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20 milestones in Ethernet's first 40 years | 10 things you may not know about Ethernet

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What's next for Ethernet?
Internet traffic will quadruple in five years and the number of mobile Internet connections will exceed the world's population by 2017, according to Cisco research. Read More

In this Issue

20 milestones in Ethernet's first 40 years
Reviewing the highlights of Ethernet's first four decades Read More

10 things you may not know about Ethernet
Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here: Read More

Ethernet everywhere!
Few technologies in the world have proven to be as adaptable as Ethernet. Once a meek 3Mbps over shared coaxial cable technology used to connect printers and PCs, it has morphed to 100Gbps and is used to help run trains, planes and spaceships. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations. Read More

40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. Read More

What if Ethernet failed?
Experts say innovation, standardization would have suffered; IBM might be King of Networking Read More

Evolution of Ethernet
The IEEE is pushing Ethernet to unimaginable speeds, with the 40/100Gigabit Ethernet standard expected to be ratified in 2010 and Terabit Ethernet on the drawing board for 2015. Here's a timeline showing key milestones in the growth of Ethernet. Read More

Cool old Ethernet paraphernalia
This is one of many diagrams sketched by Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe proposing in 1972 a network connecting computers, printers and files over coaxial cable. At the time, Metcalfe called the connectivity scheme an Ether Network. Read More

Ethernet at 40, Why it still wins (VIDEO)
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100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
IT managers who are getting started with – or even pushing the limits of -- 10 Gigabit Ethernet in their LANs and data centers won't have to wait long for higher speed connectivity. Read More

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20 milestones in Ethernet's first 40 years

Reviewing the highlights of Ethernet's first four decades.

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