Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switch Delivers Rate Limiting for Universities and Enterprise Businesses
[ Source: Cisco ]
January 2008-Rate limiting is an important tool for IT managers in universities and enterprises alike. Limiting bandwidth to specific users and ports helps control network congestion, ensure high performance, create efficient networks, and prevent a small number of users from monopolizing network bandwidth. Rate limiting becomes even more critical as more Gigabit Ethernet ports are installed throughout the campus as part of a Gigabit To The Desktop (GTTD) rollout. All switches in the Cisco Catalyst 3750 ....
A Comprehensive Approach to Practicing ITIL Change Management
[ Source: BMC ]
January 2010-Read "A Comprehensive Approach to Practicing ITIL Change Management," a compelling white paper from Enterprise Management Associates, to learn best practices for integrating your batch process automation and change management solutions.
Seven Practical Steps For Federal Cyber Security And FISMA Compliance
[ Source: Tripwire ]
October 2009-Federal computer systems have long been a favorite target of hackers. This paper explores why federal efforts to improve security have often fallen short and how IT professionals can address this challenge. Tripwire CTO Gene Kim suggests seven actionable steps to improve cyber security based on a long-term study of information security organizations.
Next Generation Ethernet: Challenges And Opportunities Deploying 10G Ethernet
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-As data centers and enterprise networks continue to deploy advanced applications such as virtualization, cloud computing, and SAN/LAN convergence, it becomes necessary to look at upgrading the existing infrastructure to 10G Ethernet. This panel of industry experts will present an overview of the technologies available and the deployment challenges in rolling out 10G Ethernet networks. Gain the latest information about these technologies and decision criteria to guide deployments. Topics include: virtualization, cloud networking, protocols (iSCSI, ....
Forrester: The Total Economic Impact of CA Workload automation
[ Source: CA ]
March 2010-Forrester interviewed 4 customers who have been using CA Workload Automation for more than two years to learn what kinds of benefits and value these customers have found because of implementing and exploiting the advanced automation capabilities.
Download this full report and see how these customers were able to lower costs and improve automation capabilities.
Benefits and Cost Savings of Single-Strand Fiber Technology
[ Source: IMC Networks ]
March 2008-This paper introduces the reader to the benefits of single-strand fiber and how it's used to increase bandwidth by doubling the fiber capacity of existing networks. The reader will be educated on the various types of media conversion hardware, and how to implement it at a substantial cost-savings without having to upgrade your existing network infrastructure.
Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization
[ Source: Dell/Intel ]
January 2010-The Business Ready Configurations for Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware Infrastructure™ provides a detailed reference architecture for deploying and using VMware virtualization on Dell blades and iSCSI storage environments. The intended audience for this white paper is IT administrators, IT managers, and channel partners who are planning to deploy VMware virtualization using Dell blade servers and Dell EqualLogic SAN. This white paper provides an overview of the recommended servers, storage, software, ....
Best Practices for Minimal Downtime Migration to ASM Oracle 10g Release 2
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-This white paper explains measures to dramatically reduce downtime during the process of migrating Oracle databases residing on raw partitions, volumes or conventional file systems to Automatic Storage Management (ASM) by using Oracle Recovery MANager (RMAN) and Oracle Data Guard. This white paper is evenly relevant to existing Data Guard users who want to migrate to ASM and users who do not currently use Data Guard, but who seek to diminish downtime during migration to ....
Managing Complex Server Environments With HP OpenView Radia Software
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-HP OpenView Configuration Manager has a long track record of reliability and ability to maintain control and compliance of devices; however without the right process and people, it is not a complete solution. HP Consulting and Integration helps an organization architect and implement a solution that maps to the business needs. IT organizations, face ever-increasing demands. They need assurance that the solutions they deploy can not only fulfill a feature set, but deliver a value ....
The Impact Of IT Virtualization On Applications And Networks
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-In this presentation, F5 Networks’ Ken Salchow takes a look at how IT virtualization affects both networks and the delivery of applications to the end user. The modern IT organization, using a traditional infrastructure model, faces the challenge of delivering business-critical applications and services through a variety of channels to employees that may be in-house, mobile, or working remotely. Salchow contends that unified applications and data delivery using context-aware networking allows IT organizations to fulfill ....
Make Your Technology Intuitive…And Profitable
[ Source: NexAira ]
April 2009-
This white paper discusses the complexity of some of today’s great technologies. If the product is complex to operate, most consumers can’t make it work. If they can’t make the product work, they return it. If they return it, your company loses money.
CCNA Wireless Certification
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
October 2008-
As networks continue to stimulate economic growth, collaboration, and interaction, the need for networking talent will grow in importance. To meet this growing demand, Cisco has introduced three new concentrations: CCNA Security, CCNS Voice, and CCNA Wireless. This paper will describes what the CCNA Wireless certification is and its benefits, and what pre-requisites, exams, and training is required to get certified.
MPLS: What is it? What can it do for me?
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
February 2009-
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) began as a way for routers to short-cut the time-consuming process of treating each packet independently, looking up the target IP address each time and in every router along the path. MPLS streamlines the packet forwarding process by introducing a label, assigned by the ingress edge router, into the packet. The beauty of MPLS is that the label itself has no meaning other than what the software gives it. Therefore, the ....
Storage Networking Case Study: How Cisco Migrated to a SAN Environment in Small European Data Center
[ Source: Cisco ]
July 2008-
Storage Networking Case Study: How Cisco Migrated to a SAN Environment in Small European Data Center. Direct-attached storage costs were growing out of control in the Cisco Amsterdam site, which hosts all Cisco IT production applications and some development and staging environments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Storage utilization was poor, and management information scarce and hard to come by at the Amsterdam location.
Router Essentials
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
March 2008-
This white paper introduces the reader to basic router concepts, commands, and configurations. It is designed to address the "basic of the basics concepts" and helps lay a solid foundation for more complex routing concepts.
Solutions for 21st Century Healthcare
[ Source: 3Com ]
September 2009-
To significantly improve the delivery of healthcare, an impressive arrange of new technology solutions are being introduced daily. 3Com designs solutions that deliver unique price/performance value, reduce complexity to facilitate healthcare delivery and ensure security to protect investments, resources and information.
In this case study, learn how 3Com can help you enhance patient care by maximizing business continuity, security, and productivity.
Eight Tips for Managing Higher Education Networks Securely and Cost-Effectively
[ Source: 3Com ]
September 2009-
Colleges and universities worldwide are being pressured to do more with less, particularly in today's challenging economic climate. Colleges and universities must consider the benefits of leveraging centralized management to automate deployment and provide configuration and oversight of the data center and remote campuses.
This white paper presents eight tips IT can use as they begin to deploy centralized network management projects for higher education networks.
Solutions for 21st Century Healthcare
[ Source: 3Com ]
September 2009-
To significantly improve the delivery of healthcare, an impressive arrange of new technology solutions are being introduced daily. 3Com designs solutions that deliver unique price/performance value, reduce complexity to facilitate healthcare delivery and ensure security to protect investments, resources and information.
In this case study, learn how 3Com can help you enhance patient care by maximizing business continuity, security, and productivity.
D-Link Lends Network Performance To Breakthrough HiperWall Video Wall Display
[ Source: D-Link ]
July 2009-
Hiperwall is a commercial video wall display technology company that enables users to build a scalable, high-performance video wall from ordinary computers, monitors, and an Ethernet network. Based on research and technology developed at University of California at Irvine, and now available commercially, Hiperwall is a video wall software solution that can display a wide variety of content with unmatched speed, flexibility, and functionality in extremely high resolution.
Solace's Unified Messaging Platform
[ Source: Solace Systems ]
June 2009-
Solace's Unified Messaging Platform is the first solution that handles all the major types of enterprise messaging in a single purpose-built hardware platform, with a single API and detailed management and monitoring. The Unified Messaging Platform simplifies the messaging infrastructure, improves performance, reduces time to market for new applications and slashes operational complexity and expense. Solace's Unified Messaging Platform supports ultra-low latency data distribution, high volume fanout, persistent message queuing and WAN-optimized messaging, all ....
The Next Step In Network Security For Enterprises
[ Source: Juniper Networks ]
June 2009-
The mandate for enterprise IT is simple: facilitate transformation of the business or share in its eventual demise. However, a significant obstacle to this transformation is the absence of a sufficiently capable network security solution. Learn why enterprises need a next-generation network security solution, what such a solution entails, and the wide range of benefits that it yields.
Breaking Down The Silos In Managing A Distributed Enterprise Network
[ Source: Juniper Networks ]
June 2009-
Increasingly distributed enterprises mean that IT must provide services without boundaries. Juniper developed this webcast series to help you get the information you need to address these challenges.
Distributed Enterprise Solutions Navigator Charts The Course
[ Source: Juniper Networks ]
June 2009-
Business is getting more distributed every day, making remote workforce locations more strategic. This e-book shows how Juniper's Distributed Enterprise Solutions Navigator enables you to chart the course to offer one consistent experience, prevent cybercrime, stop threats, and do more while managing less.
How Vulnerable Are Your Cisco IOS Routers?
[ Source: Global Knowledge ]
May 2009-
Network security is a top priority for companies, and this includes securing Cisco routers. It is surprising to some that Cisco routers run many services that could create vulnerabilities. Some of these services are enabled by default. This white paper is not an exhaustive listing of all services enabled on Cisco routers that could create vulnerabilities, nor of all best practices for configuring Cisco routers. It is intended to be a vehicle for discussion regarding ....
Make Your Technology Intuitive…And Profitable
[ Source: NexAira ]
April 2009-
This white paper discusses the complexity of some of today’s great technologies. If the product is complex to operate, most consumers can’t make it work. If they can’t make the product work, they return it. If they return it, your company loses money.
Overcoming the Pitfalls of Traditional Networking
[ Source: Enterasys ]
April 2008-
Intelligent bandwidth can help rein in networking challenges such as ever-increasing demand for services, security, and networked applications.
Forrester: The Total Economic Impact of CA Workload automation
Forrester interviewed 4 customers who have been using CA Workload Automation for more than two years to learn what kinds of...
Solutions for 21st Century Healthcare
In this case study, learn how 3Com can help you enhance patient care by maximizing business continuity, security, and productivity.
