly from Anixter’s dealers without having to go through a lengthy bid process. It also helped the school district to solidify the technical specifications and work with the integrator to select the manufacturer solutions that met the requirements. With long-term experience in dealing with these types of contracts, Anixter is able to help many organizations do more business with government entities.

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Anixter Solution (continued)Anixter implemented a phased deployment of products. As the integrators moved from school to school, Anixter shipped the product as needed, which helped to ensure only the right products for a particular facility arrived on site. By keeping products in a nearby distribution center, Anixter was able to manage lead times with manufacturers and ship products to the integrators when an order came in. Also, as part of Anixter’s standard operating procedures, a quality group checked all the products at the distribution facility before they were delivered to the job site to minimize failures and returns. Subsequently, the products were labeled with their appropriate destination and double checked so that the deliveries matched the purchase orders.

Project ResultsThrough Anixter’s technical expertise, manufacturer partnerships and supply chain capabilities, the technology consulting firm reduced its supplier base, lowered its cost of managing inventory levels and saved on distribution costs. With just-in-time deliveries to the job site, overall operating costs were lowered and the project was able to meet monthly benchmarks for performance.

Overall, Anixter provided 60 million feet of cable and 6,000 cameras and combined these with a solution that was ready to install to help increase the speed of deployment. By successfully managing lead times and ensuring product was stored in a nearby distribution center, there were no delays in deploying the upgraded security system. With millions of dollars coming through the state contract, Anixter helped to reduce the overall supplier base and lower distribution costs by consolidating manufacturers through a single channel. With Anixter, the technology consulting firm and the school system working together, the project continues to move along smoothly.

CASE STUDY Anixter Helps to Roll Out Video Surveillance Upgrade at Metropolitan School District

Electrical and Electronic Wire & Cable • Enterprise Cabling & Security Solutions • FastenersAnixter Inc. World Headquarters • 2301 Patriot Boulevard, Glenview, IL 60026-8020 • 1.800.ANIXTER • 224.521.8000 • anixter.com

Anixter is a leading global supplier of communications and security products, electrical and electronic wire and cable, fasteners and other small components. We help our customers specify solutions and make informed purchasing decisions around technology, applications and relevant standards. Throughout the world,

we provide innovative supply chain management solutions to reduce our customers’ total cost of production and implementation. A NYSE listed company, Anixter, with its subsidiaries, serves companies in 50 countries around the world. Anixter’s total revenue approximated $5.5 billion in 2010.

Anixter does not manufacture the items described in this publication. Any applicable product warranties are provided by the manufacturers. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Anixter disclaims all warranties, either express or implied. The information provided and any images shown are for descriptive purposes only. Anixter makes no warranty or representation,

express or implied, about the accuracy or completeness of any information provided. Data and suggestions made in the publication are not to be construed as recommendations to purchase or as authorizations to use any products in violation of any law or regulation. All products are sold subject to Anixter’s General Conditions of Sale.

Technical Expertise

Anixter has a variety of resources dedicated to keeping its customers current on the latest products, applications, standards and emerging technologies:

• Infrastructure Solutions Lab with end-to-end testing and performance reports

• Compatibility testing to ensure interoperability of products

• Technical knowledge of complete systems for surveillance and access control

• Deep understanding of IT and telecommunications standards

• Technical support with regional security managers and local networking and security solutions experts

• Training and educational opportunities through Anixter UniversitySM

• Technical Committee Chair at ONVIF to keep abreast of the latest developments and provide input into ONVIF specifications

Products. Technology. Services. Delivered Globally.

Summary

CustomerNetwork Intergrator for a major North American convention center

ChallengeAdvanced logistics support and material management services for large convention center

SolutionREADY!SM Rack, READY!SM Cabinet, and eAnixter

Results• Created kits to speed customer orders

and audits• Created zone-specific kits to facilitate

prompt, accurate on-site delivery• Minimized packaging materials for

improved waste management• Convention center won the highest

LEED certification

Customer ChallengeExpansion of a major North American convention center included the construction of a new facility and renovation of the existing structure–a total of 1.1 million square feet. An integrator was awarded a contract to install a new high-speed local area network (LAN) in the 338,000-square-foot expansion of the main facility and in the existing 133,000-square-foot structure.

According to plan, construction would be completed in time for it to house a major convention in the summer of 2009. Following that opening date, the buildings would be closed for conversion into a media center. As an expert in the installation of complex data networks, the integrator needed a material management solution that simplified product procurement and provided enhanced delivery to the job site. The integrator turned to Anixter and its READY!SM Deployment Services to meet its needs for products, technology and supply chain expertise in phase one of the project.

Program ScopeThe 1.1 million-square-foot site was divided into construction zones with designated delivery points. The LAN included two server rooms and 41 communications rooms that required 5 miles of backbone fiber and more than 7,500 Category 6 cable drops. At its peak, more than 700 tradespeople worked to install more than 270,000 meters–167 miles–of Category 6 cable, fiber optic cable and other networking components. The center also was aiming for LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification, which certifies successful green building design, construction and operations. Anixter needed to ensure that its practices met the sustainability guidelines set by the end-user.

Anixter SolutionAnixter worked with its manufacturer partners and integrator to create a comprehensive bill of materials for the project. The manufacturers shipped materials to Anixter, who created a dedicated inventory program to provide complete visibility of all materials via Web access. eAnixter allowed the integrator to have real-time access to specifications, pricing and inventory availability. By offering the ability place and track orders online, Anixter better integrated its material management process with the integrator to streamline the overall supply chain. Anixter warehoused the materials in a local distribution center, and by using customer provided schematics, Anixter preassembled 24 READY!SM Racks and 23 READY!SM Cabinets to speed upon-site installation and enhance the productivity of skilled electrical workers at the site.

With minimal site

storage available,

Anixter’s READY!

Deployment Services

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millions of dollars

worth of material to

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CASE STUDY Integrator Uses READY! Deployment Services to Upgrade Convention Center

As part of Anixter’s READY! Deployment Services, READY! Rack and READY! Cabinet provide a fully customizable rack or cabinet solution with patch panels, vertical and horizontal cable managers, power bars and other components that produces significantly less waste and debris at the job site.

With space at the construction site extremely limited, Anixter’s READY! Deployment Services provided scheduled deliveries from the warehouse to designated gates and locations. To improve productivity on-site and reduce office paperwork, Anixter developed a flexible ordering system for subcontractors who needed parts immediately. Rather than request a purchase order and wait several days for it to be processed, Anixter created a credit card authorization system that allowed designated subcontractors with credit cards on file to order parts for delivery to the site within hours. The on-site construction management team had access to eAnixter, the online system that provides real-time access to inventories, order placement, tracking and other timely information. When an order was shipped from the warehouse to the construction site, the project manager was notified electronically of the time frame in which it would be delivered and the exact location of the delivery.

Due to the size, complexity and location of eight of the cabinets within the expansion, Anixter worked with the customer and a specialized cartage service to deliver the assembled cabinets to the site and then hoist them into position in the utility corridor, a tunnel in the center of the expansion facility underneath the exhibition hall floor. Because the site lacked storage space, delivery schedules were critical–and tight. Anixter cut 5 miles of fiber tube cable and an equivalent amount of Category 6 backbone copper cable in the lengths required and shipped the amount needed to the site to meet the customer’s daily or weekly installation requirements.

Anixter participated fully in the concerted effort to gain LEED certification for the facility by adhering to its recycling program for paper, metal and wood. All paper debris was removed from the site on a regular schedule, and where possible, Anixter removed packaging at its warehouse. Cardboard and paper were weighed and placed in recycling bins. Scrap metal was removed from the site by a metal recycling firm, and wood reels were reused or recycled. For all the materials, Anixter provided to the integrator documentation that validated recommended LEED processes were followed.

Project ResultsWith minimal site storage available, Anixter’s READY! Deployment Services were critical in getting millions of dollars worth of material to the site when needed. By using its READY! Rack and READY! Cabinet offerings to preassemble kits off site and ship directly to the exact LAN room in the facility, the technicians received a solution that could be dropped into place and installed quickly, which helped to save time, reduce downtime and drive efficiencies.

By using Anixter’s READY! Deployment Services, Anixter removed more than 1,000 pounds of cardboard, 79 pounds of plastic and 160 pounds of trash associated with the racks, cabinets and cabling from the site. The center won the highest LEED certification, Platinum, and earned the “Go Green” award from the International Building Owners and Managers Association.

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Anixter Inc. World Headquarters • 2301 Patriot Boulevard, Glenview, IL 60026-8020 • 1.800.ANIXTER • 224.521.8000 • anixter.comAnixter is a leading global supplier of communications and security products, electrical and electronic wire and cable, fasteners and other small components. We help our customers specify solutions

and make informed purchasing decisions around technology, applications and relevant standards. Throughout the world, we provide innovative supply chain management services to reduce our customers’ total cost of production and implementation. A NYSE listed company, Anixter, with its subsidiaries, serves companies in more than 52 countries around the world. Anixter’s total revenue approximated $5 billion in 2009.

Anixter Inc. does not manufacture the items described in this publication. All applicable warranties are provided by the manufacturers. Purchasers are requested to determine directly from the manufacturers the applicable product warranties and limitations. Data and suggestions made in the publication are not to be construed as recommendations or authorizations to use any products in violation of any government law or regulation relating to any material or its use.

CASE STUDY Integrator Uses READY! Deployment Services to Upgrade Convention Center

READY!SM Deployment Services by Anixter map our distribution and Supply Chain Services to the construction or deployment process of any technology project. We combine sourcing, inventory management, kitting, labeling, packaging and deployment services to simplify and address the material management challenges at the job site(s). READY! Deployment Services by Anixter will help you improve the speed to deployment, lower your total cost of deployment and ensure your product specifications are delivered as planned.

This project called for:

READY!SM Cabinet includes a complete rack or cabinet with all of the components delivered as one part number.

READY! Rack includes a complete rack or cabinet with all of the components delivered as one part number.

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Summary

CustomerIT and business processing outsourcing company

Business NeedCabinet infrastructure for Tier IV data center

SolutionREADY!SM Cabinet

Results• Ready-to-install cabinets• One part number ordering• Off-site kitting, labeling and preassembly• Minimal deployment time• Reduced on-site packaging waste• Improved process management

Customer ChallengeConstructing the only Tier IV data center in the Middle East required a deployment strategy that provides efficient material deliveries combined with precise technical and product specifications. Because Tier IV data centers have complex infrastructures and guarantee near continuous uptime for all its services and applications, they are sensitive to installation and design practices. For one of the Middle East’s leading information technology and business process outsourcing companies, the data center needed to reliably support the variety of servers and active components its customers needed to power their IT and Web-based applications.

To help design and install the site infrastructure, the company turned to a network integrator to develop a high-performance infrastructure solution and address concerns of limited on-site storage and staging, rigid facility security, diverse components and supplier requirements, and the technical specifications of a Tier IV data center. To ensure the integrity of the products from sourcing to delivery, the network integrator turned to Anixter for enhanced material management for the project.

Project ScopeOver a three-year span, the 20,000-square-foot data center was built out to hold between 600 and 700 cabinets. To make it operational for the first clients, the data center required the installation of 100 cabinets. This initial development phase included products from three manufacturers. The cabinets included a variety of high-performance connectivity components, such as jacks, patch panels, as well as heat dissipaters, power units and ventilation products. A project of this scope required a solution that had to be flexible enough so that each of the cabinets was available on-demand according to the integrator’s installation schedule to ensure minimal disruptions to the construction schedule. In order to assemble 100 cabinets and to protect the physical infrastructure products from the risks of theft, loss or damage, the solution had to address the challenges of the limited storage and staging space in the data center.

By using Anixter’s

READY!SM Cabinet offering,

the entire project—

from initial product

selection to managing

materials at the job

site—was deployed

quickly and efficiently.

CASE STUDY Ready-To-Install Cabinets for Middle East Tier IV Data Center

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Anixter Inc. World Headquarters • 2301 Patriot Boulevard, Glenview, IL 60026-8020 • 1.800.ANIXTER • 224.521.8000 • anixter.comAnixter is a leading global supplier of communications and security products, electrical and electronic wire and cable, fasteners and other small components. We help our customers specify solutions

and make informed purchasing decisions around technology, applications and relevant standards. Throughout the world, we provide innovative supply chain management services to reduce our customers’ total cost of production and implementation. A NYSE listed company, Anixter, with its subsidiaries, serves companies in more than 52 countries around the world. Anixter’s total revenue approximated $5 billion in 2009.

Anixter Inc. does not manufacture the items described in this publication. All applicable warranties are provided by the manufacturers. Purchasers are requested to determine directly from the manufacturers the applicable product warranties and limitations. Data and suggestions made in the publication are not to be construed as recommendations or authorizations to use any products in violation of any government law or regulation relating to any material or its use.

READY!SM Deployment Services by Anixter map our distribution and Supply Chain Services to the construction or deployment process of any technology project. We combine sourcing, inventory management, kitting, labeling, packaging and deployment services to simplify and address the material management challenges at the job site(s). READY! Deployment Services by Anixter will help you improve the speed to deployment, lower your total cost of deployment and ensure your product specifications are delivered as planned.

This project called for:

READY!SM Cabinet includes a complete rack or cabinet with all of the components delivered as one part number.

C A B I N E T

Anixter SolutionDuring the upfront planning and design of the data center, the end-user specified a system that provided flexible solutions for the provision of voice, data, video and building management services within the data center facility. Based on performance and life-cycle requirements, Anixter’s technical experts suggested the integrator and end-user consider a data center with a useful life of more than 20 years that supports standards-based high-bandwidth applications to meet future data requirements. To ensure the data center had the foundation to meet these future requirements, Anixter suggested the integrator adhere to internationally recognized design standards, including TIA/EIA-942, TIA/EIA-569A, the TIA/EIA-568-B series of commercial building cabling standards, ISO 11802-2 and EN 50173 2nd Edition. In order to meet the strict requirements for performance and longevity specified by a Tier IV data center, Anixter worked with the integrator to complete a bill of materials that met the end-user’s long-term goals.

Tier IV data centers are finely tuned facilities that are designed to provide their users with near continuous uptime. This makes the entire construction and deployment phase critical to the future use and sustainability of the facility. Slight, undetected imperfections in the underlying physical infrastructure can generate unwanted disruptions in the future. Because of this, the integrator needed to keep the facility relatively free of unnecessary debris and product storage during the deployment. Anixter suggested the integrator use its READY!SM Cabinet offering, which provides a ready-to-install cabinet ordered as one part number delivered directly to the data center floor.

As part of Anixter’s READY!SM Deployment Services, each READY! Cabinet solution arrived to the job site with the right amount of components to be quickly installed in its proper location on the data center floor. By kitting, packaging, labeling and preassembling cabinets at its distribution facility before shipment to the data center, Anixter was able to divert packaging waste from the job site and send it to a recycling center. With less packaging materials and a single READY! Cabinet delivered to the job site, Anixter helped to speed the time to deployment and maximize the usable staging space for the integrator. Because each READY! Cabinet solution received a single part number, Anixter was able to help the integrator realize cost savings through the elimination of invoicing for the ordering and storing of numerous separate infrastructure components.

Project ResultsBy using Anixter’s READY! Cabinet offering, the integrator was able to provide fully customized cabinets that met the data center operator’s specifications. By producing significantly less waste and debris at the job site, the network integrator was able to minimize its nonessential tasks and better focus on its core competencies. Anixter’s solution helped to streamline the entire process from the initial product selection to the mapping of material deliveries to the integrator’s schedule. With the ready-to-install infrastructures provided by Anixter’s READY! Deployment Services, the network integrator was able to deliver the Tier IV data center on time and on budget, which allowed the operator to more quickly offer its IT services to its customers.

CASE STUDY Ready-To-Install Cabinets for Middle East Tier IV Data Center