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3Com Case Study: Three-Gorge University (China)

Three-Gorge University is a public full-time undergraduate university in China. It has three main schools - medical, teachers' and engineering - with 15 departments teaching 45 undergraduate and special disciplines. The university's various departments have a growing number of Local Area Networks LAN and applications running on them. This is...

Tags: 3Com Corp., Three-Gorge University, Campus Network, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

Case studies 2009-01-01

BCMSN - Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks v3.0

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this course, learn to implement campus networks using multilayer switching technologies over high-speed Ethernet and wireless topologies. This course addresses the integration of routing and switching technologies to create an efficient campus network. Design, build, and configure a campus network with device and link redundancy...

Tags: Dallas, Network, Atlanta, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Campus Network, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless And Mobility

Training 2008-01-01

Ethernet as Transport Technology of Choice in Campus Ring Environments

The demand for more bandwidth is clearly driven by IP-based applications and consequently service providers are looking at infrastructures best support such applications. It has become clear that a packet-centric infrastructure is preferred and it is therefore displacing technologies like SONET, ATM and Frame Relay due to the high cost...

Tags: Network, Environment, Integrated Photonics Technology, Campus Network, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-07-25

Additional Resources

An electrical circuit that runs entirely off power in trees

You've probably already heard of the idea of harvesting electricity from body heat to power small devices, such as those in the far-flung idea of a body area network. Now, a similar idea has been applied to trees. There's enough power in trees for University of Washington researchers to run...

Tags: Tree, Team Management, Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down

RE: Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes downMy office lost it primary and secondary links to our data farm. We spent the morning without access to our email exchange.The servers are off site for security and redundancy reasons. We are in a location that has all sort...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, Google Gmail, outage, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

A Yahoo face-lift: New look and feel for Mobile, Mail, Messenger and Search

Yahoo summoned the tech press to its Silicon Valley campus today to announce new features to its Mail, Messenger and Search properties, furthering driving home the point that the new Yahoo wants to be he common link that "connects you to what matters most." The announcements Techmeme...

Tags: Mobile, New Look Co., Yahoo! Inc., Video, Messenger, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-24

University uses WiMAX to become dedicated student ISP's

Northern Michigan University NMU has taken a bold step in converting their standard wireless infrastrure to WiMAX, a wireless Internet technology which makes ordinary Wi-Fi look like chalk on slate in comparison. WiMax in a nutshell uses airwave bandwidth beyond that of ordinary wireless networks and covers vast areas....

Tags: Network, Broadband, University Corp., Wireless, Northern Michigan University, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Making the tablet computer "classroom-ready"

Deja VuSince it's already been tried so many times before, what makes you think it'll work this time?Tablets are dirty, if not now, they will be soon as people can't keep their fingers off them ;-)WiznotesWhat do you think about students from high school to college using Wiznotes for taking...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, tablet computer, Wiznotes, computer, software

Discussion threads 2009-08-16

Will 4G make our networks irrelevant?

Already in many emerging markets, cellular phones are far more prevalent than computers, driving many in educational technology to consider non-traditional computing deployments that leverage cellular technology instead of optical, cable, DSL or other data circuits. Even in more mature markets, one has to wonder what role smartphones can...

Tags: 4G, Mobile, Network, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-15

10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid

As the countdown to the academic season starts about now, the race to get the best deals and offers at your local tech stores is on. You'll need to start working out what you didn't have before which could have made your life a lot easier at university, and what...

Tags: Online Backup, Backup, Wireless, Home Server, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-10

10 reasons why e-readers make sense in the enterprise

PrivacyNice concepts, but once the issue of privacy comes into mind, it is easier to shred paper, then to start tracking device security and do remote wipes, etc if the device is lost. Also I do not think the devices are built with that security in mind.Obviously current hardware...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, e-reader, electronic ink

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Office 2010 to hit networks and the web in style

The Office 2010 web applications throw online productivity into a new dimension by porting four of the most popular and most useful Office applications onto the web: Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. The online office-suite business - business, if you can call it that, since the main...

Tags: Web, Network, Web Application, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Universiti Malaysia Perlis Processes 10,000 Student and Staff Transactions in 30 Minutes

Universiti Malaysia Perlis is located at the northernmost part of the Malaysian peninsula. The 20-campus institution offers diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate programs in a wide range of engineering disciplines. Up to 6,000 students attend campuses in northern Malaysia and in Kuala Lumpur. It needed to optimize network, server, and storage...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Disaster Recovery, Application Servers, Storage, Enterprise Software, Databases, Data Management, Software, Hardware

Case studies 2009-07-01

Improving Patient Care with a High-Performance CampusFabric

The University of Rochester Medical Center URMC, a large medical treatment and research campus in upstate New York, is the university's primary medical facility for education, research, and patient care. Like most healthcare providers, URMC relies on its network to deliver patient services, reduce costs, and make its operations as...

Tags: Patient, High-performance

White papers 2009-06-26

Case Study: D-Link Brings Affordable, Single Network Wi-Fi Solution to Redeemer University College for Enhanced Internet Access and Reliability

Redeemer University College is an undergraduate Christian liberal arts and science university committed to academic excellence. Redeemer University College was being hindered by its spotty, unreliable Wi-Fi network that was patched together with random access points and lacked central communication. Faced with tight budget requirements, the school set out to...

Tags: D-Link Systems, Internet Access, Network, Wi-Fi, Redeemer University College, Home Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology

Case studies 2009-06-18

Free AV from Microsoft: It's about time

Free AV from Microsoft: It's about timeNo thank you"Morro will work by routing all of a users Internet traffic to a Microsoft datacenter"Umm, no. There are way too many privacy implications here.thats scary i know Microsoft will say how safe and Anonymous this would be, but currently I already...

Tags: Rootkits, Data centers, AVG, Microsoft Corp., Free AV, Morro, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

BlackBerry's reduce broadband outage downtime

I got in from the Orange Street Music Club yesterday evening, a famous jazz and live venue in here in my city, only to discover my broadband had cut out. After the crap day that I had, this just topped it off. (Only on the...

Tags: Broadband, Downtime, RIM BlackBerry, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the Mac

Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the MacHere's an asbestos suit.Because, boy, are you going to need it.Anyway...The reason they don't succeed is down to three things:1) TCO - ripping out your infrastructure to replace it with someone else's gear doesn't make sense unless you have to. Since good...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, PC, enterprise network, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

802.11n for K-12: Empower Learning and Collaboration With High-Speed Wireless

The attendee of this webcast will discover how to empower greater learning and collaboration for the school and school district with 802.11n wireless. The presenters of this webcast discuss how the Cisco Unified Wireless Network is providing reliable wireless services to their teachers, students, guests, and administrators. The attendee will...

Tags: K-12, Collaboration, IEEE 802.11n, High-performance, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Webcasts 2009-06-02

Cisco Catalyst 6500: Building IPv6-Ready Campus Networks

The Internet has grown so rapidly that the IPv4 standard can no longer support the number of users and functions. Features such as Network Address Translation NAT can help overcome address-space limitations, but they also make bidirectional communication for primary triple-play (data, voice, and video) applications more challenging. ...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., IPv6, Network, Networking

White papers 2009-06-01