Survey identifies data center access trends

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND JIM METZLER ON WIDE
AREA NETWORKING
09/27/05
Today's focus: Survey identifies data center access trends

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* Data traffic is doubling annually, survey says
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Today's focus: Survey identifies data center access trends

By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler

In recent newsletters, we've discussed some of the issues
associated with data center consolidation. In particular, we
noted that as companies consolidate their data centers they tend
to place a higher value on providing data center access that is
speedier and more reliable. We also sought your input into the
general topic of providing WAN access into data centers. Today,
we begin the first in a series of newsletters that will
summarize the input that we received from industry analysts,
service providers and IT organizations.

One of the other industry analysts that we talked to was Michael
Howard of Infonetics Research. Howard recently completed a study
that included a survey of 100 users and their plans for
high-speed access within North America. One of the trends
identified was that data traffic is doubling annually and this
was driven in a large part by the move to make more applications
accessible over the WAN.

Given the high value that network organizations place on
ensuring the availability of WAN access into the corporate data
centers, it was not surprising that Infonetics' study identified
the leading service feature that network organizations consider
when choosing a service provider is real-time network monitoring
and fault detection. The next most important service feature is
service-level agreements (SLA) with an emphasis on service
restoration intervals.

The study also identified the technologies and carriers that
network organizations are using. It was interesting to realize
that 40% of the companies surveyed are already using Ethernet at
the headquarters sites, with roughly a quarter of these
facilities running either Gigabit Ethernet or 10 Gigabit
Ethernet. The vast majority of companies are using the major
inter-exchange carriers and incumbent local exchange carriers
such as AT&T and Verizon. However, a sizeable minority is using
some of the larger competitive local exchange carriers or
multiple system operators (MSO) such as Broadwing and Time
Warner Cable.

In our next newsletter, we will discuss the input that we got
from two carriers on this topic.

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To contact: Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates
and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed
information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter,
connect to Webtorials <http://www.webtorials.com/>, the premier
site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
<mailto:taylor@webtorials.com>

Jim Metzler is the Vice President of Ashton, Metzler &
Associates, a consulting organization that focuses on leveraging
technology for business success. Jim assists vendors to refine
product strategies, service providers to deploy technologies and
services, and enterprises evolve their network infrastructure.
He can be reached at <mailto:jim@ashtonmetzler.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase
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It sounds so simple: if you collect enough business information,
you'll glean valuable insights that can drive both revenue
growth and competitive advantage. Along the way, however,
companies are discovering that managing the explosive growth of
online data can prove a formidable challenge. Here's how to
assess your data management style, and maximize your
opportunities to turn online data into business opportunity.
Click here for more on taming the data explosion.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115940
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