PoE Jumps to 60W/Port to Power Virtualized Desktops and More

Podcast Episode Summary

Power over Ethernet or PoE has evolved from delivering 7 Watts/port to support IP Phones to now 60 Watts/port to power a wide range of devices that span WLAN access points, surveillance video cameras, video conferencing end points, IP Turrets for financial trading and now thin client desktop devices to support virtualized desktops.  The current high PoE standard is IEEE 802.3at that details 30 Watts/port, so Cisco’s Universal PoE or UPOE solution at 60W is a pre-standard offering.  The key point about UPOE is that it provides a new range of design options in both power distribution, but more importantly how virtualized desktops and other electronics are powered. Pradeep Parmar, Senior Marketing Manager, Borderless Networks at Cisco Systems joins me to talk about the fundamental change PoE is taking thanks to Cisco’s UPOE solution.