Greater intelligence in routers could enable them to look inside a data packet and, for example, determine the content of a packet, according to IDC research manager Paul Strauss.
Routers are the glue that holds together the myriad networks that make up the Internet, as well as the far-flung offices of large corporate networks, but you would not know it by reading the tech industry hype. These devices are one of the least talked-about elements of enterprise IT, in part because the router market is dominated by one vendor — where’s the drama there? — and in part because many people simply do not know what routers do.
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