Carrier Ethernet Industry Voices

Bob Metcalfe stopped by the Ethernet Academy, gave us a Tweet and a little something to share at the Ethernet Academy - his hand-drawn Ethernet circa 1976 (below). 

Most of you should be familiar with Bob Metcalfe who invented, standardized, and commercialized Ethernet. Developed as a way to link the computers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center to one another, Ethernet uses digital packets and distributed controls to transmit data over what would become the most widely used local area network, or LAN.

Metcalfe left Xerox in 1979 to found 3Com Corporation to manufacture LAN equipment with Ethernet technology, retiring in 1990. He is now with Polaris Venture Partners, fostering information technology start-ups. Metcalfe was awarded the National Medal of Technology in 2005 for his leadership in the invention, standardization, and commercialization of Ethernet.

The Internet is expanding at rates unimaginable even 10 years ago, and with new applications and traffic characteristics not envisioned at the start.  Part 2 is played below.  Please register and click on "Ethernet Academy Club" to view the other parts of this conference and much more.