Metro Ethernet Services Delivers Business Advantages

Metro Ethernet Services using Ethernet technology deliver cost-effective, high-speed connectivity for metropolitan-area network (MAN) and wide-area network (WAN) applications. This simple, easy-to-use technology appeals to customers who are already using Ethernet throughout their local-area networks (LANs). Metro Ethernet Services provide scalable bandwidth in flexible increments with simplified management and faster, lower-cost provisioning. Cisco Metro Ethernet platforms support high-performance networks in the metro area, meeting the increasing need for faster data speeds and more stringent quality of service (QoS) requirements.

Market Drivers for Metro Ethernet Services

The major market drivers for growing demand for Metro Ethernet Access Services:

• Surging bandwidth requirements – Companies are deploying more high-bandwidth applications, such as voice, video, networked storage, distance learning, medical imaging, videoconferencing, and CAD/CAM applications, as well as hosted applications such as data backup.
• More MAN terminations in buildings – The number of Ethernet building terminations has risen from nearly zero in 2000 to a projected 500,000 in 2006, according to Gartner.
• Pressure to reduce expenditures and increase service revenues – To remain profitable, service providers need to reduce capital expenditures and operating expenses and to introduce profitable, high-margin services.