PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Please review this presentation transcript featuring Andrew Burton, Editor of SearchDisasterRecovery.com, and Jeff Boles, Senior Analyst with the Taneja Group. The transcript documents their discussion about WAN clustering. Find out exactly what you need to set up a WAN cluster and what vendors offer WAN clustering support.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Disaster Recovery | WAN | WAN Hardware | WAN Switches | WAN Switching | WAP | Wireless Infrastructure | Wireless Systems | Wireless WAN | Wireless WAN Hardware | WLAN Management

EGUIDE - In a series of three articles, this E-Guide introduces technology from Peer Software – designed to optimize file availability and collaboration across the WAN.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | LAN | LAN Switching | Networking | WAN | WAN Switches | WAN Switching

PODCAST - In this podcast, an industry expert discusses how the recession has affected branch office growth; what’s driving change in branch offices, and how to over cover the never-ending challenge of branch office security.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Premiered: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Network Security | Remote Access Security | Remote Computing | Remote Office Connectivity | Remote Users | ROBO | Telecommuting | VPN | WAN

EGUIDE - With nearly 90% of companies operating a virtual workplace and large percentages of employees working away from home office or the primary data center, IT must support ever-increasing numbers of remote and virtualized workers. This E-Guide details the security and optimization best practices for various types of branch offices.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Remote Access Hardware | Remote Access Security | Remote Network Management | Remote Office Connectivity | Remote Offices | Remote Users | WAN

WEBCAST - On today's converged networks -- where data traffic competes with latency-sensitive applications such as VoIP, video conferencing, and virtual machines -- only the greediest survive and thrive. Watch this webinar to learn about bandwidth issues, network resource allocation, and real-time applications management.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Converged Networks | Network Applications Software | Network Management Software | Network Monitoring Software | Network Performance Management Software | Packet Shaping | Systems Management Software | VoIP | WAN

WEBCAST - Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This webcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | High Availability | Storage Architectures | WAN

PODCAST - Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This podcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | High Availability | Storage Architectures | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper outlines the benefits derived and the costs associated with virtualization in the Remote Offices/Branch Offices, in the classic model versus the proposed model.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | SLA | SMBs | Systems Management | TCO | VM | WAN

WEBCAST - This webcast takes a look at the bandwidth issues that inevitably come up with the use of voice and video conferencing over IP. It covers issues like voice quality metrics, tips and tricks for improving voice quality, and the similarities between managing video and voice content. Read on to learn more.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Premiered: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Network Management | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | Packet Shaping | Videoconferences | Videoconferencing Standards | Voice Networking | VoIP | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This paper takes a look at some of the advantages of video conferencing in terms of both cost savings and time savings, explains some of the problems and challenges in making video conferencing work, and gives advice for making the network ready to accommodate video conferences.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | Videoconferences | WAN | Web Conferences

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - The proliferation of user-generated content and video sharing sites has made for a constant source of new material. However, the bandwidth demands of such media often congest WAN links. One approach is to just block flash video. This technical brief presents an alternate approach that can allow video and business critical applications to co-exist.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Caching | Content Delivery | Network Appliances | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | Video-on-Demand | WAN | WAN Switching

CASE STUDY - With two data centers serving 24 offices in the U.S., Europe and India, Hitachi Consulting required a solution that could provide visibility into the applications running on the network while selectively accelerating business critical ones. Read on to learn about the solution they found.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Communications Networks | Data Center Networking | Network Appliances | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | WAN | WAN Switching

WHITE PAPER - According to a recent Nemertes study, a whopping 75% of companies polled indicate they're putting greater emphasis on video conferencing this year. This confirms our ever-growing trend towards the time- and cost-savings of video conferencing. To successfully deploy video conferencing services, avoid these eight common mistakes.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Teleconferences | Travel and Expense Management Software | Videoconferences | Videoconferencing Hardware | Videoconferencing Systems | WAN | WAN Switching

WHITE PAPER - Delivering high-demand content to a large number of end-users that are spread out geographically can be a difficult task. Long distances between content and users can cause latency, jitter, and reductions in audio/video quality. Read this paper to find out if a cache-based content delivery network is appropriate for your network.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Content Delivery | Content Management | Content Networking | Content Providers | Video-on-Demand | Videoconferences | WAN

EGUIDE - As the number of people working outside primary office locations increases, the challenges surrounding security and optimization are becoming more prevalent. This E-Guide details how to maximize the potential of the Wide Area Network while keeping out security threats at all locations.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Mobile Workers | Remote Computing | Remote Network Management | Remote Offices | Security Management | Security Systems | WAN