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- True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a Customer-Centric Approach
- Ensure your service provider's convergence strategy meshes with your enterprise network needs. Respected consulting firm Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan, outlines the six customer-centric attributes that should be at the heart of you're your service provider's approach to convergence. Those attributes are: Multiple network...
- Tags: Service Provider, Enterprise Network, Convergence, Business Services
- White papers 2009-11-19
- Research: Small DIY botnets prevalent in enterprise networks
- Out of interest...These botnets with these name companies. What's up with leaving them in place at least for a time as implied by this study. And for that matter do you know if they've been able to get rid of them?
- Tags: enterprise network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Research: Small DIY botnets prevalent in enterprise networks
- Does the size of a botnet really matter? It's all a matter of perspective. Contrary to the “common wisdom†that based on their size, big botnets are theoretically capable of infiltrating a huge percentage of enterprise networks, a recently presented study entitled "My Bots Are Not Yours!...
- Tags: Enterprise Network, Espionage, Cyberthreats, Spam, Robots, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Emerging Technologies, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Detailed Diagnosis in Enterprise Networks
- By studying trouble tickets from small enterprise networks, the paper concludes that their operators need detailed fault diagnosis. That is, the diagnostic system should be able to diagnose not only generic faults (e.g., performance-related) but also application specific faults (e.g., error codes). It should also identify culprits at a fine...
- Tags: Diagnosis, Association For Computing Machinery, Enterprise Network
- White papers 2009-08-21
- Consolidating Enterprise Network Security Infrastructure: Ways to Cut Costs and Complexity
- Off late economy, large enterprise businesses and their IT organizations need to do more with less. It is the responsibility of IT to optimize limited resources and garner the greatest return on budgets. Enterprises are leading the way and reaping the benefits of consolidation, centralizing data centers and embracing virtualization...
- Tags: SonicWall, Enterprise Network, TCO, Roi/Tco, Firewalls, Web 2.0, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Security, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-08-01
- 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
- Why enterprise networks run Windows, not the Mac
- Have you ever considered why the Mac is so well suited to the home environment? Has it ever occurred to you why the Mac is great with multimedia, with fun stuff like graphics and movie editing, but not so great at the serious stuff? With these, have you ever pondered...
- Tags: Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, Enterprise Network, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Evolving Network Security With the Alcatel-Lucent Access Guardian
- Enterprise network customers encounter a wide variety of difficulties and complexities when designing and implementing a security infrastructure. The solution must be comprehensive, flexible, and able to grow and evolve in tandem with the network and the threats it faces. Alcatel-Lucent has a large portfolio of tools and solutions to...
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Microsoft Access, Network, Network Security, Enterprise Network, Alcatel, Networking, Security
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Transformation of the Enterprise Network Using Passive Optical LAN
- The rapid growth of bandwidth requirements and the changing role of enterprise networking are causing disruptive change in the enterprise Local Area Network LAN. Incumbent vendors are recommending upgrading Ethernet switches to 10 Giga-bit Ethernet GbE uplinks which typically require single-mode rather than multimode fiber optic cable and replacement of...
- Tags: Enterprise Network, TCO, Motorola Inc., Ethernet, Roi/Tco, Network Technology, Networking, LANs, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2009-05-01
- MSDN Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2, A Technical Overview for Developers (Level 200)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (x64) and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 share the same kernel. The presenter of this webcast shows the survey of system-level features common to both client and server operating systems. The presenter also shows server-specific technologies that enable server-core applications, and new enterprise network solution scenarios.
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Enterprise Network, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-04-30
- ThriftyTorrent: Cheap P2P Software Patch Distribution for Enterprise Networks
- This paper presents a peer-to-peer method of distributing software patches or other data in an enterprise network, which aims to minimize the cost of bandwidth used subject to a specified quality of service in the form of a target download rate. In enterprise networks, the bandwidth of some links (e.g....
- Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., P2P, Enterprise Network, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
- White papers 2009-04-21
- A Formal Policy Oriented Access Control Model for Secure Enterprise Network Environment
- This paper uses Security Evaluation Criteria as basis to develop the Network access control model for enterprise wide network computing environment. The Network access control model addresses both the access control and information flow control requirements of the enterprise network system. The security architecture of the model attempts to ensure...
- Tags: Network, Enterprise Network, Access Control
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Optimizing and Defending Enterprise Networks
- Networked application performance and security are closely intertwined, which poses unique challenges when addressing the dynamic needs of business. A balance must be struck between the often conflicting demands of end users, the CTO chief technology officer, information security management and of course, the budget. Using a holistic approach, IT...
- Tags: Information Security, Database, Enterprise Network, Intel Corp., Security
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Benefits of MPLS in the Enterprise Network
- As enterprises evolve to keep pace with the ever-changing business climate, enterprises' networking needs are becoming more dynamic. Their networks must be able to deliver sophisticated applications quickly and efficiently while minimizing costs. MPLS is a technology that can be very beneficial to enterprises and this paper outlines what MPLS...
- Tags: MPLS, Benefit, Enterprise Network, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2009-03-25
- ARMing the Enterprise Against Security Posture Drift
- This white paper explains how Shavlik Technologies provides Shavlik Active Vulnerability Management solutions and helps ARM the enterprise against security posture drift. Shavlik solutions maintain a secure, policy-compliant enterprise network through automatic and continuous assessment, remediation, and management of vulnerabilities related to patch levels, spyware, and security configuration. If one...
- Tags: Enterprise Network, Shavlik Technologies, Security, Networking
- White papers 2009-03-04
- It's Time to Fix the Firewall: Re-Establishing the Firewall as the Cornerstone of Enterprise Network Security
- For the last 15 years, port-blocking firewalls have been the cornerstone of enterprise network security. But much like a stone, they've stood still in the face of rapidly evolving applications and threats. It's no secret that modern applications and threats easily circumvent the traditional network firewall - so much so...
- Tags: Enterprise Network, Palo Alto Networks, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2009-02-01
- The Path to Convergence: Drivers, Challenges, and Solutions for the Enterprise
- The future of enterprise networks is IP convergence where signal transmission for networking, A/V, and building management and security systems are merged over one common infrastructure using common protocols rather than deploying separate closed, proprietary solutions. Enterprises face many challenges as they embark on deploying IP convergence, and most are...
- Tags: IP, Enterprise Network, Convergence, Belden, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2009-01-13
- Controlling Corporate Energy Consumption via the Enterprise Network
- Business leaders are defining sustainability initiatives that reduce their electrical power consumption and CO2 emissions in an effort to not only reduce energy costs, but to also be respectful of global environmental concerns. To assist business leaders, IT suppliers are delivering products that consume less energy while offering new IT...
- Tags: Sustainability, Information Technology, Enterprise Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Business Leader
- White papers 2009-01-06
- A Case Study of OSPF Behavior in a Large Enterprise Network
- Open Shortest Path First OSPF is widely deployed in IP networks to manage intra-domain routing. OSPF is a link-state protocol, in which routers reliably flood "Link State Advertisements" LSAs, enabling each to build a consistent, global view of the routing topology. Reliable performance hinges on routing stability, yet the behavior...
- Tags: Open Shortest Path First, Enterprise Network
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Texas School District Enjoys the 'Rock-Solid Reliability' and the Unique Value of 3Com Enterprise Networks
- The Forney Independent School District is one of the fastest growing public school districts in the state, with a student population expanding 20 percent annually for the past seven years. School needed a highly functional, streamlined network to serve 7,000 students and nearly 1,000 faculty and other employees. Determined to...
- Tags: Network, 3Com Corp., Enterprise Network, Texas School District, Forney Independent School District
- Case studies 2009-01-01
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