http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/connectivity News and information about Unified Communications Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:31:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/connectivity/network-hardware-vendors-fight-to-keep-up-with-bandwidth-demands/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/connectivity/network-hardware-vendors-fight-to-keep-up-with-bandwidth-demands/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:34:36 +0000 Tony Bradley http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/connectivity/network-hardware-vendors-fight-to-keep-up-with-bandwidth-demands/ Unless you have been in a coma, or living in a cave for the past year, you should be aware that the whole world is being converged into a single, IP-based network. Telephone and television service are both available via IP. Video services such as YouTube.com, and video conferencing for enterprise collaboration also consume a fair amount of IP bandwidth. As consumers and businesses aggressively embrace all of the new IP-based technologies, the network hardware vendors are racing to try to stay ahead of the curve and provide next-generation solutions to meet the bandwidth needs. Cisco, Juniper, Force 10, ConSentry Networks, and Enterasys Networks are all rolling out updates and new hardware to support bandwidth-heavy applications, such as virtualization, collaboration, unified communications and video. Check out this NetworkWorld article for more details about this trend.

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