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 in the next 18 months. Just over 20% using DECNet and IBM SNA planned their replacement and no more than 15% of sites using FDDI and IPX planned replacement. Richard Ryan, director, Revelation Research commented, "It's not surprising that most companies do not plan to invest in new technology this year, the research also showed that 17% of respondents had their budgets decreased this year and 38% were staying the same." The complete Black Box Network Industry Survey 2002, now in its 9th year, investigated trends in network infrastructure and technologies, access, security, power supply issues and attitudes among networking professionals about their working lives. Conducted using structured interviews by telephone in April 2002, the survey interviewed 201 networking professionals in manufacturing, service industries and the public sector. A full copy of the report is available from the Black Box website at www.blackbox.co.uk or by emailing marketing@blackbox.co.uk. The survey will also be available on the Black Box stand, Q 80, at Networks Telecom 2002. Notes to editors If editorial departments would like a copy of the report (emailed or hard copy), please do not hesitate to contact blackbox@motivepr.com FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Simon Larter/Dawn Flynn Brian King Motive Public Relations Black Box (UK) Ltd Tel: 0118 988 0230 Tel: 0118 965 5000 Email: blackbox@motivepr.com Email: brian.king@blackbox.co.uk Web: www.blackbox.co.uk About Black Box Black Box (UK) Ltd. is part of the Black Box group of companies. Established in 1988, it is now the largest international subsidiary of the Black Box Corporation, a NASDAQ quoted company with worldwide sales revenues of $825 million in 2000/2001. Black Box is a leading worldwide network services company providing computer communications, networking services and related products to businesses of all sizes, operating in 132 countries throughout the world. More than 300 UK staff support a large customer base that includes most of the Times Top 1,000 UK companies. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/06/20/20020620BIT00260/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/06/20/20020620BIT00260/wkr0002.pdf