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NetFlash: AT&T touts tool to map IP traffic

Opinion
Oct 13, 20032 mins
Networking

AT&T says that up til now, network engineering has been more art than science – which to me conjures images of network managers in berets and smocks holding their thumbs up to their Ethernet switches to get a portrait of IP traffic. AT&T is hoping to swap out the artist smocks for lab coats with a new technology that promises to judge IP traffic demand with much more precision. AT&T touts tool to map IP traffic http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1013att.html?net

AT&T says that up til now, network engineering has been more art than science – which to me conjures images of network managers in berets and smocks holding their thumbs up to their Ethernet switches to get a portrait of IP traffic. AT&T is hoping to swap out the artist smocks for lab coats with a new technology that promises to judge IP traffic demand with much more precision.

AT&T touts tool to map IP traffic

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1013att.html?net

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