Thursday, September 14, 2006

Networking: What's Next

In the not-so-distant future, many of us will make regular video phone calls to far-flung friends using our TVs. We'll stream video through the air of our homes, glitch-free. Businesses will meld IP telephony seamlessly into enterprise-level applications and will have completely automated, intelligent storage systems.

Despite a few bleak years for the tech industry, the future of the networking sector is bright. Here is a look at what we can expect in home and enterprise networking, wireless technology, security, and storage. We explore how products, standards, and management strategies will move these categories forward in the next year or so— and several years down the road.

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