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Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybodyusing GBICs?)

  • From: Bruce Pinsky
  • Date: Thu Oct 30 13:21:31 2003

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Richard A Steenbergen wrote:

| On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:25:43PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
|
|>On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [email protected] wrote:
|>
|>>I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit
Interface Converters),
|>>but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks?
|>>If you are using them, where do they fit into your topology?
|>
|>Hello,
|>
|>I am also doing some research and would like to know how many of you are
|>using routers in your networks? I am considering making use of them, but
|>first I need to know where they fit into your topology?
|
|
| http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&e=18&u=/nf/22581
|
| Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network.
| "You might have found a router there five years ago, but most certainly
| you have a switch today," said Yankee Group vice president Zeus Kerravala.
|
| Whew, good thing I checked, I almost went out and bought routers for my
| network. :)
|


Hmm, was that a news story or an advertisement for a certain N vendor
disguised as one?

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bep

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