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ALSO CALLED: Quality of Service, Q O S
DEFINITION: On the Internet and in other networks, QoS (Quality of Service) is the idea that transmission rates, error rates, and other characteristics can be measured, improved, and, to some extent, guaranteed in advance. QoS is of particular concern for the continuous transmission of high-bandwidth video and multimedia information. Transmitting this kind of content dependably is difficult in public networks  … 
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QOS Reports
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Video Conferencing: ROI, TCO and QOS
sponsored by CDW Corporation
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: This E-Guide will help you develop plans and polices for video conferencing, ensuring you not only meet user demands and improve collaboration, but also deliver measureable ROI.
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009


Virtualization for Dummies, 2nd HP Special Edition
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
BOOK: Read this book for an introduction to the subject so that you can understand its promise and perils — and create an action plan to decide whether virtualization is right for you, as well as how to move forward with implementing it should you decide it is right for you.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009


Performance First: Performance-based Network Management Keeps Organizations Functioning at Optimum Levels
sponsored by NetQoS, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper, you will learn about the current shift in focus from network availability to application performance and how a new management model, what NetQoS calls Performance First™, will empower you to advance to the next level in managing your network for application performance.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009


The Importance of Network Time Synchronization
sponsored by Symmetricom
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why accurate network time -- and therefore precise network time synchronization -- is critically important for network management. Read on to learn more about the importance of network time synchronization.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009


eBook: The New Era of Network Performance Management
sponsored by SearchNetworking.com
EBOOK: Today's networks are highly complex, dynamic environments that demand comprehensive performance management. Fortunately, technological advancement is simplifying management and addressing new challenges. This eBook explains why management is more important now than ever and how it can help deliver business-critical applications better and faster.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009


Reality Check: The New End-to-end Application Performance Management Imperative Virtual Seminar
sponsored by Compuware Corporation
VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: What Application Performance Management tactics and best practices can you apply to ensure a good end-user experience? What process and strategy can you institute to enable your IT organization to align with the business? What can you do to prepare for the additional complexities that virtualization, cloud and SOA can bring to your environment?
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 14 Sep 2009


Mainframe Rehosting with Oracle Tuxedo: Accelerating Cost Reduction and Application Modernization
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: As companies face increasing pressure to deliver more business value from their IT spending and free up funding for new business initiatives, reducing mainframe costs and modernizing legacy applications have become top-of-mind.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009


Overcoming IP Telephony Performance Issues in a Converged Network
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we are going to discuss the application of QoS to networks with media flows installed within them, such as voice and video. We'll see that it is very unnatural for voice to even exist on a data network, because it was never designed to do so.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009


WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition - Free Trial!
sponsored by Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Increasing network availability, measuring network QoS, optimizing bandwidth utilization, documenting network infrastructure, improved application availability and keeping employees productive, customers happy and the business running.
Posted: 06 Jul 2009 | Published: 06 Jul 2009


Visibility and Optimization for Networked Applications
sponsored by Blue Coat
DATA SHEET: Critical applications need to move at the speed of business. Blue Coat PacketShaper provides WAN Optimization functionality through a series of modules-- monitoring, shaping and compression. Check out this data sheet for more details.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009


The Key to Optimizing VoIP Deployments
sponsored by Blue Coat
DATA SHEET: To optimize VoIP deployments, Blue Coat is driving a new generation of solutions designed to accelerate converged IP voice and data networks. With Blue Coat's Application Delivery Network (ADN), IT can deploy comprehensive application visibility, security and acceleration technologies to deliver the highest quality VoIP transactions possible.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009


INERGY Automotive Systems Increases Network Performance and Enterprise Security while Realizing a Rapid Return on Investment
sponsored by Blue Coat
CASE STUDY: Read this case study to discover how INERGY Automotive Systems enhanced overall security, protected business-critical applications, diminished need to expand WAN bandwidth, and optimized access to centralized systems and applications by implementing successful data and network convergence using Blue Coat Intelligence solutions.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009


HP Virtual Server Environment Reference Architecture: Shared Infrastructure for Databases
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
WHITE PAPER: The core concept behind the Shared Infrastructure for Databases involves simple building blocks, comprised of computing elements, connected together to create a powerful, yet elegant shared database environment. This white paper describes the shared infrastructure, its benefits and HP offerings to help you implement this solution.
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 16 Mar 2009


Essentials of CRM for Wealth Management Empower Advisors with Client-centric Tools
sponsored by Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how wealth management firms can use client relationship management (CRM) strategies and technology to build relationships as trusted advisors, maximize share of wallet, and increase productivity.
Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2009


Practical and Flexible Business Process Automation with Numara FootPrints 9
sponsored by Numara Software
WEBCAST: In today's economic climate, products that enhance operational efficiency are more essential than ever. By leveraging a single, highly adaptive, centralized system to track and automate multiple business processes, you can maximize productivity, reducing support costs and increasing quality of service across your entire business.
Posted: 19 Feb 2009 | Premiered: 19 Feb 2009


The Executive Guide to Business Analyst and Project Management Terminology
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: In this guide you will learn the most commonly used business analysis and project management terms and it helps you better communicate with business analysis and project management professionals.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


Cisco Unified Communications: Unifying Communications Infrastructure
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Cisco's unified communications vision combines individual systems with different communications capabilities into a cohesive, powerful communications ecosystem that allows a business to revolutionize itself overnight.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


Qos: What Is It? Why Do We Need It?
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: QoS can be used in converged networks to provide voice packets priority access to resources, or it can be used to differentiate data packets from different application stream and provide access to resources according to policy.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


Managing Requirements, Tests and Defects with HP Quality Center
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
DATA SHEET: HP TestDirector for Quality Center software drives a more effective and efficient global application testing process and supports high levels of communication and collaboration among distributed testing teams.
Posted: 26 Sep 2008 | Published: 26 Sep 2008


Application Performance Brief: Oracle Applications
sponsored by Blue Coat
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Oracle Applications are a collection of enterprise business applications, including ERP, SCM, and CRM applications, all utilizing Oracle's core relational database management system technologies.
Posted: 10 Mar 2008 | Published: 10 Mar 2008


Migrating Millions to IP: A Mission Impossible? Not with a Migration Control Center
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the key business drivers for the creation and operation of the MCC, the critical functions of the MCC, and the basic principles for establishing an effective MCC organization.
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 | Published: 31 Jan 2008

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QOS DEFINITION (continued): …  using ordinary "best effort" protocols.Using the Internet's Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), packets passing through a gateway host can be expedited based on policy and reservation criteria arranged in advance. Using ATM, which also lets a company or user preselect a level of quality in terms of service, QoS can be measured and guaranteed in terms of the average delay at a gateway, the variation in delay in a group of cells (cells are 53-byte transmission units), cell losses, and the transmission error rate.The Common Open Policy Service (COPS) is a relatively new protocol that allows router … 
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