Layer 7 Switch Market On the Verge of Breaking Out.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000 Infonetics Research, Inc. today announced the release of its latest demand-side research study, "High Performance LANs Snapshots 2000," a mid-year look at hot topics and trends This entry summarizes the major topics that are driving this industry. It is intended to provide an overview of these subjects for the newcomer to the field as well as the person who has been away from the field for some time. in the high performance LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. market. This new study is a 6-month follow-up to Infonetics Research's main LAN study, "User Plans for High Performance LANs 2000," published in April of this year. Some interesting mid-year trends examined in the report include: -- Only 48% of respondents said they do not plan to roll out layer-7 switches by 2002, compared to the study in April, where 71% said they would not roll them out by 2002 -- Plans for server load balancing are on the rise: 67% of respondents will deploy by 2002 -- Integrating voice traffic on the LAN is making very little headway, with only a slight increase in plans to converge since April "Layer-7 switching is poised for mainstream acceptance with Cisco acquiring Arrowpoint and Top Layer continuing to win awards for their innovation," says Jeff Wilson There are a number of people named Jeff Wilson.
"Server load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them will also get an awareness boost now that Nortel is acquiring Alteon. 2000 has turned into a very exciting year for high performance LAN equipment vendors," Wilson continued. Topics addressed in the study include: -- Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. deployment plans -- Layer-3 switch adoption rates -- The need for QoS, definitions, and deployment plans -- Voice and data convergence on the LAN -- Policy-based management See policy management. -- The need for service level agreements, preferences, and plans -- VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network deployment plans -- Switch manufacturers that customers plan to buy from in the future For PDFs of the table of contents and excerpts from "High Performance LANs Snapshots 2000," please contact kim@infonetics.com. ABOUT INFONETICS RESEARCH Infonetics Research (http://www.infonetics.com) is a market research and consulting firm covering the networking and telecommunications industries. Focusing on emerging technologies, Infonetics Research provides worldwide market share services and US and European demand-side research to network equipment and software manufacturers, service providers, chip and component manufacturers, and the investment community worldwide.
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