| tter how large or small your business is, you will | | | | going to be ATM. Although it is considered more |
| find that if you want to make sure that it has a | | | | problematic to install, and more complicated than |
| future that you will need to think about what you | | | | Ethernet, there is still a great deal of support for |
| can do to make sure that it has the proper | | | | this structure. Now that we are seeing high |
| infrastructure. If you are someone who has any | | | | bandwidth OC-48 switches, we are seeing ATM |
| say in how the IT infrastructure of your business | | | | systems that are increasingly fit to deal with ATM |
| is going to be designed, you have an important | | | | and I protocols. When you are looking to the |
| task ahead of you. This can affect the way that | | | | future, you will see that companies like Newbridge |
| your business communicates internally and with | | | | and Cisco are coming to a place where they are |
| the outside world for the next several years, and | | | | providing more IP over ATM services, and this |
| the right choice will pay for itself over and over | | | | particular infrastructure is seeing something of a |
| again, while the wrong one will leave you with | | | | renaissance. |
| upgrades that you will be regretting sooner rather | | | | Finally, you will find that DSL is seeing a lot of play |
| than later. Take some time and make sure that | | | | and it is being touted as the infrastructure that is |
| you consider what your options are when it | | | | most friendly and most compatible with the office |
| comes to IT infrastructure, and make sure that | | | | with people spread across the city. You will find |
| you understand them thoroughly. | | | | that when you are investigating this option that |
| First and most commonly in place now is the use | | | | there are fewer of this type available, but this is |
| of an Ethernet structure. With Ethernet, you will | | | | due to change shortly. With more and more |
| essentially be using structured cabling with Cat5 | | | | people telecommuting as time goes on, this type |
| Ethernet cords to make sure that every main | | | | of infrastructure is going to see some |
| socket in your office building is taken care of. As | | | | phenomenal growth. |
| we grow more and more reliant on computers, | | | | Take some time and make sure that you know |
| most of today's PCs are hooked up through Cat5 | | | | where your company is going to go before you |
| cabling. It is perhaps the easiest to explain, and | | | | invest in infrastructure architecture. Unless you |
| without a doubt, there is a good chance that you | | | | have put some thought into what is going to |
| have used it before. With many organizations | | | | happen with your company and where it will be in |
| currently moving from 10 BaseT to | | | | the next few years, you are going to find that |
| 100Mb-switched, there are now many companies | | | | you are in a difficult place in no time at all. Plan out |
| that are declaring themselves Ethernet only when | | | | your infrastructure architecture and reap the |
| it comes to networking. | | | | rewards later on. |
| The next choice that you have in front of you is | | | | |