Tyco prepares its channel for the 10G opportunity

Structured cabling major Tyco Electronics is preparing the ground for its
partners to tap the business potential that exists in the 10 GigaBit Ethernet
technology. Tyco is one of the first companies in the country  to introduce
this for shielded twisted pair (STP). And with a view to keep partners ready for
this upcoming technology, the company is organizing a series of technical
seminars across the country. The first one was held in Bangalore, followed by
Kochi and Chennai.

In the second phase of this series-likely to happen in August-the company
would target the network integrators in cities of Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad.
"10G in near future would replace 1G and the adoption would trigger a
massive fall in price for the same, making it the most cost-effective
solution," said KK Shetty, Country Manager, Tyco Electronics India.

Speaking on the objective of such events, he further added that these kinds
of technology session would help its partners become aware of what technologies
can they expect to work with in the near future and hence rightly plan in that
direction from now on.

The company is betting on rapid advances in microelectronics and networking
technologies to fuel the demand for 10G Ethernet-based cabling solutions. The
company is also evangelizing the need to be careful while future planning on
cabling solutions among partners.

Interestingly, Tyco's competitors like Krone and Systimax (previously Avaya
Connectivity Solutions) are also aggressively evangelizing on the 10G Ethernet.

Goldie

Bangalore