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James Young

James currently serves as the Director of CommScope’s Enterprise Data Center division, overseeing strategy and providing leadership to product and field teams globally. Formerly James has been involved in a variety of roles including sales, marketing and operations for communication solutions working with Tyco Electronics/AMP, Anixter, Canadian Pacific and TTS in Canada. 

James has gained extensive experience in the sale of OEM products, network solutions and value-added services through direct and indirect channel sales environments. His sales experience includes electronic transmission components, telephony systems, network systems, LAN infrastructure products and fibre transmission system products. James has garnered substantial experience in OEM and channel marketing, as well as network operations as assistant director of CP’s computers and communications group. 

James graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario.  He is a registered Communication Distribution Designer (RCDD) and certified Data Center Design Professional (CDCP).

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April 19, 2022

Copper in the Data Center Network: Is It Time to Move On?

In this blog, we take a look at how data center trends and changes are shifting the balance between copper and fiber and what it can mean for today’s larger enterprise and cloud-based facilities.

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July 08, 2020

The Evolving Role of the Data Center in a 5G-Enabled World

As networks ramp up their support for 5G and IoT, IT managers are focusing on the edge and the increasing need to locate more capacity and processing power closer to end users. In this blog, James Young explains how they are re-evaluating the role of their data centers.

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June 23, 2020

400G in the data center: Densification and campus architecture

As larger data centers prepare for the leap to 400G, network managers face a multitude of challenges and decisions. In this three-part blog, CommScope provides our take on the technologies and trends behind the move to higher speeds. In part two, Jim Young shares how data centers are responding to the challenges of densification and campus architecture.

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June 16, 2020

400G in the data center: options for optical transceivers

As larger data centers confront their inevitable leap to 400G, network managers face a multitude of challenges and decisions. In this three-part blog, CommScope’s James Young provides our take on the technologies and trends behind the move to higher speeds. In part one, we look at the role of optical network modules.

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May 05, 2020

When does one person’s edge become another’s MTDC?

Inside a data center, resources such as compute and storage capacity, as well as the links connecting the data center to the access network, are designed based on a predictable traffic load. In this blog, James Young explains the challenges and opportunities in multi-vendor, multi-carrier networks.

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April 01, 2020

Hybrid Cloud is Now. Are You Ready?

How do enterprises, service providers and multitenant data centers design infrastructure with agility and scalability? James Young answers this question in this blog.

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February 18, 2020

How IoT is reshaping network design

The Internet of Things will drive standardization and a move to the Edge. In this blog, James Young explains that some questions remain unanswered.

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March 02, 2018

CommScope Definitions: What is Fog?

Cisco coined the term “fog computing” back in 2015 as the potential impact of literally billions of new data devices was envisioned. The new Internet of Things (IoT) would literally surround us with sensors and systems that through a connected network can provide new types of services and a myriad of new user experiences. Trying to imagine the scale of the IoT seems akin to imagining the number of raindrops surrounding you in a Texas rain storm (it rains hard here).

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January 05, 2018

The Technical Side of Application Assurance - Part 2

Continuing his series on the technical side of application assurance, CommScope’s Jim Young talks cost of data center infrastructure – and what you need to know.

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