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Token-Ring Cost of Ownership: Cost Analysis Comparison for Upgrading a Token-Ring Network

Overview Token-Ring networking today enjoys a customer base of more than 20 million users (according to International Data Corp.), chiefly residing in the largest corporations in the world that depend on their networks for mission-critical applications. Token-Ring shops chose the technology for its inherent robustness, reliability and efficiency in large enterprise environments. For many Token-Ring managers today, migrating away from the networking technology that has served them well for so many years makes little sense on the grounds of performance, functionality and cost. The argument of cost is perhaps the most important issue to address.

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Publisher	High Speed Token Ring Alliance	File Format	HTML
Date Published	August 2003	Downloads	3
Format	White Papers
Topics	Procurement - Purchasing

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