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Network Management

ALSO CALLED: Element Management, NSM, Managing Network, and Network and System Management
DEFINITION: FCAPS (fault-management, configuration, accounting, performance, and security) is an acronym for a categorical model of the working objectives of network management. There are five levels, called the fault-management level (F), the configuration level (C), the accounting level (A), the  … 
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Achieving Compliance with Configuration and Change Management
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
SUMMARY: Managing change within your company's network is an important part of achieving and maintaining compliance. This white paper discusses how configuration and change management solutions can increase security and aid with compliance achievement.

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Centralized Network Management
sponsored by Stonesoft Inc.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: The purpose of this paper is to assist business and IT leaders in determining the network management strategy and architecture for their organization and to provide practical advice on how to implement the best strategy to drive tangible business value.

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Strategic Planning for Network and Systems Management
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 13 May 2008 | Published: 13 May 2008
SUMMARY: This white paper outlines the challenges of VoIP and best practices for planning and managing VoIP and also outlines how to achieve your IT infrastructure management goals while reducing IT costs.

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Proactive Network Management: Resolve Problems before Your Users Complain
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 13 May 2008 | Published: 13 Feb 2008
SUMMARY: Read this E-Guide for a more in depth look at proactively managing your network and identifying root causes and likely future trouble spots.

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Solera Networks Architectural Overview
sponsored by Solera Networks
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
SUMMARY: Learn how to gain the ability of capturing, recording and archiving 100% of the packets crossing a network at full-line rates, including fully saturated 10 Gb networks, with speed and accuracy unmatched by any other solution.

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The Case for Open Network Management: Applying the Principles of Openness, Transparency and Collaboration to the Management of Multi-dimensional, Multi-vendor Networks
sponsored by AlterPoint
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
SUMMARY: This paper presents the case for a more agile approach for supplying the management solutions necessary to support today's multi-vendor, multi-dimensional enterprise networks - open network management for open networks.

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Best Practices for Planning, Deploying and Managing Enterprise VoIP
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: 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.

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IDC White Paper: Achieving Business Value and Gaining ROI with CA's EITM Software for Optimizing IT Infrastructures
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
SUMMARY: This IDC white paper presents the results of an IDC study, sponsored by CA, to quantify the benefits, cost savings, and return on investment (ROI) that customers can achieve using CA's Enterprise IT Management software products.

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Ten Critical Reports for Windows Network Security
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 23 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
SUMMARY: This document discusses ten network security auditing issues and the ten pre-defined Quest Reporter reports that directly address these issues. These ten reports are extremely valuable to network administrators and security officers alike because t...

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Securing the SIP Trunk: Enabling Cost-effective Enterprise Communications without Compromising the Network
sponsored by Sipera Systems
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 22 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: Protecting enterprise-grade session initiation protocol (SIP) trunks is a unique challenge for your security strategy. This white paper examines strategies for securing your enterprise's SIP trunk solution.

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NETWORK MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  performance level (P), and the security level (S).

At the F level, network problems are found and corrected. Potential future problems are identified, and steps are taken to prevent them from occurring or recurring. In this way, the network is kept operational, and downtime is minimized.

At the C level, network operation is monitored and controlled. Hardware and programming changes, including the addition of new equipment and programs, modification of existing systems, and removal of obsolete … 
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