Ethernet turns 30 gracefully

Latest LAN news.

Ethernet turns 30 gracefully, 06/02/03

Everyone probably wishes they looked as good at 30 as Ethernet. Since its invention in 1973, the fabled network technology has evolved from a shared to a dedicated medium and undergone a nearly 1,000-fold speed increase. And along the way it quashed all LAN comers – namely Token Ring, FDDI and ATM.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602ethernet.html

ESB architecture eases app integration, 06/02/03

There’s a shift under way to tie applications together to create business processes such as online ordering systems. A new category of integration middleware is emerging to help make this a reality – the enterprise service bus. Gartner predicts this new infrastructure will run in the majority of companies by 2005.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0602techupdate.html

What users want from servers, 06/02/03

Performance, reliability and virtualization capabilities top the list of what users want from their servers.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602serverwish.html

Phones coming to wireless LANs, 05/29/03

It’s an interesting proposition, and one that could have a ripple effect throughout the industry: Combine the success of wireless LANs, the success of mobile phones …

https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2003/0526lan2.html

IBM announces eServer pSeries 615 server, 05/28/03

IBM Wednesday will boost the speed and reliability of its Unix server system line with the introduction of the eServer pSeries 615, also known as the p615.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0528ibmannou.html

Tough switches introduced, 05/27/03

Earlier this month I heard from a company that doesn’t usually make much noise: N-Tron introduced a series of Fast Ethernet switches intended for industrial environments.

https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2003/0526lan1.html