The evolution of enterprise IT toward a fully mobile environment, driven by the proliferation of mobile devices used for business-critical tasks, has set the stage for a dramatic increase in enterprise mobile application deployments and associated wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure.
While once a simple adjunct to...
Published: Nov 15, 2013
Intrusion points continue to expand in scope, making malicious attacks ubiquitous and more difficult than ever to prevent. And, while an effective patch management strategy might appear the first line of defense in building endpoint security, the complexity and scope of the task has often undermined its success. Patch...
Published: Nov 05, 2015
Serving as the foundation for cloud computing and virtualization, datacenter networks will need to evolve more quickly and become better aligned with other IT resources if they are to support virtualized application workloads and the larger objective of IT-driven business transformation.
A more agile network is clearly...
Published: Oct 08, 2013
Microsoft will cease to support Windows XP after April 8, 2014. This reality leaves few options for Federal Government IT organizations: migrate or not. For those considering End Of Life custom support agreements for Windows XP, they will find those agreements insufficient to meet evolving security threats and mission...
Published: Aug 13, 2013
This case study provides insight on how a mid-size company utilized Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) to help its employees collaborate across its different divisions, located in different geographical boundaries. With HCS, the company was not only able to better connect its employees, but also optimized its global performance,...
Published: Jan 16, 2014
IT environments are becoming far more complex, and trying to effectively monitor and manage them is becoming more difficult. So, while operations teams face numerous challenges as they transition into these modern IT environments, solutions are also fortunately coming to market that will provide organisations with the...
Published: Jul 26, 2016
Software-defined networking (SDN) offers today’s static campus networks much needed flexibility and
programmability to enhance resource utilization and achieve faster application deployments. SDN enables dynamic network provisioning, leading to enhanced business productivity, security and improved user experience....
Published: Aug 21, 2014
Information technology and communications networks are critical in our modern connected world. Businesses and organizations in every industry and of every size rely on their information systems and networks in every aspect of their operations to conduct business, serve their customers, and accomplish their missions.
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Published: Jan 20, 2016
When organizations talk about improving their technology return on investment (ROI), they typically are referring to their investments in hardware or software, but in fact, the greatest opportunity to increase your technology return may come from improving the productivity of your data center IT staff.
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Published: Jan 16, 2014
The telco cloud is a bit darker in late 2016 than most had hoped.
When software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) became an item and created a virtualization dream team for the telecom operator community, the future looked bright.Together, these two critical and market-changing developments...
Published: Feb 28, 2017
Just Right IT solutions, based on HP servers, storage, networking, and services, simplify business technology, giving you more time to focus on your business. Whether you’re just getting started with virtualization and file sharing, or supporting expansion with solutions for server consolidation, data backup, and...
Published: May 06, 2014
The increasing demand for wireless bandwidth and growth of BYOD are driving the development of new standards to increase capacity and throughput and address congestion.
This whitepaper explains the technology behind the 802.11ac standard, the potential benefits it offers and the factors that should be considered when...
Published: Jun 30, 2016
The truest form of cloud computing can be found in public cloud offerings. Like a hotel where rooms are rented for a period of time, public cloud services offer the four basic tenets of cloud-based application delivery: shared computing resources, virtualization, the ability to quickly ramp up or down and a “pay-for-what-you-use”...
Published: Jul 19, 2013
The Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) delivers on the promise of virtualization with a single unified system that integrates a unified fabric, embedded management, and powerful servers with intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors.
This document describes Cisco UCS by looking at how its...
Published: Apr 08, 2014