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- Simplifying Virtualization Through Adaptive Networking Technology
- As IT organizations increasingly deploy virtual servers and storage to consolidate resources and improve utilization, they must be able to dynamically provision applications on virtual servers and move them non-disruptively as workloads change. However, this increased mobility of application workloads can sometimes create unpredictable congestion in the networks connecting server-to-storage...
- Tags: Monitor, Network, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Virtual Server, Congestion, Networking Technology, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Monitors & Displays, Servers, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2008-01-01
- CISA exam prep: Investigate the information systems used for IT delivery and support
- The Certified Information Systems Auditor CISA must look closely at the technology an organization uses, examine its controls, and evaluate its potential vulnerabilities. An IS auditor must therefore understand networking technology and how the various pieces of networking equipment work. In this sample chapter from CISA Exam...
- Tags: Information System, Network, Information Technology, Networking Technology, Strategy, Network Technology, Networking, Management
- Book chapters 2007-07-12
- Demystify Cisco networking technologies, routers, and switches
- Cisco is almost synonymous with networking. Routers, switches, firewalls, management software — you name it, and Cisco makes it. It can be quite an undertaking to locate and acquire all the information needed to configure, monitor, and manage all these discrete Cisco parts of a network, but it is important...
- Tags: Router, Network, Networking Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Chapter Coverage, Networking, Routers & Switches, Network Technology
- Book chapters 2007-06-08
- 500,000 networking technology vacancies will not be filled in 2008
- 500,000 networking technology vacancies will not be filled in 2008Horsepuckies...They just want to fill the jobs with cheaper overseas or Visa's.There are plenty of people out there. They just don't want to pay them the going rate.CiscoAnd of course it's a Cisco study. Quick! There are going...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, Cisco Systems Inc., networking technology, network
- Discussion threads 2005-10-12
- 500,000 networking technology vacancies will not be filled in 2008
- A Cisco/IDC study forecast a shortage of around 500,000 people with networking technology skills by 2008, which represented a skills gap of 15.8%. The gap in the UK will be 9.2% by 2008. Demand for IT skills will outstrip supply by more than 20% in one in three of the...
- Tags: Network technology, networking technology
- Blog posts 2005-10-12
- Economic Analysis of Networking Technologies for Rural Developing Regions
- Providing network connectivity to rural regions in the developing world is an economically challenging problem especially given the low income levels and low population densities in such regions. Leveraging several emerging wireless technologies, this paper presents the case for economically viable networks in rural developing regions. Using the Akshaya Network...
- Tags: Network, Networking Technology, Region, Analysis, Backhaul, Wireless LANs, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-09-16
- Can Bluetooth Succeed as a Large-Scale Ad Hoc Networking Technology?
- This paper investigates issues that Bluetooth may face in evolving from a simple wire replacement to a large-scale ad hoc networking technology. This is done by examining the efficacy of Bluetooth in establishing a connected topology, which is a basic requirement of any networking technology. It is demonstrated that Bluetooth...
- Tags: Advertisement, Networking Technology, IEEE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Comparing Fabric Technologies: InfiniBand Architecture, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel
- The InfiniBand Architecture defines one of the newest networking technologies and naturally raises the question of when/where/how will it replace existing technologies. A careful examination of the leading network technologies demonstrates that there is plenty of room for incumbent networks and the newer technologies. Three of the most popular networking...
- Tags: Crossroads Systems, Fibre Channel, Network, Networking Technology, Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand Architecture, InfiniBand, Ethernet, Network Technology, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Networking, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2003-11-13
- Institute for Development and Research in Banking technology: Implementing Cisco's Networking Technology
- IDRBT Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology is engaged in a number of Research Projects to improve Banking Technology in India. Given the growth of IDRBT's business in the past few years, IDRBT's network architects have a serious challenge ahead of them - to keep the network "growth-proof"....
- Tags: Router, Network, Banking, Networking Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- Case studies
- Networking Technologies to Support Wireless Mobile Multimedia
- The simplest forms of mobile multimedia are already provided by GSM mobile telephones delivering audio and basic data services. However, they remain in the dark ages when compared to the multimedia applications one has grown accustomed to using over fixed data networks. Realising the potential of the mobile multimedia market,...
- Tags: Multimedia, Mobile, Network, Networking Technology, Wireless
- White papers
- Monterey and California State University, Monterey Bay Build a Connected Community With Cisco Networking Technology
- Located 125 miles south of San Francisco and 345 miles north of Los Angeles, the city of Monterey, California covers 8.62 square miles and is home to approximately 30,000 full time residents. The city realized it needed to consolidate disparate networks using technology to reduce costs, enhance productivity, and improve...
- Tags: California State University, Network, Monterey, Networking Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Connected Corp., Networking
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Cloudworks shows the green side of managed services
- Here's a refreshing twist: An executive with an ostensibly "green" technology who really isn't willing to pitch it that way. I'm talking about Cloudworks founder and CEO Mike Eaton, who really cares more instead about the "overall convenience and efficiency" of his company's services. He's playing the economy card, rather...
- Tags: Managed Services, IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Small Business, Cloudworks, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- Nanotechnology adds vital enzyme to water
- If you're like me, you've never heard about CoQ10 before today. I've discovered that this coenzyme, also known as ubiquinone, is a substance that's found in every cell of our bodies and as vital to our survival as vitamin C. Even if we're able to create our own CoQ10, our...
- Tags: Portion, Chemistry, Vitamin, CoQ10, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- What paper trail?
- I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Diaz's Memo: Can cloud computing weather the storm?
- ZDNet's Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing after Amazon's recent S3 storage service outage. He believes the technology still has the potential to drastically reduce operating expenses.
- Tags: Diaz, Cloud Computing, Amazon
- Videos 2008-07-25
- Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook Connect
- At this week's F8 08 conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains how changes in the social-networking company's platform will benefit developers, as well as users.
- Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Benefits, Human Resources
- Videos 2008-07-25
- Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blasts
- A series of bombs have exploded in Bangalore and companies that have technology operations in India are likely to need increased security precautions following what appears to be a terrorist attack. According to various reports from Reuters and Rediff.com, nine bomb blasts have rattled Bangalore, which hosts...
- Tags: India, Bangalore, Rediff.com India Ltd., Sacchin Uppal, Outsourcing, Business Security, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- My Awesome IT Job: Researcher and manager, Microsoft
- Desney Tan, researcher and manager at Microsoft, says the toughest technology lesson he has learned was that for the most part, people don't care about technology--they really just want to get things done, no matter how snazzy what you've created may be. Part of an ongoing series profiling Awesome IT...
- Tags: Life, Researcher, Information Technology, Hobby, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
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