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How to Virtualize
sponsored by AT&T Corp
 | White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 28 Oct 2009 | |
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Many organizations are looking into virtualization as a means of decreasing capital expenses and launching energy conservation initiatives. This paper explains why one must consider how business processes, administrative rights, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and security strategies will need to change before jumping into a deployment.
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Virtualization for Dummies, 2nd HP Special Edition
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| Book: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 14 Oct 2009 | |
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Read this book for an introduction to the subject so that you can understand its promise and perils — and create an action plan to decide whether virtualization is right for you, as well as how to move forward with implementing it should you decide it is right for you.
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Implementing Robust Change Management
sponsored by SearchSecurity.com
 | Video: | Posted: 27 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | 27 Oct 2009 | |
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Change management: Information security professionals have been known to cringe when they hear these words. But the change management process doesn't have to be as complicated as it might seem.
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Extending the Benefits of Virtualization to Remote Office and Branch Locations, Small to Medium Businesses and Web Hosters
sponsored by VM6 Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 27 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 27 Oct 2009 | |
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VM6 provides affordable software solutions to extend the benefits of enterprise-class virtualization to remote offices and branch locations (ROBO), small to medium businesses and web hosters.
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Best Practices for Virtualizing Distributed Environments: Enterprise-Class Virtualization for Remote Office and Branch Office Infrastructures
sponsored by VM6 Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 27 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 27 Oct 2009 | |
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This whitepaper provides the 4 best practices that IT leaders of ROBO organizations need to consider when virtualizing their businesses, providing ROI tips and establishing a roadmap for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for virtualizing the distributed ROBO environment.
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Solutions For Server Rooms
sponsored by APC
| White Paper: | Posted: 23 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 23 Oct 2009 | |
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The modular, easy-to-install solutions from APC by Schneider Electric allow you to implement an appropriate IT environment that meets your current and future needs, without breaking the bank in the process.
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Solutions for Network Closets
sponsored by APC
| White Paper: | Posted: 23 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 23 Oct 2009 | |
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Convergence, consolidation, virtualization - today's IT trends have turned the network closet into a mission-critical environment. APC solutions give you the level of control, monitoring, and management that today’s more critical systems demand.
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Voice and Video: Breaking the Bandwidth Barrier
sponsored by Blue Coat
 | Webcast: | Posted: 22 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | |
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This webcast takes a look at the bandwidth issues that inevitably come up with the use of voice and video conferencing over IP. It covers issues like voice quality metrics, tips and tricks for improving voice quality, and the similarities between managing video and voice content. Read on to learn more.
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Application Delivery Networks -- Enabling Video Ready Networks
sponsored by Blue Coat
| White Paper: | Posted: 22 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 22 Oct 2009 | |
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This paper takes a look at some of the advantages of video conferencing in terms of both cost savings and time savings, explains some of the problems and challenges in making video conferencing work, and gives advice for making the network ready to accommodate video conferences.
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Enhanced Caching of Static Flash Video: Smoothing Popularity Based Traffic Bursts
sponsored by Blue Coat
| Technical Article: | Posted: 22 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 22 Oct 2009 | |
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The proliferation of user-generated content and video sharing sites has made for a constant source of new material. However, the bandwidth demands of such media often congest WAN links. One approach is to just block flash video. This technical brief presents an alternate approach that can allow video and business critical applications to co-exist.
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Free Tool: Real-time NetFlow Analyzer
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
| Product Overview: | Posted: 20 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 20 Oct 2009 | |
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Real-time NetFlow Analyzer displays inbound and outbound traffic separately for granular analysis that makes problem diagnosis quick and easy. Even better, you can view the historical NetFlow data broken out by application, conversation, domain, endpoint, and protocol. That way you know exactly how your bandwidth is being used and by whom.
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Greening Up Your Network with SolarWinds & Cisco Energywise
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
| Product Literature: | Posted: 20 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 20 Oct 2009 | |
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The Cisco® EnergyWise initiative focuses on reducing the energy consumption of all devices connected to a Cisco network ranging from Power over Ethernet (PoE) devices to IP-enabled building and lighting controllers. It gives you a powerful, network-based framework to manage the energy needs for your business.
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Reference Guide: Fundamental Protocols of Network Management
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 20 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 20 Oct 2009 | |
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The goal of this five-part Reference Guide is to assist you with understanding and successfully employing the top 5 network management protocols. Building upon the very simplest in Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), this guide explores the latest network management solutions.
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Geek Speak Webcast: Hidden Secrets of IOS
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
| Webcast: | Posted: 20 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | |
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Did you know that there are powerful technologies embedded in Cisco IOS that can significantly simplify managing your network? You probably already have them on your network, now you just need to unlock their potential. Join SolarWinds Head Geek, Josh Stephens, as he shares his favorite secrets to best leverage IOS in your environment.
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Geek Speak Webcast: Network Monitoring Fundamentals
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
| Webcast: | Posted: 20 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | |
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On this webcast I'm going to put on my drill sergeant's hat and we're going to learn the basics that every network engineer, server chick, network manager, or IT dude should know about managing networks. This is going to be a no-frills webcast where we focus on the fundamentals and making sure that we all understand them.
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Bandwidth Management |
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Network Traffic Management |
Policy-Based Network Management |
QOS |
Remote Network Management |
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