"The real benefit was the combination of QoS and compression," Ackerman says. "That's where we were able to prioritize traffic."
Erik Ackerman: Network engineer Seminis, Oxnard, Calif.
Erik Ackerman, 33, network engineer at Seminis, is responsible for the fruit- and vegetable-seed manufacturer's global WAN, which spans more than 100 sites in more than 20 countries. He also handles the company's LAN architecture and security for its headquarters in Oxnard, Calif. Ackerman holds certifications in Citrix Winview, Winframe and Metaframe administrator, CCSA (Check Point) and MCP (NT 4.0). He has been at Seminis for four years and in IT for 15 years.
Why frame relay gets a bad rap these days: "Probably VPN and MPLS marketing, but I don't pay attention to the hype."
Best day of his career: "When I first used a packet analyzer."
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