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| Switches: When Speed Isn't Enough
There was a time when the first thing a Network Computing reviewer would do when they got a switch or router in the lab would be to check the obvious: just how fast was this sucker? In many ways, though, those days are gone. Today, speed is a given for most enterprise switches and routers, Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, whatever. As NWC tech editor Sean Doherty writes in this week's review of data center switches, "Network processors deliver wire speeds, and a switch that lags in performance will last as long as a lame wildebeest on the Serengeti." In other words, if you can't play the speed game, don't even bother lining up for the race. For the most part, the same has been true for recent tests of content switches, closet and edge switches and low-end switches.
So if speed is not the paramount issue, what |
Making the jump from outdated legacy technology to a more modern digital infrastructure will allow businesses to innovate at the speed and scale needed in today’s marketplace.
The business world is speeding up. The longer IT leaders wait to get their needs met, the more at risk their businesses and their jobs will be.
By arming SD-WAN networks with end-to-end intelligence, analytics-driven predictions, and predictive automation solutions, IT teams can simplify infrastructure management and assure higher levels of quality experiences for users.
