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Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2006
14 July 2006
 
David A. Willis   Bob Hafner   Mark Fabbi   Eric Goodness   Rich Costello   Lawrence Orans   Bern Elliot   John S. Mazur   Patti A. Reali   Ted Chamberlin   John Girard   Rita E. Knox   Debra Curtis   Will Cappelli   Joe Skorupa   Katja Ruud   Ken Dulaney   Mark Nicolett   Phillip Redman   Donald A. Stuart   Daniel Sholler   L. Frank Kenney   William Clark  

Future networks will be intelligent, secure and highly automated, supporting many forms of media and collaboration capabilities in wired and wireless environments. Understanding the maturity of networking technologies will help you make more informed investment decisions.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 What You Need to Know
2.0
    
 The Hype Cycle
3.0
    
 The Priority Matrix
4.0
    
 On the Rise

4.1
    
 SSL Peer-to-Peer, Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks
4.2
    
 Air PBX
4.3
    
 Fixed-Mobile Converged Voice Service
4.4
    
 Communications as a Service
4.5
    
 Network Device Configuration Management
5.0
    
 At the Peak

5.1
    
 Video Telephony — Enterprise
5.2
    
 IPv6
5.3
    
 Network Access Control
5.4
    
 Open-Source Software: IP Telephony
5.5
    
 Unified Communications
5.6
    
 WAN Optimization Services
6.0
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

6.1
    
 Broadband IP Telephony Services
6.2
    
 XML Appliances
6.3
    
 Enterprise Peer-to-Peer VoIP
6.4
    
 Ethernet MAN/WAN Services
6.5
    
 Hosted IP Telephony
6.6
    
 802.16-2004 WiMAX
6.7
    
 Point-to-Point Wireless Bridges
6.8
    
 Network Outsourcing
6.9
    
 Next-Generation Satellite
6.10
    
 Telecom Expense Management
6.11
    
 VoIP WLAN
6.12
    
 Session Initiation Protocol
6.13
    
 Videoconferencing
6.14
    
 WAN Optimization Controllers
7.0
    
 Climbing the Slope

7.1
    
 Streaming Video
7.2
    
 Network Performance Reporting
7.3
    
 Application Delivery Controllers
7.4
    
 Wavelength Services
7.5
    
 Enterprise WDM
7.6
    
 IP Telephony
7.7
    
 MPLS Services
7.8
    
 802.3af — Power Over Ethernet
7.9
    
 SSL Remote-Access VPNs
8.0
    
 Entering the Plateau

8.1
    
 Network Monitoring Tools
8.2
    
 VoIP
9.0
    
 Off the Hype Cycle
10.0
    
 Appendices

10.1
    
 Previous Iteration of the Hype Cycle
10.2
    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2006
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Networking and Communications, 2006
 

Figure 3. 
 For Reference: Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2005
 



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