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FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Breaking News -
Networking:
2004 To Be Key Year For
GigE
Through discussions with vendors of LAN connectivity equipment -- NIC/LOMs
and
switches -- and an analysis of quarterly LAN connectivity shipment trends
through 3Q 2003, In-Stat/MDR projects that 2004 will be a key year for the
deployment of GigE, and, to a much more limited extent, 10 GigE, by U.S.
businesses. According to the high-tech market research firm, most vendors cite
the rapid drop in GigE ASPs, and the growing inclusion of GigE connectivity in
business PCs by PC OEMs, as the key drivers for the growth in GigE
shipments.
"The most significant barrier to adoption of GigE and 10 GigE appears to be
the common perception among potential customers of the simple lack of need for
a full Gigabit of bandwidth to the desktop, or a full 10 Gigabits of bandwidth
anywhere in the organization," said Sam Lucero, an industry analyst with
In-Stat/MDR. This theory is supported by results of a recent In-Stat/MDR
survey of business end-users. In the survey, 64 percent of respondents cited
simply a perceived lack of need for a Gigabit of bandwidth as the primary
reason for not having deployed GigE. This was followed by the perception that
a Gigabit of bandwidth is not justified by current prices, and the lack of
budget, currently, to deploy GigE.
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Other key findings from the survey include:
- Slightly over 54 percent of the respondents stated that their
organizations
had not deployed GigE, in the respondents' area of responsibility. Not
surprisingly, enterprise organizations were the most likely to have deployed
GigE, while SOHO organizations were the least likely.
- CAT5 is the most widely deployed cabling infrastructure cited by
respondents,
followed by CAT5e.
- Respondents cited the desire to prepare for future expected bandwidth
needs
as
the top reason for deploying GigE, followed by provisioning sufficient
bandwidth for converged networks and reducing delay/latency in the network.
This finding underscores the current lack of a "killer app" driving GigE
deployment. Essentially, deployments are being driven by price reductions that
allow customers to think of GigE as viable "future-proofing" connectivity
option, when new infrastructure needs to be deployed.
The report, "The Need for Speed: End-User Survey of Trends in GigE and 10
GigE
LAN Connectivity" (#IN0401537LN),examines trends in GigE and 10 GigE from the
end-user perspective, that is, from the perspective of IT managers, network
administrators, purchasing managers, executives, and all those charged with
purchasing, deploying, and/or maintaining networking equipment at US
businesses and organizations of all sizes and from a variety of vertical
industries. Specifically, this report examines business end-user perceptions,
attitudes and activities in regard to GigE and 10 GigE deployments in their
PC, server and LAN/MAN switching infrastructures.
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