In either scenario, such a solution provides accountability. In industries as diverse as life sciences and financial services, e-businesses are getting ready to take on the world. Unfortunately, the world's communications infrastructure isn't ready for them. Anyone who's run a network operations group knows the frustration that accompanies management inquiries about our network strategy. Providing life support for Internet applications isn't easy.
Complex systems fail for reasons that system architects never anticipate.
With all the brouhaha surrounding IP in the past few years, you'd think that technologies like ATM were dead. By now, nearly everyone with an Internet connection has experienced streaming audio and video, whether by listening to a favorite music station or watching a news report. Squirrels used to bury acorns.