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Using Converged Network Adapters for FCoE Network Unification sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive source to learn how your organization can streamline your data center beyond virtualization with converged network adapters. Posted: 14 Sep 2012 \| Published: 10 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Convergence \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management

Research Summary: Network Management Megatrends 2012 sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Uncover details of three of the top network management megatrends of 2012, the effect they can have on your network, and why network managers are re-assessing the tools, technologies, and practices they currently use. Posted: 30 Aug 2012 \| Published: 04 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Configuration Management \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Capacity \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Networking \| Server Virtualization

The Expanding Network Perimeter: How to Protect it With Unified Threat Management sponsored by Sophos WHITE PAPER: Protecting a network becomes increasingly more complex as the perimeters continue to expand. With the growing adoption of cloud and mobile devices, IT pros have a number of different endpoints to manage. Consult this informative white paper to learn how unified threat management can help resolve network management. Posted: 15 Aug 2012 \| Published: 15 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| Cloud Security \| Data Security \| Endpoint Security \| Mobile Device Management \| Network Best Practices \| Network Security

Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud: Datacenter Network Integration sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a system that can be seamlessly integrated into your data center network infrastructure to provide a flexible, secure, high-performance solution for all application I/O. Discover how your organization can enjoy a rich network environment for all of your business-critical applications. Posted: 29 Jun 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Integration \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Network Appliances \| Network Best Practices \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Networking

Key Considerations for MPLS IP-VPN Success sponsored by XO Communications WHITE PAPER: Uncover the benefits of an MPLS-based private IP network and learn how it can not only help you simplify network management and reduce costs, but also prioritize application, create and improve disaster recovery, and much more! Posted: 25 May 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Disaster Recovery \| IP \| IP Addresses \| IP Networks \| MPLS \| Network Best Practices \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Protocols \| SLA \| VoIP \| VPN

How to Choose a Managed Network Services Provider sponsored by MegaPath Inc. WHITE PAPER: Managing your network is no easy task, hence the reason managed service providers (MSPs) exist. In this resource, explore the advantages of outsourcing to an MSP and best practices for finding the right MSP for your organization. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 22 May 2012 TOPICS: Management Service Providers \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Management Services \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Outsourcing \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Network Management \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| SLA \| SLA Management Services \| WAN

How to Accurately Detect and Correct Packet Loss sponsored by Silver Peak WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how packet loss can be properly measured throughout an enterprise, and what can be done to mitigate its effects in real-time. Posted: 21 May 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Data Replication \| Disaster Recovery \| Loss Prevention \| MPLS \| Network Best Practices \| Network Capacity \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| VPN \| WAN

Five Best Practices to Protect Your Virtual Environment sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Discover how you can realize the benefits of virtualization without sacrificing security in this whitepaper that outlines five best practices to utilize to protect your virtual environment. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 20 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Access Control \| Data Center Networking \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Virtualization Security \| VLAN \| VM

User Experience Monitoring sponsored by Visual Network Systems WHITE PAPER: User experience monitoring is vital to your workplace. Learn about the issues that affect the user experience in today’s computing environment and how to monitor that experience, pre-empt problems, and decide what actions you need to take when the user experience is unacceptable. Posted: 14 Mar 2012 \| Published: 31 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Applications Management \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Monitoring Software \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| User Experience \| User Needs Assessments

Deloitte Consulting Presents: Risk and TCO in Single and Multivendor Networks sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Can a multivendor network infrastructure actually reduce your overall costs, as some claim? To answer this question, Deloitte Consulting conducted in-depth research looking at enterprises' total cost of ownership (TCO), including capital outlays, operating expenses, and analyzed risks associated with the network. Posted: 02 Mar 2012 \| Published: 02 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Security

Providing effective endpoint management at the lowest total cost sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Endpoint management technologies ensure that servers, workstations, laptops, mobile devices, and virtually any other network-connected device are kept up-to-date and correctly configured. Read on to investigate the total cost of ownership, or TCO, of an endpoint management investment. Posted: 23 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Endpoint Security \| Network Best Practices \| Network Computers \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Management \| Network Management Software \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Network Security

Extending Borderless Mobility to the Cloud Network sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn how advanced technology architectures provide maximum flexibility and scalability, enabling the network to support changing business requirements and new services, while minimizing total cost of ownership. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Mobile Workers \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Network Security

HP TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System sponsored by HPM Networks WHITE PAPER: HP TippingPoint leads the entire Network Security Intelligence community in vulnerability research, providing the necessary information to stay ahead of the threat landscape. This document will provide summaries of the data provided by top sources. Posted: 21 Dec 2011 \| Published: 21 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Network Best Practices \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Security \| Networking \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Policies

Taking Control of IP Network Infrastructures sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the requirements of next-generation IP networks, the performance, availability, and scalability issues affecting existing networks and the benefits of Brocade IP Network Infrastructure Services. Posted: 13 Dec 2011 \| Published: 13 Dec 2011 TOPICS: IP \| IP Networks \| Network Best Practices \| Network Capacity \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Networking

Scaling Virtualized Data Centers with Cloud-Optimized Networks sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: This paper helps IT organizations in their planning for cloud computing by proposing a reference architecture with VMware software products and Brocade VCS technology. Posted: 12 Dec 2011 \| Published: 12 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Networking \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Migration \| Virtual Machine Monitor

The new workplace: are you ready? How to capture business value sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to learn more about the new definition of "workplace" and why it has transformed. Discover the trends and challenges and transformation, including best practices. Posted: 08 Dec 2011 \| Published: 08 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Collaboration \| Mobile Device Management \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Networking \| Security \| Unified Messaging \| Work Environment

Cisco Application Networking for SAP Design Guide [Data Center Designs: Application Networking] sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This document provides guidelines on how to deploy a SAP application solution with optimal application networking solutions. It is intended to reduce the time to implement a SAP application deployment and increase the likelihood of success by demonstrating techniques that were found to be successful. Posted: 23 Nov 2011 \| Published: 23 Nov 2011 TOPICS: NetWeaver \| Network Applications Software \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Design \| SAP (Product) \| Server Management \| Web Services Architecture

Accelerate and Optimize Microsoft SharePoint sponsored by BlueCoat WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses SharePoint 2007 along with the cloud-deployed version of SharePoint 2007, BPOS. In addition a look is taken at some of the deployment options, network impacts and optimization approaches. Posted: 01 Nov 2011 \| Published: 01 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Network Best Practices \| Network Capacity \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Networking \| SharePoint \| WAN \| WAN Hardware

More Scale at Lower Cost with Scalable Video Coding sponsored by Polycom, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The demand for personal video for organizational communication is growing rapidly. By 2015, over 200 million workers globally will run corporate-supplied video conferencing from their desktops. Posted: 18 Oct 2011 \| Published: 18 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Collaboration \| IP \| IP Networks \| IP Videoconferences \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Networking \| Unified Messaging \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Services \| Videoconferencing Systems

“How Will the Migration from IPv4 to IPv6 Impact Voice and Visual Communication?” sponsored by Polycom, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the video solutions available today and provide a snapshot of the current video market. Posted: 18 Oct 2011 \| Published: 18 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Communications Networks \| Communications Systems \| IP \| IP Networks \| IP Videoconferences \| IPv6 \| Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Networking

Consolidation without compromise sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the compelling benefits of consolidating networking services, and details why competing efforts pursued by F5 technology come up short for critical ADC consolidation projects. Posted: 12 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Appliances \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Capacity \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Networking

Pay-As-You-Grow: investment protection and elasticity for your network sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: Citrix created NetScaler Pay-As-You-Grow —a simple licensing model that provides on-demand elasticity, avoids costly hardware purchases and upgrades, and ensures that IT managers can quickly respond to changing traffic conditions. Posted: 12 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| Network Security \| Networking

Best practices for implementing 2048-bit SSL sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: To maintain application performance and availability, enterprises must upgrade their application delivery controller (ADC) and SSL infrastructure. Specifically, consideration should be given to selecting an ADC, like Citrix NetScaler. Posted: 12 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Applications Management \| Network Best Practices \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Design \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Networking \| SSL \| SSL Accelerators

How to Save Time and Money Making Your Transition to IPv6 sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses 9 strategies that can save your business time and money while transitioning to IPv6, by slowing the need for replacements and mitigating risks. Posted: 10 Oct 2011 \| Published: 10 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Network Best Practices \| Network Management \| Network Management Protocols \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Network Protocols \| Network Security \| Networking

Debunking the Myth of the Single-Vendor Network sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses key findings derived from research showing that most organizations should consider a dual-vendor or multi-vendor solution as a viable approach to building their network. Posted: 04 Oct 2011 \| Published: 04 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Capacity \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Networking