Technology

Characteristics

Geography

Description

Q400

Q101

Q201

Q301

Q401

Q102

Q202

Q302

Q402

Q103

Q203

Q303

Q403

ADDRESSING AND DOMAINS

K

C

Evaluate DEN and pilot

I

I

ADDRESSING AND DOMAINS

E

C

Evaluate the conversion to IPv6

I

I

DESKTOP SWITCHING

D, I, J

C, N

Eliminate shared media from headquarters and filed. Prereq to QOS.   This is complete at HQ, some work to do in field, but now in release

I

GIGABIT

B

C

Test Gigabit over cat5 for future server deployment.  This has been tested and determined that fiber will be used for GE.

I

D,B

GIGABIT

A, E

E

Install Gigabit on the UK LAN backbone

I

D,B

P,R

R

GIGABIT

A, E

E

Use Gigabit to connect EPC and EHQ

P, R

R

R

GIGABIT

L

M

Create test lab for engineers

P

R

STREAMING MEDIA

E, M

C

Scheduled Video

I

I D

D B

P

R

R

STREAMING MEDIA

E, M

C

Video on Demand

I

I D

D B

P

R

R

STREAMING MEDIA

E, M

C

Video Conferencing

I

I

D

B

P

R

R

Strategic characteristics:

Geographies:

Geographies:

Status:

A.    High speed access to servers

C.    Corporate

C.    Corporate

I.    Investigate

B.    Cost effective

M.    MRDC

M.    MRDC

D.    Design

C.    Connection to desktops

N.    North America

N.    North America

B.    Beta

D.    Ease of support

E.    Europe

E.    Europe

P.     Pilot

E.    Scaleable for new applications

P.    Puerto Rico

P.    Puerto Rico

R.    Release

F.    Provide security to network

H.    Hold

G.    Low latency, fast access to applications

H.    Update technology (vendor supported)

I.    Standardization

J.    HA (high availability)

K.    Security

L.    Product development

M.    Manageability

N.    Improve bandwidth