The Domain Name System (DNS) is a technical cornerstone of the Internet, but it faces significant challenges in growth and security. The Internet depends on DNS; when it doesn't work, neither does the Internet. Today's organizations depend not only on the Internet DNS, but their own DNS as well, and when their...
Published: Aug 15, 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
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has developed a Converged Infrastructure including storage, compute and networking.
The data storage element is located in both traditional SAN (Storage Area Network) and Flash media.
This document details the results from a performance benchmark undertaken by Computacenter...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
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
We truly live in a mobile world. The ITU estimates that there will be close to 7 billion mobile subscribers in the world this year - the equivalent of almost one device for every person on the planet.
Recent research from Cisco revealed that entertainment has shifted to the palms of our hands - almost half of...
Published: Jun 02, 2013
This whitepaper explains that USB drives have been used to transport viruses and malware, both on purpose and accidentally.
The paper explains that no manually handling of files, such as with USB drives, is unnecessary when you set up a secure network architecture using five zones of protection. You can transfer files...
Published: Mar 27, 2014
What have savvy brand marketers and social media strategists learned recently? Here’s a quick wrap-up of significant network trends, consumer behaviors, and brand results.
Published: Mar 04, 2014
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
Microsoft Lync is not only changing the cost structure of enterprise telephony, but also ushering in a new user experience in which every communication is transformed into a more collaborative, engaging interaction. But it's impossible to achieve the promises of Lync if you haven't fully considered the underlying...
Published: Nov 15, 2013
The time you save with the Cisco UCS solution's automated process can quickly add up when you are implementing a large-scale blade server deployment.
By choosing the Cisco Blade Servers, your IT staff can save days or weeks - time much better spent on other projects. Less time spent on routine tasks...
Published: Apr 08, 2014
Just Right IT solutions, based on HP servers, storage, networking, and services, simplify business technology, giving you more time to focus on your business. Whether you’re just getting started with virtualization and file sharing, or supporting expansion with solutions for server consolidation, data backup, and...
Published: May 06, 2014
As a small to midsized business (SMB), you enjoy advantages over larger competitors— being “lean and mean” compared to companies with big budgets and staff. When it comes to technology, networking can cause SMB owners to scratch their heads or it can be an opportunity to leapfrog the competition by establishing...
Published: Aug 26, 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
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