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To: hal video who wrote (6848)7/17/1998 2:12:00 AM
From: BayView  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6980
 
All: Switch vendors heat up features war

Now that speeds and feeds are by and large set, users are turning
to the added features switches can offer as they make buying
decisions for the LAN.

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One user pointed to this week's announcement of Bay Networks Inc.'s BayStack 450 switch as an example of the emphasis on features.

"Speed is important to an extent, but I know how fast my network is going to be. It's not a problem anymore," said Brett Frankenberger, network administrator at Union Pacific Railroad Co., in Omaha, Neb. "The feature set they include on the [450] is what gives it a leg up compared to other products."

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PC Week
By Scott Berinat