IDOTA or IDDOTA?

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
10/24/05
Today's focus: IDOTA or IDDOTA?

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Today's focus: IDOTA or IDDOTA?

By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Back in the early days of networking when Larry first went to
his company's data communications institute to learn about data
networks, the most important acronym was "IDOTA" or "It Depends
On The Application." Twenty years ago, enterprises had to choose
the right network protocol or network technology based on the
individual application. For example, when an application needed
a bulletproof data delivery guarantee between two points, the
first choice was probably a private line. If an application
needed to cross a multi-point public data network and still
needed to guarantee data packet integrity, the choice was
usually X.25. Of course, 20 years ago a 1200-baud modem (1.2K
bit/sec) was used to support the "mobile worker."

Today, we propose that the current acronym should be "IDDOTA",
or "It Doesn't Depend On The Application."

We believe the ultimate architectural goal for any private or
public network is to evolve into an applications delivery
platform. Networks should be created in a way that IDDOTA;
rather any application needed by business or consumers should
and can be supported.

Of course, we know that X.25 protocols are still being used -
and somewhere token ring, Burroughs Poll Select and SNA are
still sitting between an application packet and an IP frame.

But even though network planners still have to deal with legacy
data-communications protocols, we think it's time to change the
acronym and the philosophy behind it. As network designers
evolve their current multi-protocol, multi-service network into
a multi-applications delivery platform, we think the IDOTA
acronym should be retired and IDDOTA should rule the day. Maybe
even someday, we'll stop calling the IT staff "network
designers" and start to call them "applications delivery
magicians."

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To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

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>

Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom
Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
<mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com>
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