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Vendors are loading their gear with new features, but the core need for WAN speed should still guide WOC buying decisions, says one expert in a live Network World chat.
Security experts Joel Snyder and Richard Stiennon debate the pros/cons of NAC, with Snyder arguing that NAC is extremely useful and Stiennon saying it isn't worth the expense
Author Wendell Odom offers expert advice on the routers, switches and other gear needed for a great Cisco home lab.
Consumer flash popularity, EMC's entry into market combine to drive prices down
A used gear dealer shares tricks for detecting counterfeit gear, but says the biggest issue is Cisco's lack of cooperation
Podcasting and videoconferencing now possible across saturated links thanks to WAN acceleration
Watch application performance hit the metal as traditional acceleration technologies merge and end-to-end optimization becomes a reality
New features and improved management are in the offing
When it comes to optimizing applications end to end, the biggest game-changers are organizational, not technical
Removing silos and creating an IT structure around the goal of optimized-application delivery and support won’t happen overnight. Here are some stepping stones
Virtualization is hard to contain. That makes the virtual infrastructure difficult to manage and nearly impossible to optimize for performance. A look at the challenge
With VFrame, the company plans on pulling together server and storage resources, as well as network capacity, to meet an application’s demand
Measuring, controlling and accelerating application performance can be tough. Are carrier options worth a look?
Experts offer advice on the cost savings of green IT, outsourcing, protecting IP and making the most out of Web 2.0
Independent tests show that Red Hat Linux pulls as much as 12% less power than Windows 2008 on identical hardware
System upgrades provided lower cost path to voice, video, e-mail, presence
Network-based approach offers single-vendor solution for all types of devices
WesBanco's Cisco network already pays for itself
Tightly coupled software stack replaces the PBX in Microsoft's vision of unified communications
Acclaimed security scientists say criminally motivated attacks are on the rise, but can be thwarted.
Centralizing device, network and application management is an IT imperative
How Howard Rice got disk-to-disk backup, continuous data protection and near-real-time recovery for less than it paid for traditional tape backup
Amazon, Nirvanix and others promise easy data storage and infinite scalability for Web companies, but perils such as service outages and security breaches can’t be overlooked
Online data backups and e-mail archiving finally turning the storage-as-a-service dream into a business reality
Online data-backup services keep Geokinetics compliant as it rapidly builds out its IT infrastructure
Storage virtualization is a good first step toward full-out utility storage -- if you're willing to tough out rocky architectural, interoperability and management challenges
Within the last year, storage and hosting providers have ramped up their data protection, e-mail-archiving and storage-management services offerings. Here’s a sampling
Lockheed Martin's view of wireless security threats, from the boardroom to the battlefield
Open source icon Stormy Peters says enterprises have embraced open software, but often need help with troubleshooting it.
Test shows client side conservation doesn't help much, can even hurt performance
Company's 10-year plan likely to yield fruit, but product alignment will be key
Why Microsoft is doing it right, ACLs are better than VLANs and the dirty dark corner of NAC (management).
