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40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Are Here!
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: Learn more about the 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet standards that were adopted by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group on June 17, 2010.
Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 12 Dec 2011

Brocade

ESG Market Landscape Report: Understanding the NAS Market
sponsored by EMC Isilon
WHITE PAPER: This essential resource takes a look into the network attached storage (NAS) market and the factors that are leading vendor’s obligations to address different price, performance, and feature profiles to meet user needs.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 | Published: 18 Oct 2011

EMC Isilon

Virtualization for your enterprise
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the basics of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment, including a general description of components and their purpose. Read more to discover the benefits of VDI, and how you can determine if this technology is right for your business.
Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011

DellEMC and Intel®

Dell Networking Solutions
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This resource outlines networking solutions to help you meet the challenges of network planning, deployment, and management for the virtual era.
Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011

DellEMC and Intel®

IBM System x Hyper-V Private Cloud Solution
sponsored by IBM and Intel
WHITE PAPER: Read this solution brief to learn about IBM's reliable, high-performance and ready-to-use computing solution for data centers. Learn more here.
Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

IBM and Intel

Cisco: Leading the Way to Borderless Networks
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Cisco's borderless networks promises to connect anyone to anywhere, using any device, to any resource—securely, reliably, transparently. In order to fully deliver on this promise, Cisco is advancing along three critical fronts: workplace transformation, technology leadership, and operational excellence. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 06 Apr 2011 | Published: 06 Apr 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Take Control: How to Keep Traffic Moving, at a Low Cost
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Network performance problems bring everyone down. They drain productivity, spirits, and profits. But your IT resources and budget are limited. Really, what can you do? Read this paper to find out how to take control with a managed switch.
Posted: 21 Jan 2011 | Published: 21 Jan 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Evaluating and Enhancing Green Practices with Cisco Catalyst Switching
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document describes the Green Operations and Characteristics of the Cisco® Catalyst® Series Switches. These Cisco Catalyst switch families offer the latest technologies to enable organizations to meet the green requirements of today while providing flexible architectures to address the necessities of tomorrow.
Posted: 26 May 2010 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Borderless Network Access
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Borderless Networks, a Cisco® next-generation architecture for agile delivery of services and applications, delivers a new workspace experience, connecting anyone, anywhere, using any device, to any resource: securely, reliably, and seamlessly. Read this paper to learn more about the Cisco Borderless Networks architecture.
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 | Published: 23 Mar 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

To Block or Not. Is that the Question?
sponsored by Palo Alto Networks
WHITE PAPER: This White Paper is a practical guide to how to properly deal with Enterprise 2.0 applications (and what they are to begin with), from getting visibility to how to create and enforce policies that allow for safe enablement.
Posted: 05 Jan 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

Palo Alto Networks

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Virtual SANs Advantages
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Today's data centers are faced with many challenges such as consolidation, resources optimization, power, cooling, cost reduction and more. Cisco foresaw these requirements and developed Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs) in 2002 to address these issues in the data center.
Posted: 29 Dec 2009 | Published: 29 Dec 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Accelerating IBM z/OS Global Mirror with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document describes how users of IBM z/OS Global Mirror can reduce costs and improve performance with a tightly integrated Cisco® MDS 9000 Family solution.
Posted: 29 Dec 2009 | Published: 29 Dec 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Your Small Business Network from Cisco
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: A small business network from Cisco helps you increase productivity without increasing your workforce. It's just one more way that Cisco helps small businesses gain and maintain a competitive advantage.
Posted: 16 Aug 2009 | Published: 16 Aug 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Get Ahead with a Business Communications Network
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Even the smallest business can live large with a business communications system from Cisco. Why switch to a small business communications system from Cisco? Because when you combine voice, video, and data in a single network, you can cut costs and get more done.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Advancing the Economics of Networking: Juniper Networks Ethernet Switching Solutions Reduce Capital and Operational IT Expenses
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Juniper Networks proposes to change the current economic model of networking by delivering a new family of solutions that reduce capital and operational expenses, freeing up IT budget dollars and allowing businesses to invest in innovative technologies that will reduce the cost of doing business while improving the bottom line.
Posted: 17 Jul 2009 | Published: 17 Feb 2009

Juniper Networks, Inc.

The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains each of the seven layers of OSI model, including their functions and their relationships, also it provide with an overview of the network process, which can act as a framework for understanding the details of computer networking.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2006

Global Knowledge

Virtualization Overview
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008

Global Knowledge