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ATM即使不象庙宇中的大肚子佛爷那样苍老,至少也已经成为一种成熟的技术,安放在公共或专用的网络中的舒适机架上。这是从最近在华盛顿的ComNet展览传来的消息。在那里,许多厂商都在展示他们的ATM产品,与我交谈的许多用户都带着浓厚的兴趣来检验它们。虽然ATM技术看起来已经在网络主流社会中占有了一席之地,虽然传输者和INTERNET正在用ATM交换机建设他们的网络,但在去年的评价之中仍然只是个平均水平,C级吧!局域网络的应用正在不断滞后,许多观察家是这样认为的。最终,许多人确信无缝的、端到端的ATM将永远也不会出现! 当ATM作为主干技术的蓝图成为焦点时,许多厂商正在抢夺、维持用户在他们现存的LAN技术中的投资。3COM、Cascade和IBM联合推销一种叫做“Fast IP”的方案,它非常受欢迎,因为它将改善性能又避免了逐渐升高的价格。
ATMs, if not as old as the Buddha in the temple, have at least become a proven technology to be placed on comfortable racks in public or private networks. Here’s the news from the recent ComNet show in Washington. There, many vendors are showing off their ATM products, and many of the people I spoke with were intensely interested in verifying them. Although ATM technology seems to have a place in the mainstream network society, although the transmitter and the INTERNET are using ATM switches to build their network, but in the evaluation of last year, is still only an average, C-level bar! LAN applications Is constantly lagging behind, many observers think so. Ultimately, many are convinced that seamless, end-to-end ATM will never come out! While ATM is becoming the focus of the roadmap for backbone technology, many vendors are snatching up and maintaining users’ investments in their existing LAN technologies. 3COM, Cascade and IBM co-market a solution called “Fast IP” that is very popular because it will improve performance and avoid escalating prices.