What IT execs want from carriers' branch office connectivity offerings

By Robin Gareiss, Network World, 04/25/06

When you do the math, it doesn’t take long to decipher where one of the biggest cries for help will emerge: In the branch office.

The number of branch offices is growing by an average 8.9% per year. A company with 100 branch locations this year manages, on average, 700 networking devices at all the branches combined. Next year, with 109 branch offices, that same company will manage number must manage 763 devices. The number will continue to rise.