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Market trends though 2005?

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by n2y2

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I need to know what the projected figures are for business migration from Frame Relay to VPN. Also How many small business are planning to add ISDN-BRI or DSL. All figures should be projected though 2005. Oh, my current budget won't allow me to spend thousands of dollars for the info. Any suggestions?

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by shiny_topadm

Hi, in the technology marketplace today, I believe that 5-year projections are practically "crystal-ball" territory. I maintain systems for an established (60+ year-old) small business and the accuracy of predictions for our internal networks goes down significantly after 2 years. Small businesses seem to have the fewest resources to relegate to long-range planning, especially for such arcane items as telecomm services. My bosses wouldn't know ISDN from Frame Relay. They want the best, most reliable technology available for the lowest price. Even if you had the resources to fund a reputable survey, my opinion is your results would still be in "educated guess" range. It might be better to survey providers about price and availability trends. Good luck - Will

by cedric king

It will be pretty much of a guessing game. In IT, tommorrow a new technology might emerged and all these that we know are obsolete.
You can try to search through sites like TechRepublic where they conducts Polling. You might just get for yourself afree answer though it might not be 100% accurate but I guess at least 80%.

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