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n 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. Busi-
nesses will meld
IP telephony seamless-
ly into enterprise-level applications and
will have completely automated, intelli-
gent 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 net-
working, wireless
technology, security,
and storage. We ex-
plore how products,
standards, and man-
agement strategies
will move these cate-
gories forward in the
next year or so—
and several years
down the road.
Innovative standards, technologies,
strategies, and products will push
networking—for the home as well as
the enterprise—forward. Here’s a look
at the changes in store.
What’s
REVIEWED IN THIS STORY
NETWORKING
Our contributors: Les Freed is
a contributing editor of PC
Magazine. Craig Ellison is the
director of operations at PC
Magazine Labs. Matthew D.
Sarrel, CISSP, is a PC Magazine
Labs technical director. Leon
Erlanger is a freelance writer.
Associate editor Davis D. Janowski
and PC Magazine Labs project
leader Oliver Kaven, CCNA, were
in charge of this story.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY CELIA JOHNSON
See what’s on the horizon in the
following categories of networking.
114 Home Networking
115 Wireless
116 Security
117 Storage
118 Enterprise
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