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Solution Brief: Top 5 Myths on WAN Optimization sponsored by BlueCoat WHITE PAPER: A misunderstanding of the problem within your network can lead to unneeded and costly IT investments, not to mention downtime, data loss, and resource waste. This paper examines five common WAN misperceptions and how to better address them. Posted: 10 Jul 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| Data Centers \| Network Management \| Network Performance Management Software \| Server Consolidation \| WAN

Building a Small Office Network: Getting Started sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Building a small office network means starting with a foundation of switches and routers. The following guide will help you understand the difference between switches and routers and develop a clear vision for what your network foundation needs. Posted: 10 Oct 2008 \| Published: 10 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Home Area Networks \| Home Offices \| Home Productivity Software \| Network Management \| Routers \| Switches \| VoIP

Managing the WAN to Optimize Business sponsored by BlueCoat WHITE PAPER: 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. Posted: 01 Jul 2009 \| Published: 01 Jul 2007 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Bandwidth Management \| Network Appliances \| Network Applications Software \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| WAN

Application Acceleration for Satellite-Based Enterprise Services sponsored by BlueCoat WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the best of the newest achievements in VSAT performance and utility and shows how these solutions could become part of the mainstream of corporate network deployment and an integral portion of commercial (and competitive) service provider offerings. Posted: 26 Jun 2009 \| Published: 30 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Applications Management \| Caching \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Enterprise Systems \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Satellite Communications Systems \| WAN

Is Your Network Ready for VoIP? sponsored by BlueCoat WHITE PAPER: This paper summarizes in question and answer format the many critical factors pertaining to VoIP's viability, regardless of which vendor's IP-PBX system is deployed across the distributed enterprise. Posted: 20 Apr 2009 \| Published: 02 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Network Convergence \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Traffic Management \| Voice Quality \| VoIP \| WAN \| WAN Hardware

7 Essential Steps of Network Security sponsored by Qualys WHITE PAPER: This paper details the essential aspects of putting into place a measurable and sustainable 7 step vulnerability management program, and demonstrates how QualysGuard automates everything you need along the way. Posted: 07 Nov 2008 \| Published: 07 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Security \| Network Management \| Network Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Vulnerability Management

Router Essentials sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Build a basic foundation of knowledge about routers, the devices that allow you to move packets between networks, by reading this white paper. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 11 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Ethernet Networks \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Protocols \| RAM \| Routers \| Switches \| Training and Educational Services

Small Business Security: What You Need to Know sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Small business security is dependant upon defending against common threats, such as viruses, spyware, malware and hackers. Posted: 02 Feb 2009 \| Published: 02 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Firewall Management \| Network Management \| Network Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Policies \| Small Businesses

The Distributed Enterprise sponsored by Raritan Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the added value (in terms of uptime and security) of out-of-band access and control tools for branch offices, and why out-of-band should be considered as a component of branch office networks. Posted: 18 Jan 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Network Management \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Computing \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| ROBO

Integrated Data Management for Improving IT Productivity sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: IT groups form highly interdependent groups to manage applications, servers, data, and storage. Integrated data management (IDM) is a new approach to simplifying data management and improve IT productivity. Download this white paper to lear... Posted: 19 Dec 2006 \| Published: 01 Apr 2006 TOPICS: Network Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Management Software