WAN and VPN Solutions: Choosing the Best Type for Your Organization
[ Source: XO Communications ]
November 2011-
In enterprises today, Wide Area Networks (WANs) are no longer operating behind the scenes. WANs are central to the daily operations and core business of organizations large and small. However, enterprises must choose from a variety of ways to implement WANs. This white paper examines the various types of Wide Area Networks (WANs), and why IT departments gravitate towards specific WAN solutions. In addition, the paper provides constructive guidelines for organizations seeking Local Area to ...
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
[ Source: XO Communications ]
October 2011-
Today's enterprises are faced with a number of network-related needs that are challenging from a technology and a financial perspective. Organizations are looking for proven, cost-effective solutions to: <br><br>
• Create and improve disaster recovery infrastructures <br><br>
• Replace outdated hub-and-spoke architectures <br><br>
• Meet increasingly complex network requirements <br><br>
• Prioritize applications, such as VoIP <br>&...
The Cloud-based Telework Solution: Using the Cloud to Offload Remote Access Costs and Complexity
[ Source: Pareto Networks ]
June 2010-
By combining a cloud-based management platform with user-friendly devices, Pareto Networks has pioneered a new approach to remote access with the simplicity, centralized visibility & control, and economies of scale needed for broad deployment to permanent teleworkers. The Pareto Branch On DemandTM Solution enables organizations to fully realize the benefits of teleworking via a pay-as-you-grow subscription model and without the complexity or limitations of traditional multi-service router, firewall, SSL VPN or access point solutions.
Managing The Evolution Of Business Services With Carrier Ethernet
[ Source: Reliance GLobalcom ]
July 2009-
Carrier Ethernet solutions to integrate their service platforms, increase network capacity, simplify operations, and bring consistency to service delivery. Business network services have evolved extraordinarily during the past several decades, and the pace of change is accelerating. What hasn't changed over time is what propels these markets. On the demand side, customers make purchase decisions for network services based on price, bandwidth, connectivity, and performance requirements. On the supply side, new technologies, ease of network ...
Hope is Not a Strategy: Avoiding Common Network Management Mistakes
[ Source: Netcordia ]
April 2010-
Even though the importance of applications and network performance grows every day, many IT organizations rely on hope and luck when managing the network infrastructure. The IT teams are always trying their best to reduce the risk of performance and implement processes to help with the flow – however once a new change or configuration is implemented; they often hope everything will work fine.
This recorded presentation discusses the impact of relying on hope ...
Achieving Network Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliance
[ Source: Netcordia ]
April 2010-
For IT organizations, the impact of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) can be huge in terms of amount of time and resources consumed. Even though the compliance mandate should improve consistency and standardization across the network infrastructure, the new requirements are a huge burden for IT organizations.
The staff must first understand the new requirements and then the amount of time and effort to manually implement the standards is ...
The Top Five Network Performance Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
[ Source: Netcordia ]
April 2010-
As IT and network managers, we have a range of experience and skill sets – however research shows there are many common mistakes that are made over and over again by IT teams across every vertical.
This whitepaper highlights the five most common mistakes made by IT teams today when they continue to use the same practices even though technology and requirements are changing daily. The mistakes include manually managing the network infrastructure, believe ...
The Top 25 Network Issues and Their Business Impact
[ Source: Netcordia ]
April 2010-
The Top 25 Network Problems and Their Business Impact brochure details the top issues that network managers face today. It explains each issue and illustrates the business impact of common network problems to their managers.
The brochure bridges the gap between the technical issues important to the network engineer/manager and the executive’s focus on the impact of the overall service quality and end users. You can use it to facilitate a conversation ...
Best Practices For High Performance Networking
[ Source: Brocade ]
April 2010-
A forward-focused network infrastructure will serve the enterprise well when business picks up and network demands accelerate. Find out what you should do now to ensure high performance later.
Best Practices For Virtual Infrastructure Management
[ Source: Brocade ]
April 2010-
Virtualization puts a new kind of management strain on the network. Find out how to invest in open, virtual, application-savvy network infrastructure improvements.