Reducing Network Complexity and Boosting Performance with IRF Technology
[ Source: HP ]
August 2011-
The fundamental nature of networking is changing, especially in enterprise data centers. With new, integrated applications deployed against large scale, highly virtualized server farms, server-to-server center communications are demanding a completely new level of intra-data-center performance. Traditional three-tier networks - designed to support data-center-in/data-center-out traffic and built using legacy, poor-performing redundancy protocols - can't deliver the server-to-server capacity required for these types of workloads. One innovation is Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF), a technology that ...
10 Steps to Streamline the Deployment of Network Monitoring Software for SMBs
[ Source: InterMapper ]
April 2011-
You have decided that you want to install network monitoring software at your small-to-medium size business (SMB). A little preparation before the installation and configuration will save a lot of time. If you have some basic information at your fingertips on how you will be using your new network monitoring solution, the deployment process will not be sidetracked as you try to find information or make decisions that could have been made in advance. These ...
6 Ways to Calculate Returns from your Network Monitoring Investment
[ Source: InterMapper ]
May 2011-
All network management teams have two things in common: their budgets are tight and their user communities expect reliable network performance. Financial constraints put all technology investments under a microscope; even technology that ensures network reliability. Depending on an organization's business model, network infrastructure and overall goals, return on investment (ROI) for network monitoring might be realized in five minutes or over five months. This paper outlines the areas in which network monitoring, mapping and ...
Top 8 Considerations for Selecting SMB Network Monitoring Software
[ Source: InterMapper ]
April 2011-
Small-to-medium size businesses (SMB's) have limited IT staff and budgets, yet they still require a monitoring solution for cost-effective equipment diagnosis to maintain a healthy network. Use the following checklist to evaluate software vendors. <br><br>
What Should you Consider? <br><br>
• Is it an integrated product or must multiple add-ons be installed? <br><br>
• Can it be easily configured? <br>&...
Top 8 Reasons SMBs Need to Monitor their Networks
[ Source: InterMapper ]
April 2011-
If you are responsible for administering the IT infrastructure at a small-to-medium size business (SMB), using network monitoring, mapping and alerting software can help you do your job better by maximizing network uptime and efficiency. These tools are generally powerful, easy to use and affordable. After you enter the most important pieces of equipment to monitor, they just run in the background - only alerting you to active or impending issues related to hardware, software ...
Case Study: Telefonica Reduces Site Visits by 50% with Avocent
[ Source: Avocent ]
March 2011-
Learn how Telefonica, the largest alternative carrier in Germany, reduced costs by cutting remote site visits by 50% and achieved faster problem identification and resolution with Avocent.
Servicing more than 30 national carriers, 160 Internet Service Providers and 30 of the biggest German online services requires Telefonica to deliver the global reach, connectivity, guaranteed Service Level Agreements, scalability and flexibility that businesses demand of an Internet Access Provider. Telefonica needed a way to better access and manage ...
Paving the Way to Risk-free Change: Guide to consolidating IT systems and rolling out new services in a payment processing environment
[ Source: INETCO Systems Ltd. ]
September 2010-
As the economy continues to improve, banks and payment processors are focused on expanding market share, new product offerings and operational efficiencies as part of their long-term survival and growth strategies. New service roll-outs, migration efforts and consolidation projects are translating into a whole new set of IT performance challenges and operational risks.
At the same time, IT systems are also being looked at as an integral component of a financial risk management strategy. The ...
Tunneling IPv6: Manual Tunnels
[ Source: IPexpert Inc ]
October 2010-
This is the last article in series on IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling, presented by IPexpert. It focuses on manual tunnels, the simplest tunneling method to understand and configure.
Data Centers Save Money With Network Convergence
[ Source: EMC/Brocade ]
September 2010-
When it comes to making data centers more efficient, IT managers have a new option, thanks to an emerging trend: network convergence. A blend of new technologies, open industry standards and combined service offerings from storage and networking leaders is pushing network convergence plans to the forefront in innovative IT organizations.
Network convergence provides an evolutionary path to modernization rather than being just another costly rip-and-replace solution. That means IT managers can ...
Exploring Video DynaSync
[ Source: ATEN International Co., Ltd ]
August 2010-
KVM (keyboard, video monitor, mouse) switches, first developed almost two decades ago, allow you to share a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to control a few or even thousands of computers in offices and large data centers. A new technology known as Video DynaSync allows EDID and HDCP monitors and computers to function well with KVM switches.