Method and apparatus for switching in the data communication

Switching means (100) for switching in data communication between a plurality of servers (141 to 14n) and a plurality of clients (131 to 13m) which are connected via a network (110) to each other, comprising: a storage unit (104, 105, 106), a service switching management entity (102) for receiving a service request from one of the clients and for determining a target server to which the request is to be transmitted, on the basis of information in the memory unit (104, 105, 106) are stored, and with a service switching management unit (102) communication management unit connected (101) to transmit the request to the particular destination server, characterized in that the service switching management entity (102) is adapted to individually adapted type information (1051) via said client from which the request is received, to store in the memory unit, and to determine the destination server due to the type information.