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Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2009
28 July 2009
 
David A. Willis   William Clark   Yefim V. Natis   Ted Chamberlin   Monica Basso   Mark Fabbi   Joe Skorupa   Eric Goodness   Phillip Redman   Jeffrey Mann   Michael J. King   Tim Zimmerman   Sylvain Fabre   Kelly M. Kavanagh   Greg Young   Bettina Tratz-Ryan   Geoff Johnson   Bob Hafner   Robert E. Passmore   Lawrence Orans   John Pescatore   Mark Nicolett   Debra Curtis   David Williams   Will Cappelli   Scott Morrison   Robert F. Mason   Peter Kjeldsen   Jay E. Pultz   Roger W. Cox   Bern Elliot   John Girard  

These are the essential technologies that every network manager and infrastructure and operations leader needs to understand.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 What You Need to Know
    
 The Hype Cycle
    
 The Priority Matrix
    
 Off The Hype Cycle
    
 On the Rise

    
 SSL Peer-to-Peer, Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks
    
 Context Delivery Architecture
    
 LTE-A
    
 Passive Optical LAN
    
 Converged Enhanced Ethernet
    
 Fixed-Mobile Convergence: Enterprise
    
 Virtual Switch
    
 Energy Efficient Ethernet (802.3az)
    
 Communications-Enabled Business Processes
    
 At the Peak

    
 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
    
 VoIP Wireless WAN
    
 Virtual I/O
    
 4G Standard
    
 Communications as a Service
    
 'In the Cloud' Security Services
    
 Unified Communications and Collaboration
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

    
 Video Telepresence
    
 Network Configuration and Change Management Tools
    
 IPv6
    
 WiMAX 802.16e-2005
    
 802.11n
    
 802.3at
    
 Video Telephony: Enterprise
    
 Network Access Control
    
 WAN Optimization Services
    
 Ethernet MAN Services
    
 Ka-Band Satellite Communications
    
 Climbing the Slope

    
 Rich Media — Live Streaming
    
 Hybrid MPLS/Internet WAN
    
 Network Performance Management Tools
    
 SIP Communications
    
 Location-Aware Technology
    
 iSCSI
    
 Location-Aware Applications
    
 Telecom Expense Management
    
 WAN Optimization Controllers
    
 Application Delivery Controller
    
 Enterprise WDM
    
 Rich Media — On Demand
    
 Entering the Plateau

    
 Metro-Area SANs
    
 Appendixes

    
 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, 2009
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Networking and Communications, 2009
 

Figure 3. 
 Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2008
 



Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2009
28 July 2009
  
Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2008
9 July 2008
  
Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2007
26 July 2007
  
Hype Cycle for Networking and Communications, 2006
14 July 2006
  




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