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IBM is trying to rekindle its romance with Token Ring users before the relationship hits divorce court. Next month, the company is expected to announce a suite of IOOM and 128M bit/ sec Token Ring PC adapters, modules, switches and … Continue reading →

Cisco Systems, Inc. later this year will introduce secondgeneration token-ring switches that will attempt to overcome the performance and feature limitations of older token-ring products. Cisco’s new 16-port Switched Access Unit (SAU) will switch 28byte frames at wire speed and … Continue reading →

IBM’S PLAN TO bump up Token Ring networks to I28M bit/sec. is eliciting sighs of relief from many large shops that hope to protect heavy investments in the tried-and-true LAN technology. Speeding up Token Ring would let users sit tight … Continue reading →

Users expect industry analysts to be objective and openminded. But analysts also can choose to be myopic when it serves their purpose. Take, for example, the different perspectives on Madge Network’s July 24 announcement of layoffs and reorganization. The week … Continue reading →

Executives from across the industry gathered in Boston and, with prodding from Kevin Tolly and Network World, hammered out a plan to bring token ring into the future. IBM, Xylan, Cabletron, Cisco, 3Com, Bay, Madge, Proteon, Olicom and others agreed … Continue reading →

Indeed, prices for Gigabit Ethernet will keep falling. A Gigabit Ethernet switch still sells for about 50% more than its Fast Ethernet counterpart, but by mid- to late 2004, the gap will be around 25%, and that makes Gigabit Ethernet … Continue reading →

As Network World turns 20 next month, the editors have asked columnists to opine about some technology flops of the era. A variety of possibilities came up, but token ring was offered up as a prime candidate. Yes, it’s gone, … Continue reading →

RSA has improved on the previous version of the offering, which required a lot of heavy-duty editing of config files and the like to get it up and running. The current system boasts a Web-based management app and a surprisingly … Continue reading →

THERE’S A fine line between commitment and focus on one hand, and obstinance and myopia on the other. Or perhaps there’s no line at all. Maybe they only differ when the context differs. That’s the lesson I took from the … Continue reading →

LAS VEGAS – IBM, creator of the Token Ring LAN, is in the midst of ripping out that infrastructure and replacing it with Ethernet, not just for speed and manageability, but also because it can support IP telephony. That’s key, … Continue reading →