Facilitating “sound practices” in risk management with IBM OpenPages ORM
sponsored by IBM
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
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TOGAF® and SABSA® Integration
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
IT BRIEFING:
This paper from the Open Group, documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach to create one holistic architecture methodology.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012
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SOA Reference Architecture
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE:
Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.
Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012
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SEC XBRL mandate for Dummies
sponsored by IBM
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
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Virtualization Roadmap: Twists, Turns, and Key Considerations
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
This expert presentation transcript explores key management factors you should consider as you navigate your virtualization initiative, including licensing, memory capabilities, and more. Hear about one company's virtualization roadmap and determine whether it aligns with your own virtualization plans.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011
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Interactive Data Center: Energy Efficiency
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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
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Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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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
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Interdomain Routing with BGP
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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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
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The Critical Need to Secure the Web in Your Company
sponsored by Webroot Software Pty Ltd
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper discusses key issues of web security and the need for organizations to implement robust Web security processes and technologies – namely, a secure Web gateway. This document was sponsored by a leading provider of Web security solutions, Webroot Software. Information on the company is provided at the end of this white paper.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 | Published: 04 Nov 2010
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Cisco IOS Command Shortcuts
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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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
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Planning Media Resources for Your VoIP Environment
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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Media resources are software- or hardware-based components that perform processing on two or more connected media streams. Media Resource design is an important component of overall IP Telephony implementations and care must be taken to ensure that resources are available at the right locations for maximum link efficiency.
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010
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Building a Home Lab Environment for Cisco Unified Communications
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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This paper explains the need to select Cisco IP Phones, switches, routers for your home lab and explores how to configure the options of VMware so that you can load Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Unity virtual machines in a lab environment.
Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009
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Miercom Lab Testing Summary Report: Shortest Path Bridging Protocol
sponsored by Avaya
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
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2012 Trends to Watch: Storage
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
ANALYST BRIEF:
Ovum analyses data growth, big data, disk shortages, public cloud storage, flash memory, and other storage trends.
Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012
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Compare and Contrast SPB and TRILL
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER:
With the amount of data center consolidation occurring today, moving to server virtualization has happened very quickly. This whitepaper discuss SPB and TRILL, two emerging technologies that wish to virtualize networks without adding complexity.
Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011
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Using iSCSI for virtual server environments
sponsored by Dell Compellent
EGUIDE:
In this interview, Mike Laverick, a VMware expert, discusses the pros and cons of using iSCSI for virtual server environments. Find out the proper steps you should take when implementing iSCSI in your virtual environment, how to configure iSCSI in vSphere and how to test the performance of an iSCSI storage device.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011
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Reducing Network Complexity, Boosting Performance with HP IRF Technology
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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
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Perkins & Company reclaims 62% of data center floor space and gives staff anytime, anywhere access with virtualization solution from Dell
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
CASE STUDY:
By rolling out Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V™ and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, Perkins & Company consolidated servers and provided employees with virtual desktops. Learn how these solutions helped save time for IT staff, improve productivity for employees, and much more!
Posted: 06 Jul 2010 | Published: 06 Jul 2010
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Psomas Uses Riverbed Whitewater to Back Up to the Amazon S3 Cloud
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Learn about how Psomas, a leading consulting engineering firm, overcame challenges with its legacy disaster recovery and backup strategy. Upon implementing Riverbed Whitewater cloud storage gateway, the company was able to cut tape infrastructure costs by 60%, speed restore times, and improve nearly every aspect of its DR and backup strategy.
Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012
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Backup Mobile and Remote Users Securely, With or Without a VPN
sponsored by Copiun
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This white paper examines the challenges with backing up corporate data on these remote users’ PCs and describes Copiun’s Constant Access Gateway option which allows IT organizations to securely backup remote and mobile users without opening any firewall ports or placing the backup server in the DMZ.
Posted: 16 May 2011 | Published: 16 May 2011
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Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Overview
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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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
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OSPF Synchronization
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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
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The TCP/IP and OSI Models
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER:
Check out this white paper to learn about two network protocol models, TCP/IP and OSI.
Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011
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International Sports Event Wins with Network Monitoring
sponsored by HP and Intel
CASE STUDY:
Entertainment industry IT professionals looking to improve system reliability and performance are using a new network monitoring solution to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs, while ensuring maximum system availability.
Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011
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What's New in VMware vSphere 4: Virtual Networking
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER:
VMware vSphere introduces a number of new features and capabilities to virtual networking under VMware® vNetwork. vNetwork is the new name to describe the collection of networking technologies for optimally integrating networking and I/O functionality into vSphere.
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 21 Sep 2009
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Integrating Active Directory Users with Remote VPN Clients on a Cisco ASA
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper examines how to configure an ASA to leverage AD for remote connectivity. Your users will appreciate the ability to connect in to your internal network to access programs and data with the same user name and password credentials as they do when they are in the office. VPN access via the public Internet is very secure and reliable.
Posted: 17 Dec 2010 | Published: 17 Dec 2010
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Building Virtualization-Optimized Data Center Networks
sponsored by HP and Intel
WHITE PAPER:
The new generation of virtualized data centers demand stringent performance, availability and agility. This white paper reviews the effects of server virtualization on the data center by demonstrating an approach to building more secure and automated networks that fully meet those demands.
Posted: 03 Jan 2012 | Published: 03 Jan 2012
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Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with VMware vSphere 5 and Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER:
Learn how to properly configure VMware iSCSI Software Initiator and connect it to iSCSI SAN in this comprehensive, illustrated guide. Access the many advanced features for shared storage by following these steps to enable them in your vSphere environment.
Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012
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Cisco Prime for Enterprise At-A-Glance
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
As networks are evolving and transforming, so must the management approaches taken. Read this asset to learn about a grouping of management products to help effectively manage your network and the services it delivers.
Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012
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An Overview of MPLS VPNs: Overlay, Layer 3, and PseudoWire
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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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
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Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) 4.1: Overview of exciting new features that simplify the management of Borderless Networks
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
Discover a solution to help you achieve simple and efficient management across your architectures, networks, and services.
Posted: 26 Jan 2012 | Published: 26 Jan 2012
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