Networking Hardware White Papers

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Strategically Sourcing IT Infrastructure: Dealing with the Data Center
sponsored by Digital Realty
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the key research findings of a survey about the motivations and priorities of data center investment. Learn about the best ways to strategically source your IT infrastructure and how to make the right decisions for your organization about data center investment.
Posted: 10 Oct 2014 | Published: 31 Jul 2014

Digital Realty

Optimizing Visibility, Control and Performance of Network Traffic
sponsored by Ixia
WHITE PAPER: Learn how network monitoring switches can help offload and control your current tools, providing the visibility you need for effective data center network monitoring and management.
Posted: 03 Mar 2014 | Published: 30 Jun 2013

Ixia

Lowering Your Network Support Costs Can’t Be Done Blindfolded
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses the importance of getting a full understanding of your data center infrastructure so you can adjust operation to cut costs.
Posted: 06 Feb 2014 | Published: 06 Feb 2014

Dimension Data

Gorillas on Your List – A Diversified OEM Environment Can Lower Your Risk
sponsored by Dimension Data
WHITE PAPER: This informative whitepaper covers the value of breaking free from a single original equipment manufacturer and diversifying the commodities in your data center.
Posted: 05 Feb 2014 | Published: 15 Jan 2014

Dimension Data

Plantronics Voyager Legend™ UC: Product Guide
sponsored by Insight and Plantronics
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details a wireless headset solution that can connect to your PC, smart phone or tablet.
Posted: 15 Nov 2013 | Published: 15 Nov 2013

Insight and Plantronics

Plantronics Savi 700 Series: Product Guide
sponsored by Insight and Plantronics
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details a wireless headset that allows you to manage your PC, mobile and desk phone all at once.
Posted: 14 Nov 2013 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

Insight and Plantronics

Plantronics Blackwire 700 Series: Product Guide
sponsored by Insight and Plantronics
WHITE PAPER: This brief white paper details a product that can give you the reliability of a corded phone in a wireless headset.
Posted: 13 Nov 2013 | Published: 13 Nov 2013

Insight and Plantronics

Category 8 Cabling Standards Update
sponsored by CommScope
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores the reasoning behind the development of Class II cabling limits and reveals why Category 8 cabling standards are critical to the future success of applications, Ethernet, and networking.
Posted: 04 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

CommScope

Extreme Networks Solution with NEC
sponsored by Extreme Networks
WHITE PAPER: Explore how using a 1 GbE, 10 GbE, or 40 GbE hardware plane is critical to achieving the interoperability and multi-site capabilities needed for a successful software-defined networking (SDN) initiative.
Posted: 29 Aug 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks Converged Infrastructure
sponsored by Extreme Networks
WHITE PAPER: Gain insight into the components of a converged data center network infrastructure using Ethernet that not only builds a more effective, efficient infrastructure but also saves costs, helping you truly achieve more with less.
Posted: 28 Aug 2013 | Published: 16 Jul 2013

Extreme Networks

Optimizing the Private Cloud with EMC VSPEX
sponsored by Extreme Networks
WHITE PAPER: Learn about a scalable, on-demand infrastructure that leverages Ethernet and a powerful switching platform to help you achieve the most from your private cloud.
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Extreme Networks

Delivering IT to the Virtual Workforce
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: Uncover the four key requirements of workshifting, the technologies needed to achieve them, and the solutions that can provide these capabilities to your organization.
Posted: 13 Aug 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

Citrix

It's Time to Address the Visibility Challenge Surrounding Applications
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: Are you ready to solve the application visibility challenge? This resource outlines how a next-gen visibility solution provides the end-to-end visibility you need to win the battle.
Posted: 13 Aug 2013 | Published: 29 Mar 2013

Citrix

How Citrix NetScaler Supports Virtualized Multi-tenant Datacenters
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: Explore how expanding virtualization to your application delivery controllers (ADCs) can help you facilitate the journey to the cloud.
Posted: 12 Aug 2013 | Published: 29 Apr 2011

Citrix

9 Reasons Why NetScaler Beats F5
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper compares two market-leading application delivery controllers (ADCs) to help your organizations find the one that best aligns with your business needs.
Posted: 12 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 May 2013

Citrix

A Different Take on Software Defined Networks
sponsored by Enterasys
WHITE PAPER: Get a different take on software defined networks, who they help, the benefits you can achieve from deploying one, and key tips for utilizing one within your organization.
Posted: 02 Aug 2013 | Published: 02 Aug 2013

Enterasys

Open Fabric Edge - The Best Attributes of the Data Center, Now Delivered to the Edge
sponsored by Extreme Networks
WHITE PAPER: Can your network accommodate the new requirements demanded on it? Explore how Ethernet switching can provide the flexibility, scalability, and resiliency you need to embrace the trends and technologies that will give your business a competitive advantage.
Posted: 17 May 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Extreme Networks

Plug Into the Cloud with SDN-based Enterprise Clouds
sponsored by NTT America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Discover how one organization is offering a consistent global cloud experience with the help of software-defined networking (SDN) technologies.
Posted: 16 May 2013 | Published: 20 Feb 2013

NTT America, Inc.

Solution brief: Exceed the Limits with Extreme Networks SDN Solutions
sponsored by Extreme Networks
WHITE PAPER: Explore a portfolio of products that will help you accelerate the adoption of software-defined networking (SDN) within your enterprise.
Posted: 14 May 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Extreme Networks

Juniper Networks Virtual Chassis: High Availability
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn more about the high-availability capabilities of Juniper's Virtual Chassis technology.
Posted: 19 Apr 2013 | Published: 30 Nov 2012

Juniper Networks, Inc.

Top 5 Questions to Ask About Your 10GbE Data Center
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Before making the jump to a 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center network, there are five questions you should ask yourself. View this whitepaper to learn what they are!
Posted: 17 Apr 2013 | Published: 28 Sep 2012

Juniper Networks, Inc.

Virtual Machine Networking: Standards and Solutions
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Uncover details about the two main standards for virtual networking and discover why using them as complementary options can help you achieve virtual networking success.
Posted: 19 Oct 2012 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cloud Intelligent Network: Connect the World of Many Clouds
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Uncover how an intelligent network is the key to creating a successful cloud environment for your users.
Posted: 07 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Dec 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Forrester Thought Leadership White Paper: Exploring the Potential Benefits of End-to-End Convergence of Data Center Networks
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discloses the results of an evaluation of end-to-end storage area network/local area network (SAN/LAN) networking issues including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adoption.
Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Deploying Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches in Enterprise Data Centers
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches are specifically designed to improve network utilization, maximize application availability, increase scalability, and dramatically simplify network architecture in virtualized data centers.
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 | Published: 13 Dec 2011

Brocade