Tips and Tricks: Managing Converged Networks with PacketShaper
sponsored by Blue Coat
WEBCAST:
On today's converged networks -- where data traffic competes with latency-sensitive applications such as VoIP, video conferencing, and virtual machines -- only the greediest survive and thrive. Watch this webinar to learn about bandwidth issues, network resource allocation, and real-time applications management.
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 05 Nov 2009
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Maximizing Enterprise Backup and Dedupe Performance for Greater ROI
sponsored by FalconStor Software
WEBCAST:
Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This webcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009
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Top points to achieving a fast ROI in Enterprise Backup and DR with Symantec, FalconStor and Hitachi Data Systems
sponsored by FalconStor Software
PODCAST:
Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This podcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009
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Distributed IT Infrastructures: Alternative Approaches
sponsored by VM6 Software
WHITE PAPER:
This whitepaper outlines the benefits derived and the costs associated with virtualization in the Remote Offices/Branch Offices, in the classic model versus the proposed model.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009
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Voice and Video: Breaking the Bandwidth Barrier
sponsored by Blue Coat
WEBCAST:
This webcast takes a look at the bandwidth issues that inevitably come up with the use of voice and video conferencing over IP. It covers issues like voice quality metrics, tips and tricks for improving voice quality, and the similarities between managing video and voice content. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 22 Oct 2009
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Application Delivery Networks -- Enabling Video Ready Networks
sponsored by Blue Coat
WHITE PAPER:
This paper takes a look at some of the advantages of video conferencing in terms of both cost savings and time savings, explains some of the problems and challenges in making video conferencing work, and gives advice for making the network ready to accommodate video conferences.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009
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Enhanced Caching of Static Flash Video: Smoothing Popularity Based Traffic Bursts
sponsored by Blue Coat
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:
The proliferation of user-generated content and video sharing sites has made for a constant source of new material. However, the bandwidth demands of such media often congest WAN links. One approach is to just block flash video. This technical brief presents an alternate approach that can allow video and business critical applications to co-exist.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009
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Hitachi Consulting Sees Its Way to Application Control with Blue Coat
sponsored by Blue Coat
CASE STUDY:
With two data centers serving 24 offices in the U.S., Europe and India, Hitachi Consulting required a solution that could provide visibility into the applications running on the network while selectively accelerating business critical ones. Read on to learn about the solution they found.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009
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Eight Pitfalls to High-Quality Video Conferencing
sponsored by Blue Coat
WHITE PAPER:
According to a recent Nemertes study, a whopping 75% of companies polled indicate they're putting greater emphasis on video conferencing this year. This confirms our ever-growing trend towards the time- and cost-savings of video conferencing. To successfully deploy video conferencing services, avoid these eight common mistakes.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009
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Choosing a Content Delivery Method
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER:
Delivering high-demand content to a large number of end-users that are spread out geographically can be a difficult task. Long distances between content and users can cause latency, jitter, and reductions in audio/video quality. Read this paper to find out if a cache-based content delivery network is appropriate for your network.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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Security and WAN optimization: Getting the best of both worlds
sponsored by Blue Coat
EGUIDE:
As the number of people working outside primary office locations increases, the challenges surrounding security and optimization are becoming more prevalent. This E-Guide details how to maximize the potential of the Wide Area Network while keeping out security threats at all locations.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009
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WAN Clustering FAQ podcast
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
PODCAST:
Storage networks provide the link between the servers that need data and the storage systems that store that data. Too often, however, storage networks are just considered the connective tissue in the storage environment and are often overlooked when greater performance, scalability or new services are needed.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 07 Oct 2009
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Riverbed Steelhead Product Family
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
DATA SHEET:
What's the Riverbed difference? Speed. Scalability. And simplicity. Discover it for yourself and get the facts about the entire family of Steelhead solutions from Riverbed. Companies of all sizes depend on the Riverbed Steelhead product family to accelerate the performance of applications over the WAN.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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The True Cost-Savings Story Behind WAN Optimization
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
ANALYST REPORT:
Looking for solid data behind the cost-savings story of WAN optimization? In this paper, NetForecast analysts interviewed customers who have deployed this solution, and the results show that this technology has significant strategic business value to companies.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Riverbed Raises the Ante Again in WDS with RiOS 5.0
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
ANALYST REPORT:
Do your remote workers have a desire for higher performance computing? In this paper by the Taneja Group, learn how Steelhead appliances from Riverbed, with its enhanced RiOS 5.0 operating system, provides a number of improvements across major areas of WAN optimization, delivering LAN-like functionality to your WAN.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Cutting Costs with WAN Optimization
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Did you know it’s possible to cut IT costs without impacting day-to-day IT operations? In fact, when you download this whitepaper from Riverbed on cost-savings through WAN optimization, you’ll discover how businesses of all different sizes have realized a return on investment in just a few months.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Re-architecting Disaster Recovery Solutions Leveraging WAN Optimization Technology
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
Disaster Recovery (DR) is a critical component of IT and risk mitigation strategies, and compounded in difficulty by ever growing data volumes, distributed computing, and new technologies.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Centralized Data Backup: Proven Strategy for WAN based backup
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
With a growing number of branch offices, an increasing number of servers, and a high priority on reducing cost, backup is getting even harder to manage. Download this paper and learn about a proven strategy for combining WAN-based backup with WAN optimization solutions.
Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Disaster Recovery: Eliminating Tape and Trucks
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER:
Disaster recovery and remote office replication are top-of-mind issues for IT professionals, with frequent natural disasters underscoring the fallibility of tape-based backup strategies. This paper highlights the advantages of deduplication technology in disk-to-disk backup and wide area network (WAN) replication.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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Proactive WAN planning: Meeting demands today, future-proofing for tomorrow
sponsored by Blue Coat
PODCAST:
Join Tim Scannell, editor of SearchEnterpriseWAN.com, and Bojan Simic, expert in application performance management, WAN optimization, network management, and application delivery, as they discuss how to effectively manage and balance WAN performance with security safeguards on local and wide area networks.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 18 Sep 2009
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The Business Value of Unifying Communications: Avaya and HP ProCurve
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER:
As Unified Communications (UC) moves increasingly from promise to implementation, questions arise about the best ways to establish UC solutions. This paper describes effective approaches to unifying communications, the importance of optimizing your network infrastructure and how embracing converged communications can increase business productivity.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009
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DFS Changes in Windows Server 2008, Improvements and Best Practices
sponsored by Peer Software
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE:
DFS has undergone incremental changes, all offering a basic solution for file management across LANs and WANs but the story is incomplete. In this E-Guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com and Peer Software, learn what improvements have been made to DFS in Windows Server 2008 R2 and what problems still exist.
Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009
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Increasing Efficiencies in the Data Center - Making Your Wide Area Network Work for You
sponsored by Datalink Corporation
VIDEOCAST:
Please join Kent Christensen, Virtualization Practice Manager, Datalink, as he analyzes and explains WAN efficiencies between data centers. In addition to the topic of transferring data over the WAN more efficiently between the primary and secondary data centers, much of the presentation will apply to small remote offices as well.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 27 Aug 2009
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The Right Way to WiFi: An HP-designed Cisco Wireless Mesh Network Shows Municipal Wireless Can Work
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
CASE STUDY:
The City of Moncton, New Brunswick, found a cost-effective way to offer free municipal WiFi, demonstrating its commitment to attracting young residents and high-tech businesses.
Posted: 18 Aug 2009 | Published: 18 Aug 2009
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Is Your WLAN Helping You Comply with Security Guidelines of the PCI Standard?
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper provides an overview of security threats in a wireless LAN (WLAN) environment, many of which go unnoticed. It discusses how HP ProCurve can help you deploy a secure and managed Wi-Fi infrastructure that can defend itself against wireless threats and help you comply with PCI guidelines.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009
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