[64678] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E.B. Dreger)
Thu Oct 30 13:48:27 2003
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:39:48 +0000 (GMT)
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20031030180801.GA82121@overlord.e-gerbil.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
RAS> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:08:01 -0500
RAS> From: Richard A Steenbergen
RAS> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&e=18&u=/nf/22581
RAS>
RAS> Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network.
RAS> "You might have found a router there five years ago, but most certainly
RAS> you have a switch today," said Yankee Group vice president Zeus Kerravala.
RAS>
RAS> Whew, good thing I checked, I almost went out and bought routers for my
RAS> network. :)
So STP is now the control plane protocol of choice? ;-)
Eddy
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