2000 Atlanta, networking analysts from Current Analysis comb the show floor for industry trends and tremors. Their findings will appear in each of the three issues of the onsite show Daily, as well as here online. Enterprise users continue to face a dizzying array of new products, technologies and solutions focused on 'next generation' networks or 'next generation services'. The problem is that for most network managers, the challenge is keeping up with the demand for services today.
Future services represent a future problem to be dealt with at that time.
Atlanta gives the harried network manager an opportunity to look into the future and keep a close eye on solving today's problems. The analysts from Current Analysis are watching a broad spectrum of products and services, however what we think will be hot at this show covers an interesting cross section of solutions. Enterprise voice over data solutions are maturing, and we now see solutions that span IP and multi-service options. Companies such as Vertical Networks and Tut Systems are working to give network managers new communications service offerings that extend beyond the usual PBX services. Infrastructure owners are not being ignored, as new multimedia routers designed to handle performance sensitive files are becoming available and Layer 3 switching systems bridge local and wide area networks.