Tri-Ed/ Northern adds datacomm solution

Tri-Ed /Northern Video Distribution, Woodbury, N.Y., is extending its product portfolio into the data communications marketplace with the announcement of a new partnership with comCables. ComCables is a structured cabling solutions manufacturer offering products for the network infrastructure that spans telecom rooms, wiring closets, cable, communication outlets and interconnect cables for both copper and fiber optic applications.

Pat Comunale, president and chief executive officer of Tri-Ed/Northern Video Distribution said the partnership will allow the distributor to provide a total solution to the systems integration community, from IP centric and other devices to the cabling and connectivity/networking side of the business.

“For the systems integrator and security dealer, having a complete line card is important and customers want to have that one-stop shop. We are more than a security distributor and with this partnership we are branching from security into data comm. We have the complete IP video solution.”

comCables offers standards-based structured cabling solutions that providethe network infrastructure for low voltage systems to be managed from any IP-enabled device.