TheInfoPro Research Shows Network Admission Control (NAC) Adoption Slowing.Enterprises Are Moving More Cautiously as Only a Minority of Fortune 1000 and Mid-Size Enterprises Report Having a NAC See network access control. Policy NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. TheInfoPro's Wave 2 Networking Study, only 42% of enterprises interviewed have a current Network Admission Control (NAC) policy, implementation, or initiative for their organization. The study also reveals that only 38% of the remaining enterprises who do not have such a policy expect to adopt such an initiative in the next 12 months. The findings are derived from 126 hour-long interviews with TheInfoPro's TIPNetwork of pre-screened Networking professionals from Fortune 1000 and Mid-size enterprises that provide expert commentary for TIP's Networking Study. To view a rich media presentation of findings visit: http://www.brainshark.com/theinfopro/TIP_Networking_W2_Preview "Enterprises have been closely monitoring the developments in the area of Network Admission or Network Acceptance control. While some of these organizations have ventured into adopting the solutions currently available, few have been pleased with the overall experience. Based on conversations with our TIPNetwork, some organizations have even gone so far as to remove the capability," stated Bill Trussell, Managing Director of TheInfoPro's Networking Sector. Enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. and security companies including Nortel, Cisco, 3Com, Microsoft, HP, Juniper juniper, any tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus, aromatic evergreens of the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), widely distributed over the north temperate zone. Many are valuable as a source of lumber and oil. , Extreme, F5 Networks, Foundry, Check Point and Symantec will have some convincing to do when their respective technologies mature. "Interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. issues as well as an overall lack of maturity of the technology appear to have soured some Networking professionals on the implementations of NAC technologies as they exist today," Trussell indicated. "Some enterprises are doubtful as to whether this technology will even be viable in a two year timeframe. NAC continues to be on top of the TheInfoPro's Information Security Technology Heat Index[TM] which measures users' reported spending and implementation plans. However, based on the intelligence collected during our Wave 2 Networking Study, it is disappointing to see that the security needs of enterprises may have to wait a little longer," adds Trussell. TheInfoPro's Wave 2 Networking Study details technology adoption trends and timeframes, management techniques and trends, vendor performance data as well as management strategies for the Networking sector. Additional Networking companies covered in the Wave 2 Networking Study include AT&T, Aruba, AudioCodes, Avaya, Aventail, BellSouth, Citrix, Dell, Fortinet, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Inter-Tel, INX INX Information Exchange INX Increment Index Register INX Ion Exchange INX Internet Exchange INX Increment Register Pair , Level 3, Motorola, Packeteer, Qwest, Riverbed, ShoreTel, Skype, SonicWALL, Time Warner, and Verizon. 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