Computer networking industry technologies: trends and challenges in the Mexican market

Abstract

This paper covers the main aspects of the current technological status of the Mexican market in the computer networking arena, based on several studies conducted by local and international firms; these criteria were weighed and their technological importance ranked, so that they could to be properly analysed to obtain a global prospective of this information for funding decisions about technological trends and windows of opportunity for Mexico. This is important for long-range planning in education, R&D, network infrastructure development and the provision of value-added services in this sector.