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- Restoration Specialists Improve Network Availability by 25%, Reduce ROI by 50%
- The Paul Davis Restoration domain controller was running on older hardware, running out of storage capacity, and faced with the challenge of no further support for the operating system. The increasing reliance on the exchange of digital information between Paul Davis Restoration, its clients, and insurance companies, necessitated several hardware...
- Tags: Network, ROI, Network Availability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-12
- GCI Improves Network Availability to Provide an Enhanced Customer Experience
- GCI is the primary cable and telecommunications carrier for the State of Alaska, providing a variety of cable TV, high-speed Internet, and telecommunications and managed services to residential and commercial customers alike. GCI wanted to better monitor all of their network components to ensure exceptional bandwidth services to their customers....
- Tags: Network, Computer Associates International Inc., Network Availability, GCI, Telephony, Networking, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Amtek Engineering Optimizes Network Availability by Reinvesting Cost Savings From 3Com Network Deployment
- Since 1970, Amtek Engineering Ltd. has provided its customers with high-quality products such as precision metal stamping and tooling, sheet metal prototypes, mechanical assemblies, rubber components and thermoplastic injection molds. A reputation for superior products has helped the company expand beyond Singapore to worldwide locations, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China...
- Tags: Network, 3Com Corp., Cost Savings, Network Availability, Networking
- Case studies 2007-07-01
- OWeB: A Framework for Offline Web Browsing
- Internet browsing is highly dependent on the real-time network availability and speed. This becomes a significant constraint when browsing over slow and intermittent networks. This paper describes a readily deployable system designed for web browsing over slow, intermittent networks - OWeB, that is minimally dependent on the real-time network availability...
- Tags: Web Server, Web, Network, Server, Network Availability, Web Servers, RSS, Network Administration, Networking, Internet
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Water Agency Improves Network Availability and Halves Complexity
- The San Antonio Water System SAWS is a public utility owned by the city of San Antonio, Texas. Its mission is to provide quality, reliable water and wastewater service at a reasonable cost. SAWS needed a way to create more available bandwidth between the backbone and floor distribution switches throughout...
- Tags: Network, Agency, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Availability, San Antonio Water System
- Case studies 2006-04-01
- Large Wireless Service Provider Boosts Network Availability
- One of the largest mobile service providers in the United States began losing customers because of an unstable data network. They wanted to Introduce IP telephony efficiently into the enterprise network in offices around the United States. The company deployed Cisco Network Availability Improvement Support NAIS engagement identified gaps in...
- Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Availability, Wireless Service, Wireless
- Case studies 2006-03-01
- Cisco Uses Dark Fiber and CWDM Technology for Lower Cost and Increased Network Availability
- Cisco Systems maintains two sales offices in Tokyo, Japan. Although a dedicated data center appeared to be a good solution, the cost of providing reliable connectivity between the data center and the two sales offices seemed prohibitive. In 2003, with the construction of a dedicated data center under serious consideration,...
- Tags: Data Center, Network, CWDM, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Availability, Fiber, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies
- IT Service Provider Deutsche Bahn Systems Uses CA's SPECTRUM Software for 24x7 Network Availability for Europe's Largest Railway Company
- Deutsche Bahn AG provides urban, regional and long-distance transportation to approximately 1.7 billion passengers annually via 35,000 trains that travel throughout Germany and many neighboring countries. Additionally, the railway company's freight transport division moves 280 million tons of cargo per year. An IT infrastructure the size of the one required...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., Spectrum Software, Network Availability, Transportation, Strategy, Management
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Talent development
- Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...
- Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing
- On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default
- Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- iPhone 3G availability tracker mashup
- Looking for an iPhone 3G? Apple provides an iPhone 3G availability application on their retail Web page that lists iPhone availability by store location. The app appears to be offline as of press time. The problem is that Apple's availability application forces you to drill down store...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, Mashup, Chris Barnes, 3G, Collaboration, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?
- AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame
- Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...
- Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up
- Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...
- Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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