Linking up
LIKE weeds choking an unkempt lawn, computer networks are entangling the world. Inspired by the Internet, companies are buying more and more equipment to make their data networks ever bigger and faster. Last year they spent nearly $29 billion on network hardware, according to J.P. Morgan, an investment bank. In three years, it reckons, this may rise to $72 billion.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Linking up”
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