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- Next Generation Mobility Now
- Today's competitive marketplace demands fast, reliable Internet connectivity that extends beyond the tether of coffee shop hotspots. By combining broadband speed with the greatest coverage and best-in-class security, Sprint EV-DO Revision A delivers on the promise of true mobility. Download this paper to learn how Sprint EV-DO Rev A...
- Tags: Mobility, Sprint Communications
- White papers 2008-04-24
- Sprint DataLink for Wireless WAN Fact Sheet
- Sprint DataLink for Wireless WAN lowers access costs and protects against circuit failures with a flexible and reliable wireless alternative. Whether for primary access or as back-up for wireline access, DataLink provides an added layer of redundancy for business-critical applications and flexibility for rapid deployment. To learn more about...
- Tags: Wireless WAN, Sprint Communications, WANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2008-03-14
- Sprint Converged Solutions Fact Sheet
- Converged solutions with wired/wireline integration offer the best of both the wired and wireless worlds, enabling organizations to garner these benefits and more: Improved productivity Increased flexibility Reduced costs To learn more about converged solutions and to find out how Sprint can...
- Tags: Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2008-02-15
- Nextel Direct Connect Fact Sheet
- Sprint's Nextel Direct Connect gives your business the productivity and flexibility it needs to ensure that everything happens when it should--now. Read these testimonials for a quick snapshot of Direct Connect in action and how the application can help your business move forward with the push of a button.
- Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications
- Case studies 2008-04-23
- The new Clearwire: Mobile WiMAX in the U.S. gets major cash infusion
- Sprint has finalized a groundbreaking deal to spin off its nascent U.S. WiMAX network into a joint venture partnership with Clearwire that will be funded by Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. Sprint has been building out its Xohm WiMAX into a nationwide...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Clearwire Corp., Broadband, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 13 -- Microsoft looking post-PC, counterfeit Cisco routers from China, Sprint nosedive continues
- Top 10 IT headlines Microsoft desperately trying to break free of the PC TechRepublic FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk "IT subversion" (ZDNet Microsoft adding 10,000 new data center servers a month ZDNet Sprint Nextel continues to bleed customers CNET Technology helps woman find...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Cisco Router, Router, CNET Networks Inc., Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Sprint Communications, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Long-Term Forecasting of Internet Backbone Traffic: Observations and Initial Models
- IP network capacity planning is a very important task that has received little attention in the research community. The capacity planning theory for traditional telecommunication networks is a well explored area, which has limited applicability in a packet-based network such as the Internet. This paper presents a methodology for predicting...
- Tags: Network, Internet-backbone, IP, Sprint Communications, IP Network, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers
- Impact of TCP-Like Congestion Control on the Throughput of Multicast Groups
- This paper studies the impact of randomness (i.e. variation of queuing delay due to cross traffic) on the performance of a (one-to-many) multicast session in the presence of a "TCP-like" congestion control mechanism. With a simple analytical model, this paper analyzes the throughput degradation within a multicast (one-to-many) tree under...
- Tags: Congestion, TCP, Sprint Communications, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers
- Sprint Calls the Shots With Supply Chain Analytics
- Sprint is at the forefront of integrating wireline and wireless communications services. For Sprint gaining a greater understanding of purchasing spend-leading to a leaner supply chain-was a top priority. An enterprise performance management EPM system providing visibility into the flow of goods would help the company meet these goals. A...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Enterprise Performance Management, Sprint Communications, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Innovative Partnership Helps Sprint Achieve State-of-the-Art in Statement Processing
- Sprint is one of the giants in the telecommunications industry. Faced with the need to process a huge and growing workload - more than 100 different applications, nearly 20 million mail pieces a month, and some applications growing in excess of 40% per year - Sprint urgently needed the capability...
- Tags: Pitney Bowes Inc., Partnership, Sprint Communications, Business Structures, Printers, Finance, Hardware, Peripherals
- Case studies
- Sprint Counts on NonStop Servers Across the Enterprise for Superior Performance With Low TCO
- Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. They wanted to evolve to new technologies to achieve cost efficiencies and optimize customer service. The solution was to move to the NonStop Advanced Architecture and Intel Itanium Microprocessor, integrate HP OpenView as...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, TCO, Sprint Communications, Roi/Tco, Utility Computing, Product Marketing, It Management, Processors, Semiconductors, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, It service Management, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Forming Optimal Topologies for Bluetooth-Based Wireless Personal Area Networks
- This paper addresses the problem of determining an optimal topology for Bluetooth Wireless Personal Area Networks (BT-WPANs). In BT-WPANs, multiple communication channels are available, through a frequency hopping technique. The way network nodes are grouped to share the same channel, and which nodes are selected to bridge traffic from a...
- Tags: Topology, Node, Sprint Communications, Bluetooth, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers
- Profiling Internet Backbone Traffic: Behavior Models and Applications
- Recent spates of cyber-attacks and frequent emergence of applications affecting Internet traffic dynamics have made it imperative to develop effective techniques that can extract, and make sense of, significant communication patterns from Internet traffic data for use in network operations and security management. This paper presents a general methodology for...
- Tags: Technique, Internet-backbone, Sprint Communications, Internet, Productivity, Security
- White papers
- Avaya Case Study: Sprint Recycling
- Born and bred in the streets of New York - with over 25 years industry experience under its belt - Sprint Recycling set out to take on the city's recycling challenges in 1995. Sprint Recycling needed a system to support its continued growth and potential expansion into New Jersey and...
- Tags: Recycling, Sprint Communications, Avaya Inc.
- Case studies
- Sprint's Innovative Use of Web Services Turns Possibilities Into Profit
- To engage more enterprise customers, Sprint needed a way to make its internal application functions - services - available to consumers outside its own enterprise. Sprint engaged IBM Global Services to assist with service development and deployment. The company wanted to find new ways to engage enterprise customers. Sprint engaged...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, Sprint Communications, IBM Corp., Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
- Hosted IP PBX Service Success Story: Sprint
- Sprint realized it needed to rapidly launch a new Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP solution for enterprises to address the reality of modern business: dispersed workforces, multiple forms of access, the need to simplify administration, and business continuity concerns. Sprint was looking for a partner who could deliver a reliable,...
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., IP, PBX, Sprint Communications, Telephony, Network Technology, Networking, VOIP, Telecommunications
- Case studies
- Banking on Sprint to Deliver Reliable, Secure Service
- Download this case study to find out how a custom voice and data network designed by Sprint and powered by Cisco Systems has enabled ING DIRECT, a bank that does business with its customers exclusively online, over the phone, or by mail, to: Experience zero service interruptions...
- Tags: Banking, Sprint Communications, Telephony, Business Structures, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Finance
- Case studies
- Measurement and Analysis of Single-Hop Delay on an IP Backbone Network
- This paper measures single-hop delay as experienced by packets in the Sprint IP backbone network. This paper develops a methodology to identify the contributing factors to the single-hop delay that is simple and applicable to any single-hop delay measurements. The paper demonstrates its applicability on OC-3 and OC-12 packet traces.
- Tags: Backbone, Network, IP, Delay, Sprint Communications, Analysis, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers
- Modeling Internet Backbone Traffic at the Flow Level
- Modeling the Internet traffic is an important issue. It is unlikely that one will be able to understand the traffic characteristics, predict network performance (e.g., for QoS guarantees or Service Level Agreement definition), or design dimensioning tools without analytical models. The successful evolution of the Internet is tightly coupled to...
- Tags: Traffic, Sprint Communications, Modeling, Research & Development, Internet, Service Level Management, Business Operations, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers
- Sprint White Paper: Creating an Effective Remote Access Strategy
- During the past several years, the landscape of the global workplace has changed substantially. Many companies now compete with fewer capital and human resources. Employees are more mobile and dependent on technology to deliver secure, efficient access to critical business information from anywhere, and at any time of the day....
- Tags: Sprint Communications, Remote Access, Telecommunications
- White papers
