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Manufacturer Optimizes Data Center Network for SAP Portal

whitepaper Today, application servers and application acceleration solutions are deployed across the two data centers, including a pair of Cisco Content Switching Modules (CSMs) for Catalyst 6500 Switches. For one large European manufacturer of factory...

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[13 May 2008]

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Virtual Switching System (VSS) 1440

whitepaper The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Virtual Switching System (VSS) 1440 is a new and exciting innovation on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches that effectively allows the clustering of two or more physical chassis together into a single, logical...

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[11 May 2008]

Architectural Trade-Offs for Collaboration Services Supporting Contextual Collaboration

whitepaper This model is usually implemented by a contextual collaboration infrastructure that needs to efficiently cope with the fast switching between different modes of interaction. Contextual collaboration services seamlessly integrate existing groupware...

Tags: collaborative web

[11 May 2008]

Power Struggle: How IT Managers Cope With Data Center Power Demands and the Raptor Solution

whitepaper These operators must continuously plan and implement plans to update, increase the number of, and relocate switching units and the associated devices into other areas using other cooling sources, while distributing the operation of the data center...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Supervisor Redundancy for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches With Cisco Catalyst Operating System

whitepaper In such a critical role, the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series must provide a reliable switching platform that offers high performance and intelligent network services. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series multilayer switches have become a primary component of an...

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[11 May 2008]

Operational Best Practices for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series

whitepaper With the wide-scale deployment of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series in networks worldwide, Cisco Systems has been able to better understand the demands placed on the switching infrastructure. Companies today place high demands on network infrastructure.

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[11 May 2008]

Deploying Private VLANS in the Data Center

whitepaper However, there are certain interoperability issues that exist today when trying to integrate PVLANs with content switching in a data center environment. Deploying Private VLANs (PVLANs) in an enterprise data center environment provides an effective...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

3Com Solutions: XRN Technology and Clustered Stacking

whitepaper The most recent evolution, which includes 3Com's unique eXpandable Resilient Networking (XRN) technology, enables up to eight individual switches to be combined as a single switching and routing entity.

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[11 May 2008]

UK blueprint on how tech can beat climate change

News Suffolk said it was important for CIOs to begin by mastering the basics in cutting carbon, such as: using equipment for longer, using DC power and fresh air cooling in data centres, switching off computers out-of-hours, reducing employee-to...

Tags: climate change, energy, green it

[08 May 2008]

Using Speech Recognition With Different Languages in Office

whitepaper After speech recognition is installed, one can use it in Office by switching between two modes - Dictation mode and Voice Command mode. This feature of using speech recognition with different languages in Office is available in the Simplified...

Tags: voice recognition

[06 May 2008]

Switching Essentials

whitepaper Switching is an interesting topic. It could be an easy thing in your network, or it could be something that keeps you up nights. This white paper addresses the basics of Layer 2 technology and helps you get your switch up and running.

Tags: switching, switch, layer, nights

[03 May 2008]

Advancing the Economics of Networking: Juniper Networks Ethernet Switching Solutions Reduce Capital and Operational IT Expenses

whitepaper Aging network systems and old habits have dictated how businesses spend their IT budgets. As a result, a large percentage, if not a majority, of IT dollars are being spent to merely "Stay in the race" and keep pace with the competition.

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[02 May 2008]

Tech Futures: The talkification of the web

Comment It joins two phone lines together over the internet through a simple phone number input interface, and then connects users via local, cheaper switching stations. Now it's the turn of telecoms, argues Howard Greenfield.

Tags: internet, comms, voice

[01 May 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Instant delays

Comment Never before in the history of mankind has so much processing been deployed to do such simple jobs as switching on a light, changing channels, increasing volume, adjusting temperature or opening a car door.

Tags: operating systems, software, design

[16 Apr 2008]

Deploying Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System 1440

whitepaper Cisco responds to this challenge with the introduction of the Virtual Switching System (VSS) 1440, an innovative technology that enables two Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches to be pooled into a single, logical entity.

Tags: switching

[14 Apr 2008]

Acceleration Technologies: Maximize Data Center Applications With the Cisco ACE 4710 Application Control Engine

whitepaper The Cisco ACE Application Control Engine 4710 Appliance, a member of the Cisco family of Data Center 3.0 solutions and a critical component of Cisco ACE product family, is a powerful new standalone application switching and optimization solution.

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[11 Apr 2008]

How to Make BGP Work Through the Firewalls

whitepaper This configuration has caused headaches for IT personnel who are familiar with Routing and Switching but on the security aspect of the firewalls. This white paper deals with how to handle iBGP or eBGP peering sessions between routers across either...

Tags: firewalls

[11 Apr 2008]

Photos: Robots, lasers, action

Photo Georgia Tech and Emory researchers are now working to help El-E expand its capabilities to include switching lights on and off when the user selects a light switch and opening and closing doors when the user selects a door knob.

Tags: healthcare, laser, robotics

[10 Apr 2008]

Advanced Switching for the PCI Express* Architecture

whitepaper This article examines the capabilities of the proposed Advanced Switching specification for the PCI Express architecture (AS for PCI-Ex) against requirements of many interconnect technologies.

Tags: interfaces / buses / i/os, pci express, express, examines

[10 Apr 2008]

iSCSI High Availability Design using the MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Switches

whitepaper This white paper focuses on the aspects of extending the SAN utilizing the iSCSI protocol within the Cisco MDS 9000 IP Services switching module. Design considerations and typical implementations are discussed to guide end users on how to implement...

Tags: switching, cisco, switching, module

[10 Apr 2008]

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