数据来源与研究方法：
- 对行业内相关的专家、厂商、渠道商、业务（销售）人员及客户进行访谈，获取最新的一手市场资料；
- 艾凯咨询集团对长期监测采集的数据资料；
- 行业协会、国家统计局、海关总署、国家发改委、工商总局等政府部门和官方机构的数据与资料；
- 行业公开信息；
- 行业企业及上、下游企业的季报、年报和其它公开信息；
- 各类中英文期刊数据库、图书馆、科研院所、高等院校的文献资料；
- 行业资深专家公开发表的观点；
- 对行业的重要数据指标进行连续性对比，反映行业发展趋势；
- 通过专家咨询、小组讨论、桌面研究等方法对核心数据和观点进行反复论证。
报告简介：
摘要
Challenges related to the complexity and scaling of the service edge are occurring at a time when new technological approaches to combining performance and flexibility are emerging. If these approaches are successful, they could represent a significant transition in the service edge equipment market.
目录及图表
- Mass adoption of packet services drives change
- Analysis
- Towards general-purpose processing
- IP/MPLS convergence complexity
- Multi-layer management
- From value-added to mainstream
- Scalability, flexibility, and manageability
- Policy management
- Connecting business rules with network rules
- Subscriber management
- Sessions become the new currency
- Application processing
- Not just about routing any more
- From specific to general
- General purpose processing improves agility
- Conclusion
- Nirvana — flexibility without compromise
- Table of figures
- Figure 1 IP/MPLS service architecture
- Table 1 OAM capabilities on a leading IP/MPLS implementation
- Figure 2 Subscriber management revenue trend, 4Q06-1Q08
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