Rainier will support Layer 2, 3, 4 and 5 switching and routing and will allow wire-speed links among Ethernet, ATM and Sonet networks. The idea is to make Rainier work with everyone's switching fabric.
Rufner said although ATM is moving towards new carrier requirements, Ethernet "is starting to make inroads in the MAN as a cost-effective switching layer because of multi protocol label switching [MPLS]".
When one irate silicon.com reader called the Cisco helpdesk, he was informed that the company was aware of the problem because several other users had complained. Helpdesk staff recommended that users enter fake details on the web and forward the...
Put simply, the terms currently used within IT systems to structure operation - ‘data’ and ‘process’ do not respectively map onto ‘things’ and ‘changes’ in the real world - both can represent either. Only by focusing on the nature of things and the...
For instance, we are now entitled to believe that the mass of people who marched in London against war in Iraq were actually rather better informed than the Prime Minister - despite the latter's access to the so-called intelligence.
On most occasions a measured, well informed, well judged decision is going to win out over the snap instant response to incoming. Interruptions herald an internal mental switching of context, thought process and concentration from one area to...
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