Performance issues today are compounded by increasingly complex infrastructures that IT teams must contend with when delivering applications. As a result detecting and fixing performance problems is hard. Sluggish end-user transactions may present themselves as being slow due to the code. However, that slowness is often...
Published: Oct 26, 2016
As businesses make the move to AWS, there are key considerations to be mindful of in order to take full advantage of the power of the AWS platform.
In this paper, we will discuss three three commonly overlooked best practices for architectural design on AWS and why adhering to these best practices is a smart business...
Published: Oct 02, 2017
Support for Windows XP ends on 8 April 2014. Those still using XP have three options; do nothing, purchase custom support, or migrate to Windows 7 or 8. Here we consider the three options and their implications.
Published: Aug 13, 2013
Get more from your existing bandwidth! Improve the performance of TCP applications and network traffic across your WAN through caching and compression.
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Published: Nov 22, 2016
Physical devices lack the flexibility, scalability and economics that IT needs to support LOB demands, network virtualization is becoming mission-critical for enterprises.
This white paper details how virtualizing your network can help meet LOB demands by shortening the timetable for 4 pressing IT initiatives. Access...
Published: Aug 12, 2016
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
Brocade VCS Fabric technology provides today’s data centers with unmatched automation, efficiency, and agility. Simple, centralized management with zero-touch provisioning helps create highly scalable, flexible, and resilient environments. VCS fabrics deliver a software-driven infrastructure to enhance IT agility...
Published: Sep 26, 2013
This executive brief explains how Aruba’s ClearPass Access Management System™ makes it possible for IT to go beyond authentication and to protect enterprise data while providing an all-wireless workplace. With Aruba Network, enterprises can provide secure access to apps, printers and other network services,...
Published: Apr 09, 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
Customers now communicate across multiple emerging channels and devices. This isn’t a vision of the future – it’s happening right now.
The research shows that customers have and are in love with the technology. What’s more, their preferences are becoming well established, so if you are...
Published: Jun 24, 2014
“While the CLI remains the dominant mechanism for more than 85% of system engineers to implement network changes, several alternatives are gaining popularity, including APIs, fabrics, and SD-WAN. By 2020, only 30% of network operations teams will use the CLI as their primary interface, down from 85% at YE16.”...
Published: Jul 19, 2017
The next-generation workplace is all about mobility. With more Internet-connected mobile devices than people in the world in 2013, it has become more apparent that IT must provide seamless connectivity to every class of user - employees, contractors, guests and even customers - appropriate to their role and type of device....
Published: May 21, 2013
The information technology industry is undergoing one of the most significant periods of transformation in the last 20 years. This period of change is directed by a series of trends such as the explosive growth of powerful smartphones, the consumerization of technology purchasing, and the move toward cloud-based software...
Published: Aug 02, 2013
Understanding how to serve customers in the modern era means understanding what customers want.
Microsoft surveyed the roughly 4,000 consumers from the US, UK, Japan, and Brazil to get the details that matter to companies offering service from across multiple channels.
The free report explores 22 questions including:...
Published: Apr 03, 2016