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Building a Small Office Network: Getting Started by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Building a small office network means starting with a foundation of switches and routers. The following guide will help you understand the difference between switches and routers and develop a clear vision for what your network foundation needs. Building a small office network means starting with a foundation of switches and routers. The...
Perspective Network Management System 2.5 by PacketTrap Networks
desktop network diagnostic tools.

Product Type: Networking Software - Management Tools

Target User: network engineer, network administrator, IT manager, system administrator, IT director

IT Problem: Perspective simplifies manual, time consuming network management tasks. It empowers network managers of single and multi-site networks to easily troubleshoot, diagnose...
Orion Network Performance Monitor by SolarWinds, Inc.
SolarWinds Orion is a web-based network performance monitoring solution trusted by thousands of network engineers worldwide. Product Type: Network Performance Management

Target User: Network Engineer or Manager

IT Problem: Network engineers need affordable, scalable network management solutions that provide immediate visibility into...
eGuide: Network Management Fundamentals by CA
is a complex topic and in today's diverse networking infrastructure, the network has to handle more instances of unified communications, video, and virtualization. Network management is a complex topic. In today's diverse networking infrastructure, the network has to handle more instances of unified communications, video, and virtualization...
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset by SolarWinds, Inc.
Packed with 49 powerful desktop tools, SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset delivers everything you need to diagnose, troubleshoot, and manage your network - all in one easy-to-use package. Product Type: Network Management, Monitoring and Troubleshooting.

Target User: Network Engineer, IT Manager

IT Problem: Performing extensive network diagnostics...
Vendor Influence Curves and How You Can Get the Best Value out of Your Network by Accela Communications
chance to understand what are the trends in Networking and how to have the best Network with the best value. Mark Fabbi is "Mr Networking". He is the author of the Gartner Magic Quad for Networking. Viewing this webcast is an excellent chance to understand what are the trends in Networking and how to have the best Network with the best value. Gartner estimates that...
Packet-Optical: Transitioning to an Ethernet-centric Future by Ciena
networks are enabled by packet optical networking platforms, a solution that combines fully–featured Ethernet aggregation, switching, and transport with OTN/DWDM. As service providers seek innovative ways to evolve networks toward packet optimization, converged Ethernet transport has emerged as an effective solution for accommodating the growth of IP...
Managing Modern IP Networks: The Business Is the Network by NetScout Systems, Inc.
Read this white paper for a solution that utilizes the Performance Assurance Layer (PAL), allowing IT organizations to meet the demands of managing a modern IP network while enabling them to reach their business goals. Today's modern IP network is mobile, consolidating, latency intolerant and bandwidth hungry. The increased complexity of...
Implementation Guide: Using a High Performance Network Backbone to Meet the Requirements of the Modern Enterprise Data Center by Juniper Networks, Inc.
plane virtualization. This paper outlines networking best practices, technologies, and products that support virtualized data centers, with a special focus on the requirements of government agencies' data center networks in the areas of:
  • Energy efficiency
  • Visibility
  • High availability disaster recovery
  • Network connectivity and security
Government Data Center Network by Juniper Networks, Inc.
plane virtualization. This paper outlines networking best practices, technologies, and products that support virtualized data centers, with a special focus on the requirements of government agencies' data center networks in the areas of:
  • Energy efficiency
  • Visibility
  • High availability disaster recovery
  • Network connectivity and security
How to Leverage the Network for Better Application Performance by Citrix
of over 1,200 companies shows just how focused networking managers are on application optimization. Additional applications are the number 1 factor driving investments in the network. 42% of networking pros said that they need to beef up their network management tools to better manage application traffic. This podcast examines some of the challenges and best...
Network Management - From Reactive to Proactive Mode Using Centralized Management Tools by Stonesoft Inc.
In many corporations, network management practices are out of date. New tools and approaches are needed. In this white paper IT departments are advise to change from reactive to proactive and become more vigorous in the process of network management. In many corporations, network management practices are out of date. New tools and approaches are...
EdgePlatform for Application Acceleration and Delivery by Akamai Technologies
The Akamai EdgePlatform is a purpose built Application Delivery Network that accelerates delivery of applications and content over the Internet, which can lead to increased usage, adoption and improved productivity. The Akamai EdgePlatform is a purpose built Application Delivery Network that accelerates delivery of applications and...
Secure Network Gateway by Momentum Systems
Secure Network Gateway provides managed file transfer software that automates the exchange of files between an organization's business processes and its customers. It establishes an easily scalable automated file transmission gateway, automating file flow for organizations in a variety of industries, including banking, health care and...
The Invisible Threat: IPv6 on Your Network by Fluke Networks
This paper will explain why you may have IPv6 on your network and why having the right tool can enable network professionals to quickly identify those devices and ensure the integrity of your network. With an increasing number of operating systems, both for servers and hosts, now being supplied with dual IPv4 and IPv6 stacks, you need to be...
The Virtual Office Checklist by Cisco Systems, Inc.
The technology behind remote access is called a "virtual private network," or "VPN," and it establishes a private, secure network connection over a public network, such as the Internet. The technology behind remote access is called a "virtual private network," or "VPN," and it establishes a private, secure network...
Best Practices for Planning, Deploying and Managing Enterprise VoIP by CA
The goal of this white paper is to help the reader gain a better understanding of the challenges presented by VoIP as well as what must be done from a planning and management perspective to successfully deploy VoIP. VoIP is the dominant approach that IT organizations are taking relative to new deployments of enterprise voice systems. VoIP offers a...
Adaptive Network Architecture by Hewlett-Packard Company
Read this white paper and learn a new adaptive networking approach. Adaptive Network Architecture embodies the design principles of:

1 - Simplification - The traditional network model is a legacy of the pre-Internet world: the approach of patching the legacy system increases complexity (and risk) at an exponential rate.

2 - Modularity - Monolithic enterprise...
ipMonitor by SolarWinds, Inc.
Server and Application Monitoring

Target User: Networking Professionals in Small Businesses

IT Problem: Managing network infrastructures and minimizing server and application downtime with limited budgets and staff. Proactive issue notification is critical so IT staff can quickly isolate, diagnose, and repair problems before end users are impacted. Small...
Second Generation Application Delivery by NetQoS, Inc.
and identifies the emerging set of issues that networking pros will need to respond to. Today it's accepted that networking professionals are responsible, at least in part, for the performance of the applications traversing the network. But being proactive about delivering consistent applications requires a comprehensive view and plan of attack. Networking pros...
NETWORK TESTING LABS REVIEW: Network Monitoring and Management with Netcordia's Network Appliance by Netcordia
Netcordia's Network Analysis Appliance emerged with flying colors in our network monitoring evaluation. It quickly identified outages and network slowdowns, gave timely and relevant data about the problems, was easy to use and scaled extremely well. Does your network monitoring appliance accurately discover network devices and computers...
Deploying F5 Networks BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager with WebAccelerator for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by F5 Networks
One approach to improving overall system performance is the use of a class of Traffic Management Device commonly referred to as a WAN Accelerator. This paper details the results of using one such solution. Organizations are using Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to deploy intelligent portals that provide connectivity between...
The Need for Service-Driven Networks by Ciena
This paper outlines some of the benefits of the service-driven network in action. The winning network operators will be those able to successfully embrace today's data/IP growth applications. This paper outlines some the benefits of the service-driven network in action. Although the transition is still in its infancy, we do see some early examples...
Meeting Today's Security Challenges with End-to-end Access Control by Juniper Networks, Inc.
This White Paper explores how Juniper Unified Access Control (UAC) solution deployed with Juniper EX-series switches delivers a comprehensive network access control (NAC) solution. Network access control (NAC) has become essential for enterprise networks. Changing business practices, regulatory demands and an explosive growth in...
How to Collapse Tiers in the Data Center Network by Juniper Networks, Inc.
to learn how collapsing switching tiers in the networking allows you to do the following:
  • Simplify Layer 2 design with L2 loop prevention, elimination of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) at the access tier, and Virtual Chassis techonology, which enables multiple switches to operate and be managed as a single, logical switch
  • Improve performance by connecting the access tier
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IPMI Tutorial: Are you using it? Do you know how? by Ben Rockwood, Contributor
as providing a Web interface, SSH interface, SNMP, or networking, but by no means a requirement for utilizing IPMI.

In fact, some systems, such as Dell, allow the BMC to share a network interface with the system, allowing network IPMI capability without an SP.

The most common tool for interacting with IPMI is the open source IPMItool. While most users... More...

Top tactics for patch management strategy by Kackie Cohen, Contributor
and Remote Access Service and co-author of Windows XP Networking. Patch management strategy: Regardless of which operating systems you use in your data center, patches are a fact of life, and keeping every system patched against every vulnerability is a never ending task... More...
System administration skills are key to data center jobs by Robert Rosen
stone that gets you into account management and networking, for which there will always be a need. But keep in mind that although pure system administrator and system programmer positions continue to exist, they will eventually decrease as automation encroaches on those fields.

System security depends on quality admin training
If I look back to... More...

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Running Linux and z/OS on a single mainframe poses no problem by Mark Fontecchio, Nes Writer
even more so with the z10 it introduced this year, IBM has promoted big iron as a server consolidation savior – in particular, for x86 Linux server consolidation.

In the same vein, IBM has hardly been shy about supporting a Linux-only mainframe in which hundreds or even thousands of virtual Linux servers run on z/VM, along with a bunch of Integrated Facility for... More...

AMD releases 45-nm Shanghai Opteron processor on schedule by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
2 MB on the Barcelona chip.

Shane Rau, the research director, computing, networking, and storage semiconductors at Framingham, Mass.-based IDC, said having 6 MB of L3 cache is ideal for workloads that require a lot of memory like those for virtualization. The hardware-assist "support for virtualization is also key because it helps make a server more efficient in... More...

How will data centers weather the economic downturn? by Matt Stansberry, Senior Site Editor
past president of the mainframe user group Share

Data centers lean toward server consolidation, cloud computing to pinch pennies
While not every industry will be severely impacted by the economic downturn, I think you will see companies postpone major new IT expenditures and hold current projects under a new level of scrutiny at least for a quarter or two. The... More...