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- Electronics Giant Streamlines Collaboration With Adaptive Network Architecture
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in electronics components and a growing force in consumer markets, partnered with HP Services to develop and deploy a dynamic network management environment. They needed to avoid delays in connecting affiliates, partners and suppliers which hindered innovation. The complicated change management increases overhead...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Collaboration, Network, Electronics, Network Architecture, Network Management, HP ANA Environment, Networking, Network Administration
- Case studies
- Project Rio: A Dynamic Adaptive Network Architecture
- Next generation architectures and implementations must provide not only the discovery and aggregation of services, but be able to dynamically adapt to changes on the network, provide mechanisms to seamlessly heal and adapt to the addition and removal of compute resources without apriori knowledge of their existence, and scale to...
- Tags: Network, Sun Microsystems Inc., Network Architecture, Networking
- White papers
- Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) Technologies for Broadband Access: A Review [Invited]
- The Passive Optical Network PON is an optical fiber based network architecture, which can provide much higher bandwidth in the access network compared to traditional copper-based networks. Incorporating Wavelength-Division Multiplexing WDM in a PON allows one to support much higher bandwidth compared to the standard PON, which operates in the...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Optical Network, Microsoft Access, Network, Broadband, Network Architecture, Optical Society Of America, Passive Optical Network, Networking, Optical Networking, Network Administration, Fiber Optics, Telecommunications
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Enterprise Transformation and Network Architecture: Constructing a Platform for Business Value Acceleration
- Whether the company is being strongly affected by globalization, outsourcing, private equity competition, increased regulation, or Web 2.0, it is clear that future requirements for enterprise computing will only be more demanding. To survive and prosper, companies must reduce operating costs, increase automation and control, and prepare to scale the...
- Tags: Private Equity, Network, Vision, SOA, Network Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Networking, Globalization, Network Administration, Financial Services, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-03-01
- How Network Architecture Simplifies the Deployment of Unified Communications
- Like most enterprises, Cisco wanted to converge its separate voice and data networks to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and easily adopt new technologies such as IP communications. However, the size and complexity of the Cisco network required more than a simple redesign. It required a new and comprehensive framework...
- Tags: Network, Unified Communications, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- Case studies 2007-12-19
- Facilities Considerations for the Cisco Data Center Network Architecture
- The Cisco Data Center Network Architecture - a comprehensive, adaptive network architecture designed by Cisco Systems for agile IT support of business needs - critically depends upon underlying physical facilities to provide the power, cooling, physical housing, security, fire protection, and cabling that allow IT to function reliably and seamlessly....
- Tags: Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Administration, Networking
- White papers 2007-04-20
- Cisco Data Center Network Architecture and Solutions Overview
- The Cisco Data Center Network Architecture, based on Cisco's enterprise-wide Service Oriented Network Architecture SONA provides a cohesive foundation for IT executives to better align data center resources with business priorities. The architecture allows IT organizations to achieve lower Total Cost of Ownership TCO, enhanced resilience and greater agility by...
- Tags: Data Center, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Facility Considerations for the Data Center Version 2.0
- The Cisco Enterprise Data Center Network Architecture - a comprehensive, adaptive network architecture designed by Cisco Systems for agile IT support of business needs - critically depends upon underlying physical facilities to provide the power, cooling, physical housing, cabling, physical security, and fire protection that allow IT to function reliably...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Administration, Data Centers, Networking, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2005-07-10
- Cisco Unified Communications and the Service-Oriented Network Architecture (SONA)
- With its industry-leading breadth of solutions, its world-class partnerships, and its in-depth understanding of the technical and business challenges, Cisco Systems is uniquely able to help its customers take advantage of the best network architecture and communication system in the industry. Service-Oriented Network Architecture SONA and the Cisco Unified Communications...
- Tags: Unified Communications, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Next Generation Terabit Switch/Routers: Transforming Network Architectures
- Ethernet networks are being called upon to deliver unprecedented volumes of increasingly diverse traffic. Real-time application traffic (including VoIP, network storage, and cluster/Grid interconnect) is highly sensitive to latency and jitter. Enterprise data applications, such as ERP and CRM, often require high priority to protect them from packet loss. Other...
- Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Network, Network Architecture, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Unified Access and Application Delivery Methodology: A New Paradigm in Information Security and Network Architecture
- The concept of Unified Access Control or Network Admission Control is being talked about a great deal within the information security and network architecture industries. Many manufacturers are proposing their point solutions and products help to better the security posture of traditional network-based paradigms by repositioning traditional solutions like remote-access...
- Tags: Information Security, Microsoft Access, F5 Networks Inc., Network, Network Architecture, Networking, Network Administration, Security
- White papers 2006-07-01
- Network Architecture & Design: Virtualized Network Design for Computer Information Technology Department
- Technological advancements in information technology are causing universities around the globe to move away from the traditional classroom setting. Universities are starting to provide their entire curriculum online allowing students to learn synchronously and asynchronously, regardless of personal constraints. The rising fuel prices are affecting the student's ability to commute...
- Tags: Purdue University, Network, Network Architecture, Network Design, Computer, Network Administration, Networking
- White papers 2006-06-07
- Integrating the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP c-Class BladeSystem Into the Cisco Data Center Network Architecture
- The HP c-Class BladeSystem Enclosure represents the next generation of Blade Server and Blade Switch integration. This paper provides best design practices for deploying the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for the HP c-Class BladeSystem Enclosure within the Cisco Data Center Networking Architecture. The paper describes the internal components of...
- Tags: Cisco Catalyst, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Network Architecture, Cisco Systems Inc., HP c-Class BladeSystem Enclosure, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-05-01
- A Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis and Comparison of Edge Aggregation Network Architectures
- MSER vendors will exert considerable influence over the process of selecting the best approach for Layer 2 migration, given their incumbency within the core IP/MPLS network. However, NSP believes that service provider network planners will execute their initial deployment assessments based on mitigating the risk of impacting customer SLAs, preserving...
- Tags: Network, Fujitsu Ltd., TCO, Network Architecture, Analysis, Roi/Tco, Business Services, Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2005-11-17
- Optimizing the Network Architecture for Triple Play
- Service providers are racing to take advantage of the rapidly-developing market for Triple-Play services. Their challenge is to find a way to progressively integrate these new services, over both fiber and copper, within a unified Ethernet-based aggregation network that offers scalability at optimal cost. The goal is to build a...
- Tags: Network, Network Architecture, Alcatel, Goal, Corporate Communications, Ethernet, Business Services, Networking, Network Technology, Marketing
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Evaluation of a Wireless Enterprise Backbone Network Architecture
- IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN WLAN technology is mainly used as an access network within corporate enterprises. All the WLAN access points are eventually connected to a wired backbone to reach the Internet or enterprise computing resources. The aim of the project discussed in this paper is to expand WLAN into...
- Tags: Enterprise Computing, Backbone, Network, WLAN, Network Architecture, Hyacinth, Mesh Networking, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless
- White papers 2005-08-17
- Broadband in Africa: Getting It Right
- Broadband deployment in Africa is low and much of its infrastructure is obsolescent. African telecom operators, leveraging experience of operators in other regions, can plan the expansion of their access network architecture so advanced services can be implemented with minimal additional investment. The major trends affecting network architecture are triple...
- Tags: Network, Africa, Broadband, Network Architecture, Network Administration, Networking, Telephony, Telecommunications
- White papers 2005-08-08
- A Rapidly Deployable Communications Network Architecture for Disaster Management
- It is amply clear from the unfortunate events of September 11, 2001 and the South-Asian tsunami disaster that there exists a strong need for a rapidly deployable communications network that would serve to provide much needed connectivity and communications capabilities to rescue workers and survivors. Disaster sites are often located...
- Tags: Network, New Jersey, Disaster Management, Network Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Performance Management, Team Management, Networking, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- White papers 2005-03-26
- Network Architecture: NIH Enterprise Architecture Version 2.0
- The network is a key component of IT infrastructure that covers all of the software, hardware and transport capabilities needed to provide connectivity across the NIH. As organizations rise to the challenge of delivering consistently high-quality support and high-availability connectivity for mission-critical applications, the complexity of the network infrastructure also...
- Tags: Network, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Enterprise Architecture, Network Architecture, Networking
- White papers 2005-02-08
- Learn the basics of multiservice networks
- Learn how to optimize your organization with next-generation multiservice networks and multiservice applications that converge data, voice, and video.This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Next-Generation Network Services, discusses the following next-generation multiservice network architectures:Cisco multiservice ATMplatformsIP/MPLS routing and switching platformsmultiservice provisioning platformsTitle: Next-Generation Network ServicesISBN: 1587051591Published: November 2005Author: Robert...
- Tags: ATM, Cisco Press, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, MPLS, multiservice, network, network architecture, Next-Generation Network Services, provisioning, video, voice
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