In 1992, frame relay was portrayed as an interim technology that would be replaced by Switched Multimegabit Data Service. In 1995, industry insiders predicted frame relay would be devoured by ATM.

META Trend: The stability and affordability of wide-area network (WAN) services will accelerate data center consolidation and administrative centralization, increasing WAN costs. Frame relay services ...

LAS VEGAS — While frame relay may be one of the most widely accepted ways of linking geographically dispersed corporate sites, MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS), a no-nonsense high-speed routing ...

Schmidt says that while the shift from frame relay and ATM has been going on for several years, it is accelerating this year. “Companies are moving data to the cloud, they have more video applications ...

Out go ATM, Frame Relay and leased lines. In come DSL, Ethernet and IP virtual private networks (VPNs). It may not be quite that simple but the world of data communications is in the midst of seeing ...

Frame relay isn’t going away soon. In fact, in a recent survey that Steve conducted at the Webtorials site, a worldwide database of corporate end-users indicated satisfaction levels with frame relay, ...