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May 01, 2007 - (Free Research) Traditional VPN technologies have been pushed beyond the scope of their original design, forcing IT organizations to accept the high cost and complexity of add-ons, extenders, multiple consoles, and thick client software administration. This white paper provides an analysis of existing IPSec and SSL VPN, followed by an overview of Blue Coat RA.
April 07, 2009 - (Free Research) This quick Flash presentation gives us an overview of Network Boost, a turn-key networking solution that offers application acceleration tools that are focused on achieving performance objectives.
January 12, 2009 - (Free Research) The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch with Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL enabled Unique at Zurich Airport to successfully implement network virtualization using MPLS VPN technology.
April 2006 - (Free Research) As more IT professionals are turning to application & server consolidation, costs and the importance of performance is growing. This white paper takes a look at acceleration technologies - the challenges, benefits, and techniques of this alternative.
January 2009 - (Free Research) MPLS is a foundational technology that allows service providers and enterprise architects to offer state-of-the art networking to their customers.
January 2009 - (Free Research) Network security is becoming less about locking down a network perimeter and more about controlling user access and behavior - ensuring data safety in a dynamic and mobile environment. Network access control (NAC) is being promoted as the model to which enterprises should aspire, but few are taking the plunge to a full NAC implementation.
November 2008 - (Free Research) This document describes how content delivery and broadcast services are challenging networks and explains how emerging technologies such as point-to-multipoint (P2MP) label switched paths (LSPs) help resolve them.
January 2009 - (Free Research) Network virtualization is a crucial element of the Cisco SONA framework. Cisco SONA uses virtualization technologies to increase use of networked assets such as servers and storage-area networks (SANs).
September 2007 - (Free Research) Enterprise users and their data have never been further apart. Business pressures that keep employees out of headquarters and close to customers and partners have met head-on with other drivers that are bringing far flung servers back to the datacenter.
July 2009 - (Free Research) Traffic between datacenters is growing at an accelerating rate. As throughput expands, the rate at which costs increase rises as well. A WAN optimization solution can help get backups and database synchronizations completed on time - without hurting VoIP or internet backhaul. Read on to learn more.
June 2009 - (Free Research) Most WANs see so much traffic these days that it's not just a matter of speeding things up. You also need comprehensive applications and user control before you can contain costs, enhance business productivity, and respond quickly to changing business requirements. Read this booklet to learn more about WAN optimization.
November 2008 - (Free Research) In this whitepaper, Datamonitor focuses on nine key steps that can - and should - be taken by CSPs to improve standards by delivering outstanding service and achieving various objectives.
May 2008 - (Free Research) As Glidepath grew, its ERP system didn't keep pace and the system lacked important functionality like the ability to disclose manufacturing variances, and was no longer supported by the vendor.
September 2008 - (Free Research) The increasing demands for high availability, reliability and security of application access are driving the need for load balancers to provide a comprehensive set of network level and application-level services. Read this paper to learn more.
February 2009 - (Free Research) Using device identification technology to create reputations for tens of millions of Internet-enabled devices, the service determines within milliseconds whether an online transaction is coming from a computer that has a history of fraud or abuse.
August 2008 - (Free Research) In this whitepaper learn about the latest notebook and desktop PCs with Intel vPro technology. It builds on proven capabilities to enable even greater proactive security, enhanced maintenance, and improved remote management.
May 2006 - (Free Research) WAN performance is critical to enterprise business around the globe. Read this white paper to learn the latest WAN optimization technologies, market products available for optimizations and analyst recommended WAN best practices.
July 2007 - (Free Research) Bandwidth management is a common technique employed by IT organizations to improve quality of service over the WAN by assigning guaranteed levels of bandwidth and prioritizing traffic to improve application performance. To be effective, bandwidth management must be perfectly aligned with business policies and priorities. Read on to learn more.
March 2009 - (Free Research) Safeguarding your data from malware and other Web threats takes a layered approach. In this TechTalk webinar Blue Coat Technical Marketing Engineers will lead a discussion on how the Blue Coat ProxyAV works with the ProxySG to create a community-watch based security.
December 2008 - (Free Research) This paper will focus on the OpenSSH implementation, which was initially developed as part of the OpenBSD project and is installed by default on most modern BSD and Linux-based operating systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora.
June 2009 - (Free Research) PRESTO, using the IBM Rational jazz technology is a set of VMWare-based virtual appliances that provides a complete, cost effective, easy to use IBM-centric software development and delivery environment. Read this product overview to learn more.
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