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RSS switchHow to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News We were looking to remove unwanted costs, switch things off and dial down the service levels to make bigger savings [than getting the same services at a lower price]. How does a business pay less for its IT services when... [20 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News His latest book is the The Big Switch. Could some of the big names in outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud - instead of... [19 Nov 2009]
Photos: How Dubai's driverless trains get their wi-fi
Photo The company also installed this GPS/Ethernet switch (pictured above) on each train, which can convert the system's GPS signal to IP data for connection to on-board applications such as passenger information systems. [17 Nov 2009]
Why Switch From IPSec to SSL VPN: And Four Steps to Ease Transition
White Paper Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) were originally developed over a decade ago to help businesses avoid the costs of privately-leased WAN lines. IPSec VPNs work by establishing a tunnel over the Internet... [12 Nov 2009]
Wireless LAN Virtualization: Twice the Network at Half the Cost
White Paper With the increase in bandwidth comes the prospect of eliminating the vast majority of wireline switch ports. With the introduction of 802.11n, WLAN radio data rates of 300Mbps and peak throughput not too far behind have... [12 Nov 2009]
Light Weight Framework for RFID Applications
White Paper The customers can switch from one RFID vendor to other without modifying the source code of the existing application. This white paper elucidates the development of a Framework for RFID applications, which acts as an... [12 Nov 2009]
Making NAC Security-Aware With IF-MAP
White Paper However, no single tool usually has the "big picture," an ability to say that a particular MAC address is on some port of some switch with an IP address, an authenticated identity (and access controls) and an end-point... [12 Nov 2009]
Software-as-a-Service Web Security - Why Switch?
White Paper It is necessary to cover these areas in order to understand why the typical Web security infrastructure has grown so much in recent years and why the case for a switch to SaaS Web Security has therefore become... [11 Nov 2009]
IP Telephony from A to Z
White Paper Making the decision to switch to IP telephony and deploying the system is no small task. But help is here. Download this complementary e-book to assist you with your pre-decision questions and post-decision planning and... [11 Nov 2009]
How a Spanning Tree Works
White Paper The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame and recording the source MAC address in a dynamic table. The switch will also associate a learned MAC address with a... [03 Nov 2009]
Access control Lists (ACLs)
White Paper In Cisco IOS, ACLs are used for many things, including, but not limited to, filtering data packets (firewalling), controlling Telnet or SSH access to a router or switch, filtering routing protocols, specifying Quality of... [03 Nov 2009]
Switching Essentials
White Paper This white paper addresses the basics of Layer 2 technology and helps you get your switch up and running. Switching is an interesting topic. It could be an easy thing in your network, or it could be something that keeps... [03 Nov 2009]
Working with Telecommunications: Churning in the Telecommunications Industry
White Paper Churn is not restricted to the telecommunications market - it occurs wherever stiff competition provides incentives for customers to switch providers. Churn is the process of customer turnover. In the mobile... [03 Nov 2009]
Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in the process free up spectrum, which can then be used for broadband services. Viviane Reding, information society and... [30 Oct 2009]
Get top-ranked Novell support for Red Hat when you switch
White Paper If Linux is going to power your mission-critical applications, you'd better have the best support known to business. Novell provides unparalleled support, tools, and reports to help you understand your Linux environment. [26 Oct 2009]
