Between October and November 2008, Anixter Colombia, will hold the seminar "The company connected through IP", where the most representative vendors of the sector will address the attendees in order to inform the public about new technologies and features, as well as the advantages of IP systems, allowing the teamwork of all the subsystems of a building, whether access controls, video surveillance, HVAC, lighting, voice and data.This event, which is part of the Anixter IP Seminars, has a high technical content that will present the trends of current issues in the IP world, aimed especially at Anixter channels in the area of security and infrastructure. As explained by Angélica Fajardo, marketing manager for Colombia and Ecuador, the last two editions had focused on the issue of security, however this time the central issue will be directed globally to the implementation of IP technology in all areas of the company, which is why the call was extended to new channels and new vendors, which will complement the entire portfolio of solutions.
"The company connected through IP" that has been developed in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Caribbean, Peru and Chile, will arrive in Colombia to be held in Bogotá on Thursday, October 23, in Medellín on Tuesday, October 28, on Thursday, October 30 in Cali and will end on Wednesday, November 5 in Barranquilla. To know the anixter portfolio, in addition to being in contact with the vendors of Alvarion, Axis, Bosch, Commscope, CPI, Motorola, Pelco, who will present the information on the benefits of switching to IP-based systems and help attendees prepare to migrate their infrastructure and cabling in the future.
The purpose of this seminar is to explore the issues, challenges and benefits of the IP world and their importance, as well as the standards and recommendations to guide companies in this transition. According to Fajardo, "a decade ago, companies and IT professionals had many options in technology networks; today, there is only one: Ethernet and IP. Many data and some voice networks have already completed the transition to Ethernet and IP. In the last four or five years, we've seen security applications, like video surveillance and access control, migrate to Ethernet and IP. Currently, building systems also began to migrate, collectively, we call these smart grids "The company connected over IP".
