It's time for XML (and more!) in your network

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Network World's Cisco News Alert

Opinion: It's time for XML (and more!) in your network

By Daniel Briere and Patrick Hurley
Network World, 08/30/05

As you have no doubt been hearing (at least in bits and pieces),
there's a big move within the networks of your enterprise
customers towards application -aware switching and networking.
Application switching is not happening as one big
paradigm-shifting overnight revolution, but it is revolutionary,
and it is coming towards as a series of smaller steps forward.

The first place we are seeing application switching enter the
market is in the realm of XML. XML will soon become ubiquitous
in the enterprise for no other reason than the fact that the
next iteration of Microsoft Office will rely upon XML as a file
format - moving away from today's ".ppt" , ".xls" and ".doc"
formats. XML is already increasingly common for other enterprise
applications, and particularly whenever a Web-based application
or Web service touches the enterprise (not to mention the rise
of XML-based syndication feeds for all sorts of new other data
services.

Microsoft is not the only enterprise vendor getting serious
about XML. Intel, for example, just placed a bet on XML and the
importance of XML- and application-awareness when it purchased
XML appliance vendor, Sarvega . All of a sudden the leading
desktop and server vendor - not to mention a primary vendor of
network processors - is bringing XML into its software fold.
Intel has the reach to bring XML-awareness to just about all
levels of the network - just as Centrino has helped spread
802.11, and as Intel's WiMAX efforts are working to boost that
technology.

Full story: <http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert6239>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. 2005 salary survey
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2. Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert6240>

3. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert6241>

4. VoIP season about to heat up
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert6242>

5. A proposal for governing the 'Net
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert6243>

Today's most-forwarded story:

VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert6244>

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FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE

Traffic management becomes critical as your network
infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=111647
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