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Proven Techniques and Best Practices for Managing Infrastructure Changes sponsored by Fluke Networks WHITE PAPER: During a period of expansion, it’s vital to ensure network readiness and validate infrastructure changes to optimize network performance, minimize user downtime and reduce problems after implementation. This white paper explains how to manage network changes and meet the need for speed of implementation without sacrificing accuracy. Posted: 13 Apr 2010 \| Published: 01 Feb 2007 TOPICS: Change Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Scalability Testing \| Systems Management

Validate LAN Installations for Optimal Service Delivery sponsored by Fluke Networks WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses LAN validation – what it is, who benefits from this practice, and why it should be part of a network installer’s and network owner’s best practices. An overview of how to perform validation testing will also be covered. Posted: 13 Apr 2010 \| Published: 03 Oct 2008 TOPICS: LAN \| Network Best Practices \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management Services \| Network Performance \| Network Testing \| Switches

Green Networking in the Data Center sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of the challenges faced in today’s data centers; addressing the issues surrounding data center power, cooling and efficiency, with an emphasis on how specific networking tools and strategies can help address these issues. Posted: 04 Mar 2010 \| Published: 01 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| Green Data Center \| Network Best Practices \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Networking \| Power Consumption Monitoring

Top Ten Problems Network Technicians Encounter sponsored by Fluke Networks EMEA WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses ten common problems encountered by network technicians today and their symptoms, causes, and resolutions. Posted: 18 Nov 2009 \| Published: 01 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Network Appliances \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Provisioning \| Network Testing \| Networking

Networking Best Practices for VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper provides an overview of the networking architecture for VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge blade servers. It provides best practices for deploying and configuring your network in the VMware environment. Posted: 17 Nov 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Networking \| Systems Management \| VMware \| VMware Infrastructure 3

The Importance of Network Time Synchronization sponsored by Symmetricom WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why accurate network time -- and therefore precise network time synchronization -- is critically important for network management. Read on to learn more about the importance of network time synchronization. Posted: 20 Oct 2009 \| Published: 20 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Network Best Practices \| Network Computers \| Network Event Correlation \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| NTP \| QOS

Video Solutions: Understanding Video Quality sponsored by Motorola, Inc. WHITE PAPER: An understanding of the effect of factors such as resolution, frames per second, video codec, packets per second, and bit rate on bandwidth requirements will enable network operators to correctly design communications infrastructure networks that will support video applications. Read on to learn more. Posted: 21 Aug 2009 \| Published: 21 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Frame Relay Protocols \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Capacity \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Provisioning \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Video Display Standards \| Video-on-Demand \| Video-over-DSL \| Videoconferencing Standards

The Different Types of Air Conditioning Equipment for IT Environments sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: Cooling equipment for an IT environment can be implemented in 10 basic configurations. The information in this paper allows IT professionals to be more involved in the specification of precision cooling solutions that better align with IT objectives. Posted: 13 Jul 2009 \| Published: 09 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Computer Room Air Conditioning Units \| Cooling Capacity \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Hot Aisle Cold Aisle \| Network Best Practices

Fundamental Principles of Network Security sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: This paper covers the fundamentals of secure networking systems, including firewalls, network topology and secure protocols. Posted: 10 Jul 2009 \| Published: 09 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Data Encryption \| Firewall Management \| Messaging Security \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Security Architectures \| SSH \| SSL

Humidification Strategies for Data Centers and Network Rooms sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: The control of humidity in Information Technology environments is essential to achieving high availability. This paper explains how humidity affects equipment and why humidity control is required. Posted: 10 Jul 2009 \| Published: 01 Feb 2005 TOPICS: Buildings and Facilities \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| High Availability \| Industrial Equipment \| Network Best Practices \| Network Design \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Power Consumption Monitoring

Enhancing Virtualization Performance with VMware VStorage sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: VMware® vSphere™ is the industry's first private cloud operating system that provides a comprehensive framework from which Dell can help deliver enhanced virtualization capabilities to clients. Posted: 24 Jun 2009 \| Published: 24 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Infrastructure Management \| Integration Server Software \| Network Best Practices \| Operating System Virtualization \| Operating Systems \| Private cloud computing \| TCO \| VMware

IT Consolidation with VMware and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs help to reduce the cost and complexity of IT Consolidation and uniquely integrate with VMware® Infrastructure to enable the fully virtualized IT environment. Posted: 14 May 2009 \| Published: 14 May 2009 TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| Network Best Practices \| SAN \| Software \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure

Accelerating Performance and Reducing Costs for Data-Intensive High Performance Computing (HPC) Workflows sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about how you can deliver the necessary I/O throughput for HPC applications. It will also cover Sun's offerings for addressing HPC challenges in the form of flash technology, network attached storage, parallel storage, and archive solutions. Posted: 12 May 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Management \| High Performance Computing \| High Performance Parallel Interface \| NAS \| Network Best Practices \| Open Source \| Parallel Processing

Management Strategy for Network Critical Physical Infrastructure sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: Physical infrastructure management is the key to system availability, minimizing downtime risk and increasing personnel productivity. Learn the factors that should be considered when choosing a management solution for the physical infrastructure layer of computing and networking resources. Posted: 29 Apr 2009 \| Published: 01 Jan 2003 TOPICS: Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Database Management \| High Availability \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Network Best Practices \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Management Software \| Power Supplies

Achieving Network Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliance with Netcordia's NetMRI sponsored by Netcordia WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the ways that Netcordia's NetMRI can help you quickly achieve and maintain PCI DSS compliance across your network. Posted: 20 Oct 2008 \| Published: 17 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Data Security \| Financial Services \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Configuration Management Software \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Payment Card Industry \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Vulnerability Management

Stopping Crimeware In Its Tracks sponsored by FireEye WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the damaging cybercrime threat posed by botnets, explains why traditional security solutions cannot stop them, and proposes a new approach that can eradicate cybercrime from corporate networks. Posted: 29 Sep 2008 \| Published: 01 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Firewall Management \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Malware \| Network Best Practices \| Network Security \| Networking \| Security Best Practices \| Security Threats \| Virus Protection

Taking the Botnet Threat Seriously sponsored by FireEye WHITE PAPER: In this paper, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) takes a look at how the botnet threat became so serious, how botnet defense must answer the challenge, and how FireEye introduces a new approach to anti-botnet protection. Posted: 29 Sep 2008 \| Published: 01 Oct 2007 TOPICS: Environmental Compliance \| Environmental Industry \| Environmental Law \| Malware \| Network Best Practices \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Networking \| Security Best Practices \| Security Policies \| Security Threats

The Need for Virtual Network Analysis sponsored by Altor Networks WHITE PAPER: The rapid deployment of virtual systems and virtual switches drives the need for tools with visibility into the virtual network. This paper examines the tools Administrators are now using to troubleshoot and audit their virtual systems. Posted: 08 Jul 2008 \| Published: 08 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Network Best Practices \| Network Management Software \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Server Virtualization \| Troubleshooting

Hardware Neutral Imaging with ImageX: The Ghost Killer sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Learn how ImageX can help facilitate successful image management and lower the total cost of ownership of your Vista implementation. Posted: 14 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: IT Auditing \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Network Best Practices \| TCO

Instant Messaging Tough Enough for Business: No Server Required sponsored by WebEx Communications, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the important benefits that business Instant Messaging (IM) can provide and the security factors that must be addressed as organizations plan their upgrade to an enterprise-grade IM capability. Posted: 16 Feb 2007 \| Published: 01 Sep 2006 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Instant Messaging \| Instant Messaging Security \| Instant Messaging Software \| Network Best Practices \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Security Best Practices \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Software as a Service \| Work Environment

Gaining Control of the Desktop sponsored by Persystent Technologies WHITE PAPER: Desktop support systems can increase desktop availability and performance and provide the end-to-end stability needed to maintain business processes. Read this paper to learn how to reduce desktop management costs and gain control of your desktops. Posted: 06 Dec 2006 \| Published: 01 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Desktop Management \| Help Desk Management \| IT Service Management \| Network Best Practices \| Systems Management

Best Practices for Monitoring a Data Center and NOC sponsored by CITTIO WHITE PAPER: The hidden costs and operational complexity of traditional monitoring solutions have become much too expensive to implement as well as maintain. This white paper provides insight on and best practices for monitoring your data center and NOC. Posted: 22 Nov 2006 \| Published: 01 May 2006 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Network Best Practices \| Network Monitoring \| Network Monitoring Software \| Network Operations Centers

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