Upcoming Methodologies

One of the ways Network Test delivers the best tests in the industry is to make its methodologies available to vendors and network architects long before products are actually put through their paces. That gives us a chance to benefit from your insights and experience. So check out the detailed descriptions of our test beds, procedures, and offered traffic.

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Cisco ASR 1000 router
Scheduled for publication in Network World on 12 January 2009
Cisco's new ASR series aggregation routers boast a 40-core processor, which the vendor claims will greatly boost control- and data-plane scalability and performance. In this exclusive Network World Clear Choice test, we put the the ASR 1000 router through its paces.
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10-Gigabit Enterprise Switch/Routers
An ongoing series
Network World has extended an open invitation to all vendors of 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches to undergo the same tests we've used with early market entrants. We plan to publish updates on a regular basis, giving readers a sense of the state of the market.
Review methodology

Current Methodologies
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