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To: djane who wrote (3785)8/25/1998 11:03:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (1) of 21876
 
Hi djane,

>>Hasn't ASND also been very early on the MPLS bandwagon compared to the CSCO focus on tag switching?<<

Did you notice that the article called it tag swapping?

Interesting article. MPLS is a compromised-derivative in progress of CSCO's original proposed Tag Switching protocol. The other major vendors couldn't just sit back and watch CSCO dictate all of the rules, in their entirety. So, true to IETF form, an RFC was created to seek multiple inputs and opinions re the protocol, and CSCO is still a major force there, whether you call it Tag or MPLS. CSCO is poised to support both: their tag switching now, and the MPLS when the smoke settles.

I found this comment interesting in the article:

>Juniper also formed a strategic technology relationship with IBM.<

It's little wonder as to why this is. CSCO is postured at this time to eat Blue's lunch on the channel side of the mainframe for big host to host communications and other SNA/VTAM bulk data transfers, through their (CSCO) SNA over IP options. Blue's own options don't measure up to the task of tsunami data flows in this space in a way that would be acceptable to data center users, so they need a way to fend off CSCO's encroachment here.

FWIW, and Best Regards, Frank Coluccio
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