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With exponential growth in the amount of data collected, in the number of e-commerce transactions and in the number of users with broadband access, enterprise networks are under rapidly increasing pressure to carry and deliver a wider variety of services in support of real-time business. In addition, wireless access, voice and video must be accommodated, along with enhanced security. As they upgrade their networks, IT professionals may be unaware of pending bottlenecks and technology gaps that are preventing these investments from being fully realized. To meet these technological challenges, corporate business technology professionals must become intimately familiar with next-generation networks for real-time business and the underlying technologies.

Topics to be discussed:

• The role of open standards in next-generation networks, including 802.11a, b, g and WME for wireless, and GBE, iSCSI, and SATA for wired/storage
• Survey of enabling technologies, including Gigabit Ethernet, wireless networking, and intelligent switching, and how they support the needs of real-time enterprises
• Security standards and "embedded" security technologies
• Avoiding the potential network bottlenecks that can prevent real-time end-to-end communications
• Real-world examples of successful deployments

And Michael McDonald, Sr. Director, Marketing from Broadcom will present the:

• Importance of multi-layer intelligence in realizing true real-time, end-to-end enterprise communications
• Discussion of intelligent switching products available today that prepare your business for next-generation network applications
  • Smart switches that enable VOiP, prioritize data packets based on content type and size, support of high QoS based on their ability to determine content packet type and size and deliver in the correct order, and enable an integrated data transmission model with voice, data and video optimized to deliver on real-time business communication
• Description of how IT managers are using these products to enhance real-time business communications

Join InformationWeek editors and a panel of industry experts for a revealing discussion of next-generation network technologies and how they will impact your business.