Enterasys unveils strategy for enterprise networks

NEW DELHI: Enterasys Networks has unveiled its strategy for delivering the

industry's first 10-Gigabit Ethernet networking platform to meet the performance

needs of enterprise and metropolitan networks.

Enterasys, a member of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (10 GEA), will first

deliver 10-Gigabit capabilities in its Matrix switching platform and follow with

similar offerings in its X-Pedition switch-routing and Vertical Horizon

switching lines.

By delivering 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Enterasys will meet the rising performance

and capacity needs of local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) and

metropolitan area network (MAN) environments.

Enterasys' 10-Gigabit offerings will provide performance levels at a critical

point ¾ the network edge where enterprise LANs meets high-capacity optical

metropolitan networks. Early adopters of this technology could include

organizations that have maximized the capacity of their installed fiber optic

cabling and campus business-to-business networks.

Enterasys' 10-Gigabit program, developed by John Roese, Enterasys Networks'

CTO and the co-author of the emerging 802.1X standard, is based on the concept

of "Unlocking the Optical Internet Application," or UTOPIA.

Under this concept, "utopia" is reached when the capacity of the

LAN, WAN and MAN move to a level that provides a zero latency experience between

people, applications and content regardless of their location. UTOPIA is driven

by the evolution of Ethernet to the MAN and WAN, and based on the IEEE's 802.3ae

10-Gigabit specifications. Enterasys is a voting member of the 802.ae committee.

Enterasys' first 10-Gigabit Ethernet product, which will be delivered in the

second half of 2001, will be an aggregation device with 10-Gigabit transport

capabilities for enterprise LAN and MAN networks.