Peer-to-Peer technologies enter the enterpriseBoston 17 September 2001 Aberdeen Group, a market analysis and positioning services firm, states that innovative Peer-to-Peer (P-to-P) technologies are moving from consumer playthings - such as MP3 sharing - to the enterprise market. P-to-P architectures use desktops, laptops and mobile devices as active nodes on the Internet, which enable users to establish direct connections between people, access diverse content resources and remotely use physical resources such as processing power.
"Initially, enterprises are turning to P-to-P networks to make more efficient
use of their existing technology investments on the Internet periphery," says
report co-author Tom Dwyer. "However, in the long run, P-to-P will thrive
because it is a flexible architecture that can tackle crucial IT challenges --
such as mapping a set of business relationships -- more efficiently than
networks saddled with static roles for end-user devices."
The report, entitled "Business Applications for P-to-P: Innovating at the
Internet Periphery," brings clarity to the emerging P-to-P landscape and
examines the impact of P-to-P on more than a dozen distinct IT markets. The
report outlines the promise of P-to-P technologies and the challenges they must
face within each market's context, and provides quantitative analysis of the
P-to-P's potential impact.
Profiled suppliers include: Avaki, Consilient, Cytaq, DataSynapse, Endeavors
Technology, Engenia, Entropia, Evernet, FirstPeer, Groove Networks, Ikimbo,
Jabber.com, Juno, Parabon, Porivo, Thinkstream, United Devices, vTrails,
WorldStreet and XDegrees.
For more information about "Business Applications for P-to-P: Innovating at the
Internet Periphery," visit http://www.aberdeen.com.
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