Phil Hochmuth and Jim Duffy

Is Gigabit Ethernet a waste of your money? An analyst recently told enterprise IT and network professionals they would toss away more than US$10 billion on Gigabit Ethernet LAN gear over the next two years that would be better spent on technologies designed to support increasingly distributed workforces.

Cisco is readying a Catalyst 6500 switch upgrade that will double bandwidth on the device, offering customers greater support for 10Gbps Ethernet LANs, according to a report.