NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BICSI Winter Conference 2019 booth #534 - The Association for Passive Optical LAN (APOLAN), the non-profit organization driving both education and adoption for passive optical LANs (POL), today announced it will showcase POL’s growth and opportunities at the BICSI 2019 Winter Conference & Exhibition taking place at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando on January 20-24.
“At BICSI Winter 2019, APOLAN’s member companies are, once again, coming together to showcase POL technology is the future-ready, high-performance infrastructure for buildings and campuses,” said Alan Bertsch, Qypsys President and APOLAN Chairman. “With today’s increasing technological demands, this technology continues to be the cost-effective replacement for traditional copper LANs with its ability to reduce power, space and cooling requirements, and cost while increasing the longevity of structured cabling.”
APOLAN’s line up of BICSI Winter events will include:
APOLAN’s "Fundamentals of Passive Optical LAN" pre-conference training seminar:
APOLAN and member companies, CallisonRTKL and ITConnect Inc., will host the “Fundamental of Passive Optical LAN” annual training seminar 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20. This opportunity provides an overview of the value, architecture, design and powering considerations for a POL. In addition to learning the fundamentals of this technology, attendees of the training will have a full design to delivery understanding of a POL network. Attendees that complete the one-day seminar will receive six Continuing Education Credits (CECs). Seminar registration can be completed at the BICSI 2019 Winter website.
APOLAN Annual Members’ Meeting and APOLAN Awards Ceremony:
APOLAN will hold its annual member meeting in conjunction with the BICSI Winter Conference. The event, open to all member companies, will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22 in breakout room Sarasota 1, located inside the convention center. The 2018 APOLAN Award winners will be announced at a ceremony, honoring member companies that have embraced the Association’s mission to educate and advocate the global adoption of passive optical LANs. For a list of past winners, visit http://apolanglobal.org/apolan-member-awards-2018/member-awards-history/
APOLAN members will also be available at the BICSI Winter Conference booth #534 to meet and offer additional expertise on POL technologies and trends. For more information on APOLAN, or to apply for membership, please visit http://www.apolanglobal.org.
About The Association for Passive Optical LAN (APOLAN)
The Association for Passive Optical LAN is a non-profit organization that is driving adoption and educating the market about the technical and economic advantages of passive optical LAN technology. Through its membership, which is comprised of manufacturers, distributors, integrators and consulting companies actively involved in the marketplace, the Association hopes to help designers, engineers, architects, building owners, CIOs and IT departments implement and successfully use passive optical LAN. For more information, visit http://www.apolanglobal.org/
APOLAN Media Contact:
Kendra Westerkamp
VisiTech for APOLAN
APOLAN@visitechpr.com
+1-303-752-3552 ext. 233