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DEFINITION: Also see stackable hub.In general, a hub is the central part of a wheel where the spokes come together. The term is familiar to frequent fliers who travel through airport "hubs" to make connecting flights from one point to another. In data communications, a hub is a place of convergence where data arrives from one or more directions and is forwarded out in one or more other directions. A hub usually  … 
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SAP Provides a Central Hub for Managing Interfaces & Web Services for Largest NA Oil Refining Co.
sponsored by SAP America Inc
CASE STUDY: Valero Energy Corporation selected SAP because of its ability to provide a central hub for managing all interfaces and Web services, power to serve as a single integration & development platform for nearly all of Valero's business, capability to integrate SAP and non-SAP software systems, and support for synchronous & asynchronous messaging.
Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 26 Jan 2009


Exchange Server 2007: What to Expect
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 has been designed to meet the tough challenges for a corporate communication solution and provides a rich feature set that users can access through a variety of different interfaces and devices.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


CRM without Compromise: A Strategy for Profitable Growth
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the concept of “CRM without compromise,” elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and profitable growth.
Posted: 07 Nov 2007 | Published: 07 Nov 2007


Storage Evolution: Leveraging and Revolutionizing your Storage Network
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PODCAST: It's been estimated that Open Storage architectures will make up just under 12 % of the market by 2011, fueled by the industry's need for more scalable and economic storage. The following podcast will present the ideas and strategies of Open Storage and the key benefits it delivers to storage architectures.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 08 Jun 2009


Open Storage Implementation
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
VIDEO: IT professionals have been looking to flexibly scale, reconfigure, and or repurpose their storage infrastructures to reserve their allocated budget. The product presented in this Videocast combines open-storage software with industry-standard hardware, enabling you to reduce your reliance on high-priced systems and save up to 90% on storage costs.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 08 Jun 2009


Open Storage vs. Closed Storage: The Evolution or The New Evolution in Storage
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
VIDEO: This video discusses the key differentials between the high performance, high efficiency strategy of today's Open Storage approach vs. the high capacity attributes of yesterday's closed storage.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 08 Jun 2009


Trends in the Storage Market: Open Storage
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
VIDEO: This Videocast presents the idea and strategies of Open Storage and the key benefits it delivers to storage architectures. Learn more about Open Storage and how it can help your organization build a highly scalable, reliable, and affordable enterprise storage system.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 08 Jun 2009


Tiens Group: growing and cutting costs with a single, integrated, secure, and cost effective global network
sponsored by Orange Business Services
CASE STUDY: Read this quick case study to see how Tiens Group - a Chinese enterprise that does business internationally - was able to build a single network that handles all of their communications needs all over the globe and allows them greater growth potential while simultaneously reducing overheads.
Posted: 06 Apr 2009 | Published: 06 Apr 2009


The Evolving Branch Office
sponsored by SonicWALL
EGUIDE: With nearly 90% of companies operating a virtual workplace and large percentages of employees working away from home office or the primary data center, IT must support ever-increasing numbers of remote and virtualized workers. This E-Guide details the security and optimization best practices for various types of branch offices.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009


Aberdeen Green IT Assessment and ROI Calculator
sponsored by IBM
ASSESSMENT TOOL: This online assessment tool designed specifically for organizations seeking to improve their Green IT capabilities, performance and ROI.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009


IBM Virtual Conference Series
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: Our Virtual Conference Series, designed to put you in touch with industry experts, will help you discover how IBM can provide you the innovative technology and world-class expertise to set you on the right path for years to come.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2009


Green Storage Webcast
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: We know that the energy use in data centers is high today and this rate is rapidly growing, projected to double every 5 year. To help you react to this rapid growth, we offer an informative webcast that will detail. IBM solutions and services can stem this information explosion.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2009


ITG: Challenges of Operational Management for Enterprise Server Installations
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This report looks at the potential for cost savings through use of IBM Systems Director 6.1 and Active Energy Manager to manage large numbers of IBM System x and BladeCenter systems. The study details areas of savings resulting in up to a 35% reduction in systems administration costs
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009


Optimize energy use for the data center through enhanced measurement and management
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Along with an in-depth discussion of energy measurement and management, this white paper provides a brief overview of IBM solutions that can help organizations support their initiatives for developing energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data centers.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009


Maximizing Energy Efficiency across the Dynamic Infrastructure
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: Learn more about offerings to improve energy efficiency across your infrastructure.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2009


HS22 DataSheet
sponsored by IBM
DATA SHEET: IBM BladeCenter HS22 - Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009


Robert Frances Group: Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Increasing energy efficiency with x86 servers. Robert Frances Group (RFG) explains why Intel/IBM is a winning combination.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

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HUBS DEFINITION (continued): …  includes a switch of some kind. (And a product that is called a "switch" could usually be considered a hub as well.) The distinction seems to be that the hub is the place where data comes together and the switch is what determines how and where data is forwarded from the place where data comes together. Regarded in its switching aspects, a hub can also include a router.1) In describing network topologies, a hub topology consists of a backbone (main circuit) to which a number of outgoing lines can be attached ("dropped"), each providing one or more connection port for device to attach to.  … 
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