Nick Lippis´ WSTA Keynote Presentation on Networking Futures
Where is networking heading over the next three to five years? The supply side of the industry has been serving up a range of new concepts such as:
- Services embedded in network infrastructure
- Communications embedded in to applications
- Low cost wide area bandwidth that eliminate distance and time allowing data centers to be restructured and more
- Security and access control being the norm rather then universal access
- Telecommunications service providers being marginalized by voip, etc.
While there is value in the above initiatives, the big question is this; is Moore´s Law about to collide with Metcalfe’s Law bringing new combinations of companies and restructuring the industry? Will the industry continue to be dominated by one company or will we see a major roll-up occur. Will computing and networking firms combine to tightly link networks and application delivery? Nick Lippis provides you a framework for how the industry may progress over the next three to five years with a set of predictions.
