Cisco Systems Case Study: Tesco
[ Source: Cisco ]
January 2008-
Founded in the United Kingdom in 1924, Tesco is one of the world’s leading supermarket retail chains. Tesco’s core philosophy is to create value for its customers, earning lifetime loyalty by employing value-added new technologies. The Cisco team helped Tesco senior executives develop a strategy that would enable them to position Tesco as the market leader in online grocery shopping. Cisco was then selected as Preferred Technology Partner, removing competition from the tender process.
Effectiveness of Loss Labeling in Improving TCP Performance in Wired/Wireless Networks
[ Source: Boston University ]
January 2008-
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) has been the dominant transport mechanism for reliable data transfer over the Internet. In this paper the researchers study the fundamental gains and limits of explicit loss labeling techniques employed to empower TCP in hybrid wired/wireless networks. The filter is re-instantiated to measure RTT and augment it with history information so as to distinguish between congestion and wireless losses, specifically to empower TCP NewReno in wired/wireless networks.
Transform Enterprise Networking With the Nortel Networks ACE - Architecture for the Converged Enterprise
[ Source: Nortel Networks ]
January 2008-
ACE is open, providing business agility to incorporate new technologies in a non-disruptive manner, and to work in a multi-vendor environment. It provides scalability by design for user and traffic growth at the network and application levels. Nortel Networks understands the challenges faced by enterprises in developing stronger customer relationships, and the critical role of IT and the Internet in serving business objectives. Nortel Networks Architecture for the Converged Enterprise (ACE) that brings unifying communications ....
TCP Performance for Future IP-Based Wireless Networks
[ Source: Rochester Institute of Technology ]
January 2008-
The Internet and wireless networks are two of the most important technical developments that have had a direct affect on the lives of people. Many extensive studies have been performed that have attempted to improve the performance of TCP for wireless networks. The common assumptions made by TCP for wired networks definitely do not hold for wireless networks. TCP with its semantics such as end-to-end flow control, a congestion control mechanism and error recovery provide ....
TEAMQUEST and ITIL: Part 3 - Implementing Capacity Management
[ Source: TeamQuest ]
January 2008-
Once a decision has been made to improve service by adopting ITIL frameworks and best practices, a plan must be developed to implement the changes to the organizations. The risk of a full implementation is that some processes may not operate immediately as expected and therefore impact business processes. Other ITIL proponents feel that IT and business leaders should choose a staged approach when implementing the ITIL framework and best practices because the impact of ....
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
Microsoft’s vision for ITSM, as the practice is commonly called, is the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI). DSI is Microsoft’s approach to building self-managing dynamic systems. The DSI roadmap is a collection of solutions that are more manageable, more agile, and more cost effective than competitors’. A key component to enabling Microsoft’s DSI is the Microsoft Systems Center suite of tools for monitoring and managing the IT environment. System Center Operations Manager 2007 is one of ....
Multicast And Mobility Over Satellite Using IPV6
[ Source: 6WIND ]
January 2008-
Multicast and mobility over satellite using IPv6 is a collaborative project, funded by CNES (French National Space Agency), led by 6WIND (private French leader and innovator of embedded IP networking software), Astrium (a world leader in the design and manufacture of satellites) and LSIIT (Strasbourg University IPv6 research team). In the context of ""Anywhere, anytime Internet access"" its objective is to identify applicative scenarios that could best benefit from multicast and mobility features over satellite. ....
Nortel Network Case Study: Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI)
[ Source: Nortel Networks ]
January 2008-
India’s non-profit Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) have launched the country’s first ’Call 108’ emergency services contact system, powered by solutions from Nortel. The company’s challenge as to enable a quick and comprehensive emergency response, a reliable technology solution that was scalable for growth and provided extra reliability mission-critical emergency scenarios was required. Nortel’s solution enables callers to dial ’108’ and be instantly connected via a Nortel Meridian 1 Option 61C PBX to a ....
Nortel Network Case Study: FXCM (Forex Capital Markets LLC)
[ Source: Nortel Networks ]
January 2008-
A few short years after it pioneered foreign currency exchange trading at the retail level, FXCM had built a customer base of over 78,000 individuals and institutions. Tasked to solve FXCM’s critical communications problems, Ivan Brightly began by querying his colleagues in the financial markets community. They recommended Nortel. Together with networking partner NetVersant Solutions, Nortel provided a comprehensive IP-based telephony and IP Contact Center environment. One of the greatest benefits is the ease with ....
DRAC 5: Dell Remote Access Card 5 Security
[ Source: Dell - Migration Expert Zone ]
January 2008-
Using Dell Remote Access Card 5 (DRAC 5) one can easily remotely monitor, troubleshoot, and repair servers even when the server is down. It offers a rich set of features like virtual media, virtual Keyboard Video Mouse, and so on, which have the potential to make the system prone to security risks. This Dell paper briefly describes the security features that DRAC 5 uses to help ensure authentication, authorization, privacy, and data integrity. DRAC 5 ....