LAN
RSS LANiAnywhere Mobile Office for iPhone Security Overview
White Paper With the increasing popularity of the Apple iPhone (and its Wireless LAN cousin, the iPod Touch), pressure has mounted on enterprise IT to allow these devices to access corporate data. From a user perspective this may be... [13 Nov 2009]
Email Security Success: Securing Your Email Infrastructure What's Been Going Wrong and How to Fix It
White Paper However, current approaches to email security be they LAN or Managed Service Provider based, are failing to eliminate vulnerabilities. Email is now most critical business application. It warrants robust protection. [13 Nov 2009]
Top 10 Things Network Managers Need to Know About Wireless LAN Virtualization
White Paper As far as applications and users are concerned, the Virtual Port has all the same characteristics as an Ethernet port: consistent, reliable connectivity. The big difference is that whereas Ethernet is tethered to a wire, the Virtual Port... [12 Nov 2009]
Top 5 Things CIOs Need to Know About Wireless LAN Virtualization
White Paper Virtualization has already made servers, storage and other IT assets more flexible, letting IT adjust the resources available to each application on demand. WLAN Virtualization does the same for the network. [12 Nov 2009]
Wireless LAN Operations: From Reactive to Proactive
White Paper Enterprises everywhere are turning to Wireless Networks (WLANs) as their primary network to provide users mobility, increase productivity and lower infrastructure cost. The recent ratification of 802.11n has added fuel to that fire, by... [12 Nov 2009]
The All-Wireless Workplace Is Now Open for Business: Using 802.11n as Your Primary Network LAN Deployments
White Paper Wi-Fi technology has been steadily improving for some years, to the extent that many workers now rely on wireless as their primary data connection to the corporate network. Wi-Fi infrastructure for manufacturing and retail organizations,... [12 Nov 2009]
Wireless LAN Virtualization: Twice the Network at Half the Cost
White Paper With the introduction of 802.11n, WLAN radio data rates of 300Mbps and peak throughput not too far behind have propelled the speed of wireless networks past wired Ethernet. With the increase in bandwidth comes the prospect of eliminating... [12 Nov 2009]
Integrating Wired IDS With Wi-Fi Using Open-Source IDS to Complement a Wireless IDS/IPS Deployment
White Paper To address security concerns in wireless LAN deployments, many organizations have deployed Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems (WIDS) to monitor wireless activity for signs of attack. Deployed as an integrated... [12 Nov 2009]
Banning Wireless Doesn't Stop Users: Understand How to Protect Your Network and Support Wi-Fi Enthusiasts
White Paper Despite great strides in Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology, many organizations continue to choose a "No-Wireless" policy, meaning wireless deployments of any kind are expressly prohibited by organizational guidelines. [12 Nov 2009]
802.11n: The End of Ethernet?
White Paper The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11n standard represents the beginning of the end for wired Ethernet as the dominant Local Area Network (LAN) access technology in the enterprise. [12 Nov 2009]
Fiber Channel Over Ethernet: Enabling Server I/O Consolidation
White Paper Moving Storage Area Network (SAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) traffic onto a single transport benefits data centers in many ways. The development of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) opens the door to the real... [12 Nov 2009]
Conducting a WLAN Site Survey and Implementation for the Cisco Unified Wireless Network
White Paper When preparing to conduct a site survey for a Cisco wireless LAN (WLAN) installation, follow the Cisco network design methodology. Cisco's Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate and Optimize (PPDIOO) addresses the... [03 Nov 2009]
The Case for Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
White Paper The virtual LAN is a recent addition to the history of Ethernet. The VLAN was introduced to solve a number of networking issues. In this whitepaper you will learn about the evolution of Ethernet, the reasons VLANs were... [03 Nov 2009]
How a Spanning Tree Works
White Paper This white paper focuses on Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), IEEE Standard 802.11, and addresses the functions of an Ethernet LAN switch. The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame... [03 Nov 2009]
The Cisco Solution for Managed SIP Trunks
White Paper Convergence on the business customer's LAN and WAN environment is also extending to the heart of business voice telephony, namely the traditional Public Branch eXchange (PBX). The telecommunications industry is in the... [30 Oct 2009]
