LATEST ENHANCEMENTS TO HP PROCURVE SWITCH FAMILY UNDERSCORE QUEST FOR INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP.Hewlett-Packard Co., a leader in networking technologies, revealed a roadmap for future enhancements to its flagship HP ProCurve family of Layer 2+ switches (HP ProCurve Switch 800M, 4000M, 2424M and 1600M), reiterating its leadership position in networking innovation, functionality and price/performance. HP is making these enhancements available at no cost. The new features represent the latest in HP ProCurve's aggressive networking technology advancements and underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. the quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the industry leadership by one of the networking market's fastest-growing competitors. When launched in 1998, the HP ProCurve family of Layer 2+ switches defied conventional wisdom by making gigabit-supported 10/100 technology for the desktop affordable for mainstream customers and by delivering a forward- looking solution based upon HP's innovative programmable network processor. This price/performance and innovation placed HP ProCurve products in a class with Nortel, 3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. and Cisco, and helped propel pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin the HP ProCurve family past Cabletron in the LAN switching
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. market. "The enhancements announced recently ensure the ongoing value of our customers' investments and extend the application of these products in large enterprise and small commercial networks," says Jan Bell, worldwide marketing manager, HP ProCurve Networking. |
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