Frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) are complementary rather than competitive technologies, according to a panel of experts at the Frame Relay Forum at Supercomm '99 in Atlanta. The research predicts the frame relay services market...
The IP-based global integrated virtual private network (iVPN) can offer users every type of data transport they need, including frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) or integrated voice and data.
The advent of its fatter version is opening up the transfer of WAN data from ATM, frame-relay or packet over SONET/SDH to a potentially more efficient and cheaper method. However, as yet Gigabit Ethernet and its even fatter younger sibling 10...
Are we on the verge of a step-change in the quality of networking, a change that will put what we've come to expect from the likes of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay and all-IP to shame?
Recently, the China-developed TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous CDMA) and received approval from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as a 3G standard. TD-SCDMA loses connection in moving cars and cell-to-cell handover is still uneven.
Around 300 staff from the bank's group IT helpdesk will move across on 1 May and the trade union involved in the negotiation of transfer terms has hailed it as the "best so far" in any of the bank's outsourcing deals.