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May 26, 2012

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Optical Ethernet Networks
ALSO CALLED: Optical Ethernet, Optical Ethernet Area Networks, Metro Optical Ethernet Networks DEFINITION: The technology that extends Ethernet beyond the local-area network (LAN) and into metropolitan-area networks (MAN) and wide-area networks (WAN). While Ethernet LANs are almost exclusively used within the enterprise, optical Ethernet technology can be used as a service provider offering.
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A holistic approach to enterprise-wide performance management sponsored by Visual Network Systems WHITE PAPER: Explore how keeping your infrastructure at top-notch performance is vital to the health and welfare of your business. Also see why a web-based visual performance might be the unified system you need for networked application performance management. Posted: 14 Mar 2012 \| Published: 14 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Applications Management \| LAN \| Network Best Practices \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Monitoring Software \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Troubleshooting \| VPN \| WAN

Accelerate the delivery of modern applications sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: An IT modernization project will be unique to your business, and to successfully manage it you'll need the appropriate tools, resources, and best practices throughout the process. Read this paper to get a framework for initiating your modernization efforts. Posted: 02 Mar 2012 \| Published: 02 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Portfolio Management \| Applications Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Systems \| Software Migration \| Software Project Management \| Software Upgrades

An Improved LAN Management Solution that Fulfills Your Needs sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn about the improved version of Cisco Prime (previously CiscoWorks) LAN Management Solutions: the changes that have been made, the benefits the new product offers, and what customer challenges it seeks to solve. Posted: 13 Mar 2012 \| Published: 13 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Compliance Software \| Configuration Management \| Dashboards \| IP Address Management \| IP Address Management Software \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Management Software \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Monitoring Software \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| User Interfaces

Analyst's take: Business impact of Facebook in the workplace sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Nearly half of office employees access Facebook during work. Nucleus found companies effectively lose an average of 1.5 percent of total office productivity when employees can access Facebook during the work day. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Communications Hardware \| Communications Networks \| Communications Software \| Networking \| Networking Hardware

Best Practices for Unified Communications Migrations and Management sponsored by Quest Software WHITE PAPER: In this exclusive FAQ, discover how you can overcome common migration and management challenges to keep your unified communications systems running in peak condition. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Communications Networks \| Communications Systems \| Email \| Email Management \| Unified Messaging \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Systems

Best Practices for Wireless Site Design sponsored by Fluke Networks WHITE PAPER: Uncover the three phases of wireless site design and learn how your organization can deploy an efficient wireless network with the help of site surveying. Posted: 03 May 2012 \| Published: 03 May 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Networking \| Remote Access Security \| Surveys \| Wi-Fi \| Wireless Computing \| Wireless Infrastructure \| Wireless Internet \| Wireless Networks \| Wireless Security \| Wireless Services

Booz CIO briefing: Web 2.0 - lead now or get out of the way sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Web 2.0 and new media technologies, such as blogs, wikis, and social networks, are spreading rapidly through companies, often without IT's direct involvement. This report from Booz&Co argues that CIOs and their IT departments must take the lead in these emerging technologies. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Communications Networks \| Networking Hardware

Business Intelligence for IT sponsored by Evergreen Systems WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the relationship between business intelligence and IT and how you can align them for a competitive edge. Posted: 21 May 2012 \| Published: 21 May 2012 TOPICS: Balanced Scorecards \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Systems

CIO Perspectives: Best-Practice Approaches to Deploying Video Collaboration Across the Enterprise sponsored by Polycom, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The widespread adoption of unified communications (UC) only proves its importance to the workplace. In this resource, uncover the benefits of and case for adding visual communications and video to your UC strategy. Posted: 10 Apr 2012 \| Published: 10 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Communications Hardware \| Communications Networks \| Communications Software \| Communications Systems \| Unified Messaging \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Hardware \| Videoconferencing Software \| Videoconferencing Standards \| Videoconferencing Systems \| WAN

Cisco Data Center Ethernet sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper will provide an overview of some of Cisco’s data center platforms and their virtualization aware features; specifically the Nexus product line of switches (1000V, 2000, 5000, 7000) and the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). Posted: 21 Jul 2010 \| Published: 21 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Access Control \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Networking \| Switches \| VMware \| VMware ESX

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7 Dial Plan Enhancements and Their Effect on the Dial Plan sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: The dial plan is a key element in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) environments. The dial plan is at the very core of the user experience. For companies that have multiple locations, or that are global, a comprehensive dial plan can become large and very complex. Posted: 06 Nov 2009 \| Published: 06 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Communications Diagnostic and Test Equipment \| Communications Hardware \| Communications Networks \| Communications Software \| Communications Systems \| Unified Messaging \| Unified Messaging Systems

CW+: Quocirca report: Communications technology – be prepared to be flexible sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Communications needs for many organisations are changing rapidly. Internally, there are always new technologies appearing and changes in working styles to deal with but there is now, increasingly, the influence of more social and consumer choices affecting the officially deployed systems. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Communications Networks \| Communications Systems \| Social Computing \| Social Networking

CW+: Quocirca report: Effective public sector citizen communication sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: The UK public sector is in the midst of a period of transformation and improving citizen engagement will be key to the success of this change. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Communications Networks \| IT Management \| IT Spending

CW+: Quocirca report: Valuable business connections – a review for SMEs sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: The average small business is becoming highly dependent on multiple forms of digital communications, but the technology choices are increasingly complex and come at a cost. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Communications Networks \| Mobile Device Management \| SMBs

Ensuring Your Business-Critical Apps Are Available in the Cloud sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: Learn how combining the technologies of Ethernet fabric, distributed intelligence, and logical chassis can help you enable business-critical applications in the cloud. Posted: 02 Mar 2012 \| Published: 02 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Application Hosting \| Application Outsourcing \| Applications Management \| Chassis \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Ethernet Cable \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Protocols \| Ethernet Switches \| Public Cloud \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Switch Fabric \| Switched Ethernet \| Switches \| Switching

Ensuring Your Business-Critical Apps Are Available in the Cloud sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: For organizations that want to leverage the benefits of cloud while ensuring the availability of critical business applications, public cloud may not be the most reliable solution. Discover how organizations can take advantage of mature networking technologies to prepare data centers for virtualization and private cloud with VCS Ethernet fabric. Posted: 02 Mar 2012 \| Published: 02 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Private Cloud

Evaluation of managed print service suppilers sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: In Quocirca’s evaluation of major providers of Managed Print Services (MPS) in Europe, Quocirca found that Xerox and HP lead the pack, due to their global scale and broad service capabilities. The analysis also showed that Ricoh and Lexmark have gained considerable ground, demonstrating effective maturity and service delivery excellence. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 24 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Communications Networks \| Communications Software \| IT Services \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Outsourcing

Fit-for-Purpose Data Center Networking sponsored by Avaya WHITE PAPER: The evolution of the network creates a number of new opportunities, especially for the convergence of storage and real-time traffic. Posted: 02 Dec 2011 \| Published: 02 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Real Time Operating Systems \| Storage Optimization

How a Spanning Tree Works sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame and recording the source MAC address in a dynamic table. The switch will also associate a learned MAC address with a port. It can then make intelligent forwarding decisions based on the destination MAC address. This white paper illustrates the process. Posted: 29 Jun 2009 \| Published: 29 Jun 2009 TOPICS: CAM-I \| Content Addressable Memory \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Switched Ethernet \| Switches \| Switching

How Fabrics are Creating a Simplified and Resilient Architecture sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: To maximize your gains from cloud computing, first you must overcome the limitations of traditional Ethernet networks, which scale poorly and introduce latency and performance degradation. In this white paper, discover how Ethernet fabrics can deliver the performance, simplicity, and resilience required for today’s virtualized cloud platforms. Posted: 16 Mar 2012 \| Published: 16 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Ethernet Networks \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Networking

How to Leverage the Always-On, Cost-Effective Benefits of an External Support Provider sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: IT environments are becoming increasingly complex as trends like cloud computing, virtualization and mobility gain traction. Utilizing a lead service provider (LSP) approach can free up IT and let external, highly skilled experts handle issues. Read this white paper to learn more about how this new IT strategy can benefit your business. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 01 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Customer Support Software \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| IT Systems \| User Experience \| Vendors

How to tie learning to business impact sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Many organisations implement “learning engagements,” or training programmes, to increase employee satisfaction, realise better team performance, and improve communication. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: IT Consulting Services \| IT Governance \| IT Systems \| IT Workforce

HP FlexBranch Office Solution Transforming Branch Experience sponsored by HP & Intel WHITE PAPER: Branch office solutions based upon converged infrastructure can deliver higher levels of security to ensure data protection and prevent costly, damaging breaches. Read this set of documents to learn more about servers, storage and network resources can be safely shared without inhibiting system response and availability. Posted: 26 May 2011 \| Published: 26 May 2011 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Branch Capture Software \| Converged Networks \| LAN \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| WAN

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Free Virtualization without a Server Operating System sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how virtualization has become such a hot topic that the number of virtualization techniques, tools, and technologies is into the dozens, and that’s just from Microsoft. Some of the benefits of virtualization include hardware cost savings, configuration optimization, less disruption, and easier reallocation of resources. Posted: 24 Feb 2011 \| Published: 24 Feb 2011 TOPICS: IT Industry \| IT Systems \| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 \| Operating System Virtualization \| Operating Systems \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Virtualization Security

Industry Trends and Vision: Evolution toward Data Center Virtualization and Private Clouds sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: In this comprehensive resource, learn how you can build virtualization and cloud-ready data centers and examine the role that network convergence plays in ensuring a top-level network architecture. Explore important convergence considerations, including cost, security, high availability and more. Posted: 02 Mar 2012 \| Published: 02 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Private Cloud

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