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WHITE PAPER: This paper  examines the big picture when it comes to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and what happens when a data packet traverses an MPLS cloud.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper contains some tips and shortcuts showing you how the addition of parameters to these Cisco IOS commands will make your life easier.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to find out how dynamic routing architecture (DRA) optimizes communications beyond clustering in complex, distributed topologies to enable easier scaling and greater agility in changing the IT environment to meet changing business needs and market conditions.

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 28 Nov 2011

WEBCAST: Dynamic routing architecture (DRA) provides functionality over and above that of clustering architecture that optimizes communications in many distributed application topologies. Watch this webcast to discover how DRA provides the unmatched high-availability and administrative transparency and efficiency you need.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Every routing protocol has some pros and cons and its own metric considerations. In this white paper, we will discuss Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), a Cisco-proprietary routing protocol.

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 | Published: 24 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses operational risk management (ORM) in the context of "Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk," a paper from the Basel Committee.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: It may be surprising to some that Cisco routers run many services that could create vulnerabilities. This paper is meant to be a vehicle for discussion regarding the security of Cisco routers. Additionally, some best practices for securing your Cisco routers are defined.

Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will look at some techniques for improving the performance of Distance-Vector (D-V) routingprotocols, including some techniques used with D-V protocols to solve the looping problem, and to speedconvergence.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

WEBCAST: This interactive data center, brought to you by our editors, explores 5 aspects of data center efficiency and provides tips and best practices to help companies make effective investment and configuration decisions.

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 21 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a very complex routing protocol where the administrator can influence the route choice in more ways than with an interior gateway protocol. This white paper will provide you with a high level overview of interdomain routing with BGP.

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 | Published: 12 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: There are some helpful things we can do with Cisco’s IOS to make our lives easier. This white paper will present some useful commands, followed (in parentheses) by their most concise shortcuts (at the time of this writing).

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper is a lab testing summary report of the plug and play features and easy of configuration for the ERS 4548GT-PWR Edge switch.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper is a lab testing summary report of Ethernet fabrics. The study is trying to validate the advantages provided to the data center implementations by Shortest Path Bridging Mode (SPB or SPBM) protocol.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: MPLS stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching and is defined as “a mechanism in high-performance telecommunications networks that direct and carried data from one network node to the next, making it easy to create ‘virtual links’ between distant nodes.” Read on for a thorough overview of MPLS and learn how MPLS can benefit your organization.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: It’s common today to use private addressing within an Autonomous System (AS), a collection of routers and subnets under a common administrative domain.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

EZINE: The February edition of the Network Evolution E-zine explore the latest advances in DevOps and uncover what you need to know for working within the movement. Also read several other featured articles!

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the usefulness and goal of summarization. These goals consist of conserving RAM, bandwidth and CPU by hiding information from some of the routers. 

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: With IP there are two Link-State protocols in use OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and IS-IS (Intermediate System to Intermediate System). Both work in much the same way, but OSPF is more commonly used. This white paper examines OSPF synchronization.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology can help you improve the performance of network switches.

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 | Published: 13 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we’ll discuss routing and routing protocols. Before we begin, let’s define what we mean by aroute. In common usage, a route is an entry in the IP routing table.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

EBOOK: The SEC XBRL Mandate for Dummies is a guide to assist external reporting professionals tasked with quickly and accurately assembling, tagging and filing their companies’ external reports.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Gain insight into how Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2) works and how you can best implement it. Though over the years IP-based networks have evolved and the need for RIP has declined, it's still used in small networks and in specific areas of larger networks. Review 10 simple rules that can help you deal with RIPv2 issues.

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 | Published: 27 Jan 2012

VIRTUAL SEMINAR: The benefits of cloud computing can be great, but embarking on an extended cloud network infrastructure is a big undertaking. In this classroom you'll learn about the essential parts and functions of the cloud network to put you on the right path.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 02 Nov 2011

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: This classroom will give you the information to build a mobile environment with integrity, support that with a robust wireless LAN infrastructure, and leverage it with collaborative applications.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 02 Nov 2011