Corning Incorporated announced today that its CleanAdvantage™ technology was crowned “Data Centre Physical Connectivity of the Year” at the 2021 Data Centre Solutions (DCS) Awards in London last week. This is the ninth consecutive year that a Corning product has been awarded.
Corning’s CleanAdvantage technology addresses the industry wide, resource-intensive cleaning process required to prevent end-face contamination – recognised as the most common cause of network failures and data packet corruption.
CleanAdvantage utilises proprietary cleaning technology for the entire connector ferrule, not only the connector end-face, and an optimised dust cap design to ensure a factory-clean connector remains clean and ready for installation when it arrives on site. Additionally, the technology eliminates the need to clean and scope MTP and LC Uniboot connectors prior to the first mating connection. As a result, it reduces installation time up to 17 percent and consumable costs up to 95 percent..
“We’re immensely proud and grateful of our continued success at the DCS Awards and the recognition from our customers and partners for CleanAdvantage,” said Cindy Ryborz, EMEA data centre marketing manager, Corning Optical Communications. “We strive to keep customers front-of-mind and we are thrilled with the benefits CleanAdvantage has already brought to data centre projects around the world.”
Phil Alsop, Editor at Digitalisation World, says: “Fibre connection contamination is a major challenge when it comes to data centre network installations. Corning’s innovative solution is a game changer when it comes to both speeding up and improving the reliability of network installations and lives up to its name, proving network installers with a clear advantage!”
Entries in the “Data Centre Physical Connectivity Innovation of the Year” category included a range of leading data centre technologies. Products were evaluated on their market impact, unique features and benefits to users.
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About the Data Centre Solutions Awards
The Data Centre Solutions Awards reward the products, projects, and services as well as honour companies and teams operating in data centre fields. The DCS Awards recognize the achievements of end users, channel partners, and vendors along with an award in the end-user category for the supplier who nominated the winning organization. Winners are selected by public vote.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning (www.corning.com) is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people’s lives. Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges. Corning’s businesses and markets are constantly evolving. Today, Corning’s products enable diverse industries such as consumer electronics, telecommunications, transportation, and life sciences. They include damage-resistant cover glass for smartphones and tablets; precision glass for advanced displays; optical fibre, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions for high-speed communications networks; trusted products that accelerate drug discovery and manufacturing; and emissions-control products for cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles.
