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Who Owns the LAN?
Fratto, Mike | 12/02/11
The LAN switch has always been the workhorse of corporate networks, and that’s not about to change: Companies are supporting more traffic-generating multimedia, like VoIP and video. A diverse range of devices, such as IP phones and security cameras, need configuration and power. And there’s a push by security teams to differentiate between corporate- and user-owned gadgets.
Given that, we wanted to gauge IT’s preferences for LAN equipment vendors, delve into buying criteria such as performance and cost, and see who best delivers on table-stakes features like port density and management software. Our InformationWeek LAN Equipment Vendor IT Pro Ranking Survey drew responses from 444 IT pros, all of whom use and evaluate LAN equipment
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