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Infrastructure and project management
Our network infrastructure and project management expert has moved to the IT Knowledge Exchange (ITKE). View Carrie Higbie's ITKE profile for her latest advice on developing technologies and what they mean to your network.


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What licenses allow user access to applications on the server?
Ask the Expert - What licenses allow user access to the GP application on the server? Find out from infrastructure and project management expert Carrie Higbie. 06 August 2007 -
Can fiber patch cables connect to different micron ratings?
Ask the Expert - Understand fiber patch cable connection abilities in this expert response from networking infrastructure expert Carrie Higbie. 03 July 2007 -
How do we get broadband connection back with multimode fiber?
Ask the Expert - When your customer has taken your broadband connection with single mode fiber, how do you get your connection back with multimode fiber? Find out from our infrastructure expert, Carrie Higbie. 02 July 2007 -
Can you hook a Cisco IP phone to a wireless access point connection?
Ask the Expert - Find out if you can hook a Cisco IP phone to a wireless access point connection in this Q&A with Carrie Higbie. 30 April 2007 -
What is the relationship between cable frequency and bandwidth?
Ask the Expert - How does bandwidth relate to cable frequency? Find out from infrastructure expert Carrie Higbie, in this response. 30 April 2007 -
Why do vendors say ANEXT and Shannon's capacity are the problems for passive connectivity?
Ask the Expert - Are ANEXT and Shannon's capacity problems for passive connectivity? Carrie Higbie clarifies this and the 10BASE-T standard in this expert response. 29 March 2007 -
When do you use a straight-through patch cable, and when do you use a crossover cable?
Ask the Expert - Learn when to use a straight-through patch cable and when to use a crossover cable in this Q&A with infrastructure expert Carrie Higbie. 29 March 2007 -
What are the industry best practices for cabling high-density production server cabinets without pat
Ask the Expert - Infrastructure and project management expert Carrie Higbie answers what the industry best practices are for cabling high-density production server cabinets without patch panels. 19 February 2007 -
Is there a diagram that shows shielded twisted pair cables terminating at the jack end and the patch
Ask the Expert - Use this diagram to help you understand how twisted pair cabling works, how the cable is grounded, and how to terminate at the jack end and patch panel end -- provided by expert Carrie Higbie. 19 February 2007 -
Safe distance for Ethernet at 100 Mbps over Cat5e
Ask the Expert - "What is considered a safe distance for Ethernet at 100 Mbps over Cat5e?" Our infrastructure expert, Carrie Higbie, answers this question in this Q&A. 04 December 2006
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