1.3. IIN and SONA

IIN or Intelligent Information Network is more of a vision for future design and implementation strategy in a network. IIN combines the functions of applications and the network, allowing the network to make better and smarter decisions about how to move and direct traffic. By placing some of the intelligence in the network, it reduces the amount of influence any one application has to have on the network. The enterprise composite model is the basis for the IIN to be built on. The IIN adds functionality to what the network already does. IIN is described in a three-phase approach.

Phase 1

Integrated system describes the intelligent movement of data, voice, and video across a system of networks. It is where the underlying composite ...

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