Packet switching, in short, is a method to deliver data across a computer network connection. The impact of packet switching cannot be understated, as it essentially makes today’s Internet function. Looking to the future, packet switching is on the precipice of impacting and disrupting another technology — storage — which is gaining more and more attention in the enterprise as the amount of digital data that needs to be stored grows exponentially. Over the past few years, the nature of data that needs to be stored has changed to larger, digital content, media and imaging.
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The Next Frontier for Packet Switching
Posted by: Chris Gladwin May 12, 2009 04:00 AMPacket switching, in short, is a method to deliver data across a computer network connection. The impact of packet switching cannot be understated, as it essentially makes today’s Internet function. Looking to the future, packet switching is on the precipice of impacting and disrupting another technology — storage — which is gaining more and more attention in the enterprise as the amount of digital data that needs to be stored grows exponentially. Over the past few years, the nature of data that needs to be stored has changed to larger, digital content, media and imaging.