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The Evolution of Networks beyond IP
Tony Kourlas
Director, Service Provider Strategy
Solace Systems

Self-Test
1. IP routers are designed to route BLANK. Content routers are designed to route BLANK.
a) packets, messages or documents
b) packets, packets
c) messages or documents, packets
d) messages or documents, messages or documents
2. IP networks route packets based on BLANK. Content-aware networks route messages based on their BLANK.
a) content and context, IP header lookups
b) IP header lookups, content and context
c) IP header lookups, IP header lookups
d) content and context, content and context
3. Content networks are deployed as BLANK IP/MPLS networks
a) a replacement for
b) layer 2 transport for
c) an overlay on top of
d) a layer 3 alternative to
4. A content aware network embeds BLANK directly in special purpose network hardware.
a) content routing
b) content filtering
c) content transformation
d) all of the above capabilities
5. A content aware network outperforms traditional software based middleware by a factor of BLANK
a) 1 to 5
b) 1 to 10
c) 5 to 50
d) 10 to 100
6. Enterprises can significantly lower IT opex and capex by deploying application infrastructure as BLANK
a) a high speed service that can be shared by all applications
b) racks and racks of servers dedicated to individual projects
c) a mesh of static inter-applications connections
d) all of the above
7. Because network processing occurs in specialized hardware, a content aware network ensures data latency is always:
a) low and predictable
b) low and variable
c) high and predictable
d) high and variable
e) none of the above
8. Content aware networks transform carriers from suppliers of commodity bandwidth by allowing them to BLANK
a) reach up the value chain toward applications and content
b) add value to the real time flow of information
c) provide higher speed MPLS services
d) a) and b)
e) b) and c)
9. CIOs struggling with the custom code development, expensive middleware and directories required to manage the flow of information are looking to:
a) outsource this complexity
b) adopt distributed architectures including SOA and Web Services
c) refocus IT resources on what is core to their business
d) all of the above
10. Recent enterprise network focus on distributed application connectivity and content delivery suggests that content-aware networking is set to become the next major frontier in network evolution. This point is reinforced by the following historical examples:
a) carrier commoditization of Moore's Law
b) carrier commoditization of enterprise IP VPN equipment with IP/MPLS VPN services
c) carrier commoditization of enterprise FR/ATM equipment with FR/ATM services
d) a) and b)
e) b) and c)

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