Serving as the foundation for cloud computing and virtualization, datacenter networks will need to evolve more quickly and become better aligned with other IT resources if they are to support virtualized application workloads and the larger objective of IT-driven business transformation.
A more agile network is clearly...
Published: Oct 08, 2013
Simple, affordable collaboration solutions are making it easier for people to work more effectively, on any device, and from any location: in the office, at home, or on the move. Nowhere is this more evident than in small and medium organisations where more and more businesses are seizing new opportunities to differentiate...
Published: Jun 24, 2014
Customers now communicate across multiple emerging channels and devices. This isn’t a vision of the future – it’s happening right now.
The research shows that customers have and are in love with the technology. What’s more, their preferences are becoming well established, so if you are...
Published: Jun 24, 2014
We’ve built a calculator that lets you quickly quantify the savings your company can expect from a SMARTnet contract.
Just plug in your numbers and find out how the benefits you can expect from SMARTnet service—fewer escalated incidents, reduced staff costs, less downtime—translate into actual cost...
Published: Dec 10, 2013
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
Huge data center, check. Multiple 10G Ethernet pipes, check. Load balancer, check. Firewall? Really? Do network architects need to buy yet another box, and likely take a performance hit?
Not according to F5 Networks, which says its BIG-IP 10200v with Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) can handle traffic at 80-Gbps rates...
Published: Jan 03, 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
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
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
Cyber security breaches can happen to any organization at any time. Whether you're small business with one location or a large corporation that is worldwide, an information security breach is inevitable. How well is your network protected?
Do you have the man power to monitor your small business cyber security...
Published: Aug 27, 2014
Trends such as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), virtualization and cloud are rendering application deployment and delivery more challenging than ever for IT departments. Applications have moved further away from the employees who rely on them, introducing the potential for latency, security and availability issues. Still,...
Published: Oct 24, 2013
In order to provide branch office employees the same voice experience as in the headquarters, organizations need to consider solutions that provide voice service continuity through a resilient, enterprise-grade telephony architecture. A single-point-of-failure architecture may render remote offices completely unreachable...
Published: Jun 07, 2013
Collaboration is increasingly becoming recognized as a critical investment for organizations looking for new sources of productivity and innovation. Cost cutting and efficiency measures can achieve only so much; the next breakthrough levels of business performance will come from the ability to tap into the collective knowledge...
Published: Jul 15, 2013
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