Businesses and universities oftentimes have huge LANs that receive a large amount of traffic. This traffic would be unmanagable without standards and protocols.
Protocols enable networks to communicate efficiently and effectively.
In the the ever expanding technological arena, standards facilate growth and development in the areas of technology and communications. Because there are so many different companies manufacturing computer hardware and software, it is necessary to have a set of protocols that are standard to devices. There are numerous companies around the world that create and enforce computing standards. They have contributed greatly to communications standards in computing. In fact, their Project 802 developed standards that are followed across the world.