So much so, suppliers have been alarmed at the number of interfaces they would have to build to participate. In recent weeks, suppliers have been up in arms about the proliferation of e-marketplaces and the difficulty of building links to them all.
In short, this pipe is fat, fast and cheap, leading to rumors that it may be the packet protocol to push Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and its circuit-switched cronies out of their exclusive oasis they call the WAN.
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?
Completion of those tests depends on whether the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approves the specification as a standard, which it expects to do in June. Networks based on 802.16a have a range of up to about 30 miles with...
All new RFPs from Fortune 500 companies say they want to move from a Frame Relay WAN to an IP VPN. For multinationals, moving from international Frame Relay circuits to an MPLS IP VPN does not necessarily save money in the short term though longer...
Internet reliability might not be perfect but it is good enough for most purposes, Gartner said, citing research showing 89 per cent of organisations that have switched from frame relay or ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) to IP links were...