Customers who deploy high-density Gigabit Ethernet switches have come to expect wire-speed throughput and non-blocking architecture implementations in vendor hardware. In fact, many customers design networks utilizing Gigabit to the desktop and server farm aggregation based upon these expectations. In such an environment, customers need to be confident that switches can indeed deliver the performance needed to support their network designs.
Related white papers
Inter-site Ethernet: A guide to choosing your Ethernet service provider
The market for Ethernet is continuing to grow, as UK organisations appreciate the cost savings, performance and efficiency gains to be made from deploying services based on this transport technology.Learn...
Laying the foundations for evolving eGovernment: Why next generation Ethernet technology holds the key
The UK Government has committed to transform the public sector by making truly e-enabled delivery of public services a reality.This whitepaper demonstrates with real-life examples of successful projects how next generation...
Boosting Sales at the Box Office
Michigan-based Goodrich Quality Theaters decided that IT would be key to growing the success of its 33 theaters throughout the Midwest. The company needed a reliable POS system with more...
Delivering Multimedia Content to the Classroom
The Plano Independent School District (ISD) serves the residents of southwest Collin County, Texas, just north of Dallas. The Plano IT department needed to accommodate current network requests while also...
neosnetworks: Delivering "Liquid Bandwidth" Ethernet Services
Neos created the Ethernet Service Provider (ESP) market in the UK in October 2001 and today has 100% market share. Neos is the UK's fastest-growing service provider, having achieved a...
10-Gigabit Ethernet - The Next Generation Network Infrastructure
Since any opportunity to improve performance is a plus for IT administrators, the dawning of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GigE) is good news. Questions regarding costs, benefits, cabling, and timing are top...
Nortel Networks Case Study: Inha University
Inha University was established in Yonghyon, Incheon to become the cradle of educating scientific and technological talents. Inha University's existing network had 11,000 LAN nodes and its network backbone was...


