Creating Value through Network

The value of a network increases proportionately with the square of the number of its users ¡ª¡ª Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet

In the broadband user number ranking published by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in December 2006, China has a user population of 37.5 million, ranking the second in the world after the United States. As for the number of Ethernet users, this number will be even larger.

In 1973, when the first Ethernet was established by Metcalfe, its data transmission rate was only 2.94Mbps. Today, the IEEE has determined the transmission rate of the next generation of Ethernet will reach as high as 100Gbps! With the skyrocketing of its speed, Ethernet has made progresses simultaneously in many areas, from the evolution of Ethernet standards to breakthroughs in product performance, from proliferation of enterprise data centers to the booming development in network security, from intelligent cabling management to new waves of Wi-Fi technologies in rid of wires¡­¡­

All these are unquestionably the embodiment for values of networks. More significant, the more impressive values of Ethernet are in the emerging convergence applications. Convergence does not mean savings in costs like telephone charges, but also in the true values for changes in ways of working and the improvement of productivity.

It is a new objective for Ethernet to establish sustainable operations, and carrier-class Ethernet has become an important topic that is in focus for the industry. With tremendous improvement in standards, technologies, products, solutions, services and experiences, the value of carrier-class Ethernet is about to boom!

As the most authoritative and most professional media in the network industry, China NetworkWorld always bears in mind the idea of creating value for participants of this conference in organizing the event, and considers it a duty for itself. On the conference, leading edge technologies, products, applications and experiences, metro-area Ethernet, convergence, 100Gbps, network security, 802.11n, Mesh, WiMAX, NGN, intelligent cabling and many more will be playing an important role.

More important, this conference will feature the showing-up many new faces among international vendors, and they will bring more unique new technologies. This, in turn, will bring more value to this country with huge market potentials. Will be one of the brightest shining star? We will be seeing to it.

Networks bridge you and me, and networks create values. We are all in the same world of networks. What more value will be brought by future networks? Every one in creating this world of networks will be a decisive factor, including you and me.