generation stackable switch family that controls and modifies the level of functionality and resiliency available in this class of product. This new line of stackable switches Aextends Lucent's Switch
Architecture For Extreme Resiliency (SAFER)technology to the wiring closet, and introduces EZ2Route, a revolutionary self configuring Internet Protocol (IP) routing technology designed to simplify the deployment of high performance multilayer networks@ (ALucent Introduces@ 1999).
Lucent, and its major subsidiaries, the International Network Services, SpecTran Corporation, and Bell Labs has offices in more than 90 countries.
In 1995, when the company spun off from AT&T, it had 131,000 employees. By 1996, that figure had declined to 124,000 and went back up in 1997 to 134,000 ending up in 1998 with 141,000 (Hoovers 1999). Currently Lucent only controls some 2% of the data networking equipment market which is Aa $45 billion market today just 10% of the total communications equipment market but it's growing twice as fast as sales of standard equipment@ (Ellstrom & Rheinhardt 1999).
If considered solely by market share, Lucent with its 2 percent would be considered at the bottom of the heap, es
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