re: Application/XML-Aware Networks[email protected]: Sorry, I didn't see your response to my entry until today. I don't know if there is mechanism in Lightreading.com to subscribe to responses to one's posts. Anyway, selection between SLA/non-SLA applications happens even today bases on the TCP/UDP ports. In the future, we can see a much more discriminating schemes to provide the SLA/non-SLA dichotomy. - Ramesh
re: Application/XML-Aware NetworksThis is a very good article to provide a solid introduction to the subject. However, distinguishing a global IP network from the global Internet is extremely important.
The global Internet of today is an IP network all right, but without any sort of guaranteed performance. The global Internet of tomorrow will have some of its sections engineered to provide well-defined SLAs; see story on BellSouth's plans at http://www.lightreading.com/do.... And, specialized applications such as VoIP, VoD, Application-aware networking, etc. will for the most part ride the SLAed portions; e-mail, casual browsing, etc. will ride the SLA-less portions. - Ramesh
"And, specialized applications such as VoIP, VoD, Application-aware networking, etc. will for the most part ride the SLAed portions; e-mail, casual browsing, etc. will ride the SLA-less portions."
Would Application-aware networking become a way of automatically selecting the appropriate SLA/non-SLA portion?
Sorry, I didn't see your response to my entry until today. I don't know if there is mechanism in Lightreading.com to subscribe to responses to one's posts.
Anyway, selection between SLA/non-SLA applications happens even today bases on the TCP/UDP ports. In the future, we can see a much more discriminating schemes to provide the SLA/non-SLA dichotomy.
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Ramesh