Mail Protocols

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

RESOURCE: Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf documented their combined experience in the integration space and created the book "Enterprise Integration Patterns" (EIP), which has since been adopted as the standard for describing messaging solutions. Check out this deck of flashcards to find definitions of integration design patterns based on EIP.

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

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

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

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

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

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

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

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

WHITE PAPER: Migrating their in-house email systems to the cloud is an option many businesses are actively pursuing. Discover how choosing a cloud-based email and collaboration suite can help your organization address costs, mobility, scalability, and more.

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 | Published: 26 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: New forms of media and communication have revolutionized how we work — and greatly accelerated our day-to-day activities. In this essay, you will learn how to master the daily flood of emails, make telephone conversations more productive, run more effective, efficient meetings, and utilize web conferencing.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: Security has always been an important part of any IT infrastructure. This white paper has tips to help improve your awareness of some of the more important risks threatening your Microsoft infrastructure.

Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment.

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: The transition to IPv6 is unavoidable. How it will happen and the effects of it are the questions to ask now.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Cloud technologies and new opportunities in mobile computing will allow organisations to innovate in new ways. This report examines the new business strategies that cloud and mobility can enable.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: End-users will often overlook security and compliance in favor of getting the job done by taking advantage of free and readily available alternatives. But instead of telling end-users that they're doing something wrong, give them the enterprise-class tools that will help them to achieve their goals, and support them in doing it right.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: If you manage a WAN and support multiple locations, you are probably familiar with Cisco Wide Area Acceleration Services (WAAS) as a solution to costly bandwidth upgrades and latency issues. Since WAAS accelerates and caches content over the WAN and achieves branch consolidation, your management has probably decided that you should use this tool.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Design teams across the world collaborate to create and develop prod­ucts. Unfortunately, IT organizations face serious challenges when collaborative teams share large files. This white paper will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the four technologies most commonly used to enhance file sharing for distributed teams.

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 | Published: 17 Feb 2011

CASE STUDY: This Case Study assesses the deployment of Mimecast SaaS-based Unified Email Management (UEM) solution at Basic Energy Services, a renowned publicly traded oilfield services Company. IDC examines the effectiveness of the Mimecast solution and its services in meeting Basic Energy Services' needs and the reasons why the Mimecast solution was chosen.

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This report explores security considerations for service provider MPLS VPN, and describes two threat scenarios against a real MPLS VPN environment that was constructed to demonstrate the typical attack surface of an MPLS Layer 3 VPN provider network.

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011

EBOOK: Missed opportunities and lost revenue might be the least of your worries. In some cases, poor practices can lead to lawsuits, fines and even the failure of the business itself. The purpose of this e-guide is to help you grasp the measures that can keep your organization on track to meet objectives and stay in line with regulations.

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 | Published: 29 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: File exchange is an integral part of daily business life but the problems with current methods make it into a proverbial marathon. File transfer methods include FTP, physical transfers, and personal emails which lack security, compliance, and efficiency. Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions are the answer to the question, "How do I send this?"

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Organizations today need a more efficient and compliant way to transfer files as electronically shared content become more sensitive. In this paper, explore the challenges and costs of using traditional transfer methods and discover the benefits of a new solution, File Managed Transfer (MFT).

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

EBOOK: This chapter explains how to test Exchange 2010 with native and third-party management tools and how best to protect your investment.

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how to defend against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and strengthen your security controls. A DDoS attack involves flooding a server with traffic until it becomes overloaded and can no longer function.

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: As of 2010, there are nearly three million unique forms of known malicious code, and thousands of new ones are discovered daily. The risk of being infected is greater than ever. The following are 10 common ways malicious code reach your private network that you need to be aware of.

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 | Published: 27 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: A significant number of younger employees today blur the boundaries between their business and private email accounts out of frustration with their corporate IT infrastructure. This white paper reveals the key findings of a work habits report centering on email communication, and reveals how you can encourage your users to communicate responsibly.

Posted: 05 May 2011 | Published: 05 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Writing a corporate security policy might seem complex, but ultimately it is a collection of many small policies. These ten security policies (or sub-policies) are essential to every organization, regardless of size, location, age, mission, or the product or service produced, and are presented here (in no particular order).

Posted: 26 May 2011 | Published: 26 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: The market for email archiving is growing fast due to a real need for control risk and increased productivity in organizations. Access this Bloor Research paper to explore the email archiving systems and services available. Discover the strengths and weaknesses of major players in the market today.

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Take your unified communications to the next level by extending “the conversation” across multiple areas of your business.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Although Active Directory (AD) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) are very diverse systems owned by two completely separate companies, the use of AD for management of users in a CUCM system is a common consideration. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 | Published: 24 Feb 2010