According to Gartner, "Microsoft Office 365 has excited many executives and application leaders with promises of more flexible collaboration and new ways to work. But behind the scenes, many owners of Office 365 are just trying to survive the difficult transition." Download the Gartner report, “Survival...
Published: Mar 21, 2019
KelCor has been compensated by Sonus Networks to prepare this position document, but the thoughts and opinions are those of the author alone, and KelCor has maintained full editorial control throughout.
Sonus specifically sought KelCor’s unbiased views on key challenges organizations face when using video and...
Published: Apr 18, 2014
Information technology organizations are in the midst of a major transition. As they move from being cost centers to integrated, strategic parts of the business, IT administrators, managers, and executives are keenly aware of the challenges they face.
As IT organizations shift to providing services through an elastic,...
Published: Apr 08, 2013
Cisco strives to update and enhance SBA guides on a regular basis. As we develop a series of SBA guides, we test them together, as a complete system. To ensure the mutual compatibility of designs in Cisco SBA guides, you should use guides that belong to the same series. The Release Notes for a series provides a summary...
Published: Aug 21, 2014
Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) provide the framework for systems design based on common use cases or current engineering system priorities. They incorporate a broad set of technologies, features, and applications to address customer needs. Cisco engineers have comprehensively tested and documented each CVD in order to...
Published: Aug 18, 2014
Mobile communications have fundamentally changed the way business works. Once the exclusive domain of senior executives, mobile devices are now indispensable to most employees for conducting both their business and personal lives. Smartphones, tablets, and new hybrid devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Note and Apple iPad...
Published: Apr 07, 2014
Today’s branch office requires the same level of rich application services as the company headquarters.
Why are these services needed? What impact do they have on the network, IT staff and service provider? What is the best way to boost the branch-office network to optimum levels—both technically and tactfully—if...
Published: Oct 24, 2013
The way in which applications are consumed has undergone rapid and significant change in recent years—both in the growing list of user device types to support, each with its own unique requirements, and in how those devices are connected, with variations in network characteristics between fixed, mobile, and remote...
Published: Aug 13, 2013
CIO priorities center on three strategic business objectives: reducing costs and increasing efficiency; mitigating risk around security, availability, and performance; and enabling agility, faster services, and aligning IT with the business.
Download the IDC InfoBrief to learn how HCI enables new market opportunities....
Published: Nov 01, 2018
802.11ac is the next generation in wireless and is 3x faster than 802.11n. If you are planning a brand new wireless installation, expanding an existing wireless network, or upgrading an older wireless network the benefits of 802.11ac are real and the time to move is now.
This paper will provide information on planning...
Published: Sep 17, 2014
Improving the customer experience to strengthen loyalty is a top goal for global brands. And because contact centers are typically a once-in-a-decade investment, the stakes are high. Make the wrong choice, and you risk losing customers and brand equity. This white paper from Cisco outlines what to do (and not do) when...
Published: Jun 24, 2014
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
Giving students, faculty, and administrators access to resources through their mobile devices can improve learning—but leave your network vulnerable, too. See how a security assessment can help your team address key policy, security, and management concerns—before you deploy.
Published: Oct 18, 2013
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