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Article: Begging for bandwidth.(the 1998 Network World/Deloitte Consulting Budget Survey finds network managers in need of system upgrades and budget increases) (Industry Trend or Event)
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- Network World
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- August 31, 1998
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While most IT budgets got bigger this year, managers had to postpone some projects or find ways to deploy technology without breaking the bank.
The 1998 Network World/Deloitte Consulting Budget Survey
When network managers met with corporate bean counters to carve out their current budgets, many of their line-item requests came down to one thing: additional network capacity.
Network engineers are facing major design and capacity planning challenges as companies implement more distributed, business-critical applications, says Gerry Cunningham, a partner at Deloitte Consulting in New York. In particular, engineers must plan for the increased network ...