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The SmartBits test tools are taking a well-deserved break, the circuit breakers have stopped tripping and The Tolly Group's engineers are crunching the numbers. Next week, in Network World and on The Tolly Group's Web site, we'll unveil the first set of results for the 1999 Tolly Group/Network World Switch Metric (see feature in May 10 issue).
The response from the vendor community has been enormously positive. When Network World Editor in Chief John Gallant and I introduced this initiative just before January's ComNet 99 trade show, we heard responses of "count us in" almost instantaneously. In fact, the only major player that has not yet endorsed the project is Cisco.
While the Switch Metric benchmarking process will be ongoing -- switches will be tested...