Now, just as they are starting to get acclimated to the new concept of providing power along with data in one line, the high technology world’s ever-continuing quest for additional power is helping usher in a new standard in PoE, IEEE802.3at.
According to Michael Pula, technical marketing manager with Tinley Park, Ill.-based Panduit, the Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard of 802.3af was ratified in June 2003, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).