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LAN

ALSO CALLED: Networks and Local Area Networks
DEFINITION: A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link. Typically, connected devices share the resources of a single processor or server within a small geographic area (for example, within an office building). Usually, the server  … 
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Improve Business Critical Application Performance on the WAN with Automated Monitoring and Reporting Technology
sponsored by IPANEMA TECHNOLOGIES
VIDEOCAST: This Videocast focuses on application performance technology that automates the application monitoring and reporting process.
Posted: 27 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 27 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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The network manager's guide to application delivery and optimization
sponsored by Blue Coat
VIDEO: In this video, expert Robin Layland discusses why applications delivery is so critical, how traffic can be optimized on the WAN, and how security and virtualization affect the performance of applications on the network.
Posted: 27 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 26 Jun 2008
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Mastering 802.11n
sponsored by Motorola, Inc.
PODCAST: This podcast details the best approach to implementing 802.11n for your business.
Posted: 24 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 23 Jun 2008
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Improving Application Performance with WAN Emulation
sponsored by Shunra Software
WEBCAST: Find out how enterprise decision makers have their developers use WAN emulation tools to improve the performance of applications, plan for change and improve the relationship between the application groups and the network group.
Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Application-Ready Network: Powering the New Enterprise
sponsored by F5 Networks
WEBCAST: In this 30-minute Webcast, hear Joe Skorupa (Gartner), Joerg Nalik (SAP), and Ken Salchow (F5) discuss the challenges faced by organizations deploying enterprise applications and the value of F5's Application Ready Network. This Web...
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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To-The-Point Demo: Remote Office/Avamar - EMC Demo
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WEBCAST: Join Jedidiah Yueh, Vice President of Avamar Product Management, as he discusses how EMC Avamar provides fast, efficient, secure backup with global data deduplication.
Posted: 10 Mar 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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LAN DEFINITION (continued): …  has applications and data storage that are shared in common by multiple computer users. A local area network may serve as few as two or three users (for example, in a home network) or as many as thousands of users (for example, in an FDDI network).

Major local area network technologies are:

 Ethernet
 Token Ring
 FDDI
 

Ethernet is by far the most commonly used LAN technology. A number of corporations … 
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