Capacity planning - Internet newsgroup survey on bandwidth use - Internet/Web/Online Service Information - Brief Article

Communications News, March, 1999

Survey results: Bandwidth a precious commodity

Concord Communications conducted its survey worldwide using Internet newsgroups in the fall of 1998. The survey polled approximately 400 network professionals responsible for daily operations of multiple sites across a network. Analysts agree that slim budgets and response time complaints are driving the need for more widespread and deliberate capacity planning among network managers. To address these problems, network managers are proactively monitoring bandwidth, traffic across the network, memory levels, and response times. Eighty-nine percent of those surveyed considered it important to monitor response times for key applications such as e-mail, Internet use, and internal proprietary applications. Ninety-three percent did not have enough budget to purchase the bandwidth required to effectively support their networks.