The long battle of competing network standards and architecture for corporate intranets is over, according to a study just published by International Data Corp.an IT marketing and research consulting firm. In the future, corporate planning for networks ...
The long battle of competing network standards and architecture for corporate intranets is over, according to a study just published by International Data Corp.an IT marketing and research consulting firm. In the future, corporate planning for networks will focus on one solution--an intranet based on TCP/IP (Internet protocols), says IDC. Forecasts and findings from the study supporting this conclusion include:
The worldwide installed base of PC TCP/IP will increase from 102 million units to 353 million units by 2001, representing a compound annual growth rate of 28%. Primary drivers include desktop operating-system bundling of the base protocol stack and customer demand for Internet access.
By 2001, 38,150 high-end servers will have TCP/IP software, up 118% from 1996. The growth of TCP/IP on high-end servers results from high-end server usage for intranet and Internet applications.
TCP/IP on the mainframe increased from 34% in 1994 to 74% in 1996. The extent of TCP/IP reach is most evident in traditional IBM environments where the need to create Internet-friendly communication servers is boosting the demand for TCP/IP on S/390 systems.
