Black Box Network Industry Survey 2002
BLACK BOX NETWORK INDUSTRY SURVEY 2002 FINDS MANY COMPANIES STILL HAVE OBSOLETE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES Gigabit Ethernet penetration grows steadily New research conducted by independent research agency, Revelation Research, on behalf of Black Box Network Services found that just over 60% of sites surveyed still have obsolete network technologies. 28% have IPX/Netware, 26% FDDI and 24% token ring. A few sites had DECNet or IBM SNA installed. Of these sites few plan to replace them in the next 18 months. However, token ring looks the shortest lived, with a third of sites planning its replacement