Solving the bandwidth problem - Forbes.com

For every giant step forward in technology there is a bottleneck that needs to be solved. It isn't exactly a step backward, but it does slow down the rate of progress.

The push from mainframes to minicomputers and PCs created bottlenecks in moving data between computers and even within computers. The move to virtualization and cloud computing has created all sorts of new log jams on internal and external networks, and the problem is only getting worse...