This paper explores the capabilites of unified communications and provides examples of how exploration and production companies use convergence in communications to best advantage to allow data, voice, and video collaboration between experts and explore the value that it brings. It includes various case examples of where...
Published: Apr 24, 2013
Data center networks rely on Ethernet. Over the decades, Ethernet has evolved as new types of application architectures emerged. Today, data center networks carry traffic for a diverse set of applications including client/server, Web services, unified communications, virtual machines, and storage—each with different...
Published: Sep 26, 2013
A lot of enterprises are talking about SIP trunking today, but in order to be a part of the conversation you need to know: A) How is a SIP trunk different than your current PRI trunks?, B) What are the benefi ts of SIP trunking?, and C) What equipment do you need to get started?
To help you answer A, B and C, we’ve...
Published: Apr 18, 2014
This paper will explore a number of enterprise trends that we have observed over the previous twelve months. After a brief UCaaS market overview and review of the value propositions of today’s cloud providers, the paper will explore the key trends within the enterprise that are proving successful for realizing actual...
Published: Jan 20, 2014
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 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
Asset owners and operators face two primary issues in exploration and production: asset productivity and operating efficiency.
Operators typically do not have visibility to sense the current state of the oil field and respond with actions to reduce well downtime or to increase the oil flow. Traditionally, these sense-and-respond...
Published: Apr 01, 2013
It’s time for a clear look at capabilities, considerations and questions to ask your network vendor when evaluating hardware for your SDN journey. And yes, it’s time that journey began. Why is that?
Published: Jun 03, 2013
Now, tens of thousands of enterprises and SMBs deploy WAN optimization solutions. The use cases span branch offices, mobile workers, data centers, and private and public clouds. And solutions are available as a stand-alone product or as a managed offering from system integrators, service providers, and value-added resellers. ...
Published: Aug 22, 2014
Today’s threat landscape is nothing like that of just 10 years ago. Simple attacks that caused containable damage have given way to modern cybercrime operations that are sophisticated, well-funded, and capable of causing major disruptions to organizations and the national infrastructure. Not only are these advanced...
Published: Sep 12, 2014
This crucial white paper discusses a security architecture that can be seamlessly integrated into the underlying data center fabric and eliminates the need to tradeoff between business needs and security. Access this resource now and also discover the three must-have security measures needed for safe data center transformations....
Published: Jan 16, 2014
In our technology-rich world, it’s easy to take for granted how things work. Take the global positioning system (GPS) for example. With a GPS device, a route as complicated as Boston to Atlanta can be achieved with the simple input of a destination; the only problems the driver has to be concerned with are gas prices...
Published: Apr 18, 2014
With cloud computing's paradigm of shared infrastructure, DDoS attacks on a specific target can quickly affect many or all tenants. In this Arbor Insight, we explain why availability should be the top priority for cloud operators, and outlines best current practices for preventing and mitigating attacks.
Published: Mar 13, 2014
FACT: With data dispersed across the enterprise, IT organizations struggle to manage, analyze, and secure their networks. A Visibility Fabric can provide pervasive visibility across the network.
Published: Oct 11, 2013