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ALSO CALLED:
Fast Packet Switching
DEFINITION: A packet is the unit of data that is routed between an origin and a destination on the Internet or any other packet-switched network. When any file (e-mail message, HTML file, Graphics Interchange Format file, Uniform Resource Locator request, and so forth) is sent from one place to another on the Internet, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) layer of TCP/IP divides the file into "chunks" of
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Packet Switching IT Downloads
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Active Administrator™, Version 5.6.1
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Active Administrator™ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights.
Posted: 01 Jan 2011 | Premiered: 01 Jan 2011
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Ericom Blaze - How to Accelerate RDP Traffic By Up to 10 Times
sponsored by Ericom Software
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Slow and choppy RDP performance makes it hard to work with graphics-rich content and applications (e.g., Adobe Acrobat reader, graphics-rich PDF files, PPTs, Flash, etc.) in Terminal Services and VDI environments, especially over WAN connections. Try Ericom Blaze, breakthrough software that accelerates RDP network traffic by up to 10 times.
Posted: 16 Jun 2011 | Premiered: 16 Jun 2011
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Free tool to evaluate the performance of your distributed IT infrastructure
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
HP's SiteScope 10.1 MLU SW E-Media solution allows organizations to maintain the availability and performance of their IT infrastructure while lowering the total cost of ownership to a central server. Download this evaluation now.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jul 2010
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How to successfully consolidate your Windows environment
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
HP's Operations Manager 9.00 for Windows allows your organization to spend more time on strategic initiatives by using consolidated infrastructure monitoring tools. Download this evaluation copy and get a hands-on example of how this software works.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jul 2010
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Top benefits of automating your IT services
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Access this exclusive resource to discover a software that can help you reduce the time, cost and risk associated with managing your IT operations by automating your IT processes.
Posted: 06 Jul 2011 | Premiered: 06 Jul 2011
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PACKET SWITCHING DEFINITION (continued):
an efficient size for routing. Each of these packets is separately numbered and includes the Internet address of the destination. The individual packets for a given file may travel different routes through the Internet. When they have all arrived, they are reassembled into the original file (by the TCP layer at the receiving end).A packet-switching scheme is an efficient way to handle transmissions on a connectionless network such as the Internet. An alternative scheme, circuit-switched, is used for networks allocated for voice connections. In circuit-switching, lines in the network are
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