ISE Magazine, October 2018
ISE ICT SOLUTIONS EDUCATION 16 Mike Grice Deputy General Manager Amphenol Broadband Solutions SUSTAINABILITY It is interesting to reflect on how corporate thought regarding sustainability has evolved over the last 30 years Gone are the days of strictly thinking all packaging must be recyclable and instead smart companies are viewing the subject in a new way Company leaders are unleashing the brain power of their engineering and operations experts to look at the entire product realization process in a new way Such an approach can result in a wide variety of benefits to the company its customers and the community at large Among the new ways that sustainability is being pursued is through the deployment of renewable energy production at manufacturing plants and by turning waste into possible revenue streams for the company Further by demonstrating a commitment to stakeholders the company may receive a variety of intangible benefits such as positive media coverage as well as attracting the best of those entering the workforce who have grown up with the message reduce reuse recycle since they entered kindergarten AGILE THINKING Perhaps the question I struggle with most often and the one which seems to be on the minds of most adults in one form or another is the trade off between the collection of huge sets of data versus personal privacy Where does the responsibility begin and end for service providers and others that have access to such data A real world example is the amount of data collected by our cell phones Simple data such as where the phone is located for each day of a given month can seem innocuous but such data can be extremely valuable for example to those that have an interest in marketing to frequent travelers Mike is responsible for directing all technology efforts at Amphenol Broadband Solutions bringing together the creative forces of Times Fiber Holland Electronics Extreme Broadband Engineering and All Systems Broadband Mike has over 25 years of telecommunication experience with an outside plant focus the first 20 years of experience began at Raychem Previous roles include product development product management and sales Email m grice@ go asb com LinkedIn michaelgrice OVERLOOKED ISSUES With multiple factors driving fiber ever deeper into the network it is time that the industry seriously consider the implications of fiber inside the consumers premises While there have been scattered proposed solutions that include using technology such as multi mode MM or plastic optical fiber POF thus far I am not aware of an industry supported effort to create a standard for consumer grade optical connectivity This standard would be analogous to the HDMI standard which has become ubiquitous throughout consumer electronics Such plug and play simplicity will be required to bring the benefit of broadband into the consumers home n
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