Achieving Unified Resource Management
[ Source: 3Com ]
September 2009-
The modern enterprise relies on a constantly evolving set of networked business applications to ensure employee productivity, achieve operational efficiency and compete in today's global economy. Until now, network managers have had to rely upon a hodgepodge of vendor-specific element management systems and restricted multi-vendor management platforms - a costly, manually-intensive, inefficient propositon.
This paper outlines the need for a comprehensive, unified and modular management platform that provides a single window into the ...
Comprehensive Network Access Control
[ Source: 3Com ]
September 2009-
The isolated corporate network is a thing of the past. Workers armed with laptops and wireless technology means the enterprise network has no boundaries. The modern enterprise network serves not only employees but also customers, partners, contract works and guests. Each with their own role and information access requirements.
This paper outlines a solution that addresses the comprehensive requirements for identifying and controlling network users with features like host posture checking, authorization, monitoring ...
Analyzing the Hard Numbers for Your Campus LAN: A Total Cost of Ownership Comparison
[ Source: 3Com ]
November 2009-
New Info-Tech Research Group analysis reveals H3C enterprise networking solutions by 3Com deliver up to 40% lower total cost of ownership than the comparable Cisco solution.
“Info-Tech Research Group found that in each case, the five-year TCO of 3Com’s H3C portfolio is lower than its comparable Cisco products, across 1000-, 3000-, and 5000-user campus LAN scenarios. Cisco charges a price premium of 34% to 40% over H3C’s solution, which fluctuates depending ...
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.
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. ...
Electrical Efficiency Modeling for Data Centers
[ Source: APC ]
October 2011-
Conventional models for estimating electrical efficiency of data centers are grossly inaccurate for real-world installations. Estimates of electrical losses are typically made by summing the inefficiencies of various electrical devices, such as power and cooling equipment. This paper shows that the values commonly used for estimating equipment inefficiency are quite inaccurate. A simple, more accurate efficiency model is described that provides a rational basis to identify and quantify waste in power and cooling equipment.
Rack Powering Options for High Density
[ Source: APC ]
October 2011-
Alternatives for providing electrical power to high density racks in Data Centers and Network Rooms are explained and compared. Issues addressed include quantity of feeds, single-phase vs. three-phase, number and location of circuit breakers, overload, selection of plug types, selection of voltage, redundancy, and loss of redundancy. The need for the rack power system to adapt to changing requirements is identified and quantified. Guidelines are defined for rack power systems that can reliably deliver power ...
Guidelines for Specification of Data Center Criticality/Tier Levels
[ Source: APC ]
October 2011-
A framework for benchmarking a future data center's operational performance is essential for effective planning and decision making. Currently available criticality or tier methods do not provide defensible specifications for validating data center performance. An appropriate specification for data center criticality should provide unambiguous defensible language for the design and installation of a data center. This paper analyzes and compares existing tier methods, describes how to choose a criticality level, and proposes a defensible data ...
Strategies for Deploying Blade Servers in Existing Data
[ Source: APC ]
October 2011-
When blade servers are densely packed, they can exceed the power and cooling capacities of almost all traditional data centers. This paper explains how to evaluate the options and select the best power and cooling approach for a successful and predictable blade deployment.