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Network Firewall Policy Tries

whitepaper These critical devices filter traffic by comparing arriving packets to a list of rules, or security policy, in a sequential manner. Network firewalls remain the forefront defense for most computer systems.

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Trie-Based Policy Representations for Network Firewalls

whitepaper These critical devices filter traffic by comparing arriving packets to a list of rules, or security policy, in a sequential manner. Network firewalls remain the forefront defense for most computer systems.

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Performing Effective MTBF Comparisons for Data Center Infrastructure

whitepaper Mean time between failure (MTBF) is often proposed as a key decision making criterion when comparing data center infrastructure systems. This paper explains how MTBF can be effectively used as one of several factors for specification and selection...

Tags: data center, assumptions, decision making, numbers

[25 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News Comparing the two competing technologies to another pair of competing standards - GSM and CDMA - Kellett said GSM is the dominant cellular technology globally because it was first to market. O is for Operating systems

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Comparing Metro WDM Systems: Unidirectional vs. Bidirectional Implementations

whitepaper This white paper tries to shed some light on this topic, explaining the differences and comparing pros and cons for the two alternative approaches. One easy feature to be seen as a difference among the broad offer of Metro WDM products is the...

Tags: bandwidth issues, fiber, metro, duplex

[10 Apr 2008]

Real-Time Java, Part 2: Comparing Compilation Techniques

whitepaper This paper looks at some of the issues involved in compiling the Java language both statically and dynamically, with a focus on implications for Real-Time (RT) systems. Java application performance has sometimes been a source of heated debate in...

Tags: java

[09 Apr 2008]

Comparing Cluster Interconnects: LS-DYNA Performance Benchmarks for Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco Double Data Rate InfiniBand

whitepaper The ability of a high-performance cluster (HPC) to positively affect application performance is one of the most important factors to consider in selecting a switching fabric type and interconnect. Though the characteristics of an application affect...

Tags: ethernet

[03 Apr 2008]

ShoreTel System Keeps Pace With Retailer Design Within Reach's Expansion Plans

whitepaper After extensively comparing VoIP solutions, Design Within Reach choose the ShoreTel solution, based on ease of implementation, centralized management, and cost-effectiveness. Thirty-five retail stores were already open, each using separate and...

Tags: voice - data integration, phone, locations, nortel

[02 Apr 2008]

Enterprise Java Virtualization--Understanding the TCO Implications

whitepaper Then, learn more about a useful model for comparing the potential costs of running Java apps under competing architectures. In this free executive brief, understand the most important TCO factors for a virtualized enterprise Java application, as...

Tags: java

[18 Mar 2008]

Philips Medical Systems Cures Storage Heartache With the Intel Entry Storage System SS4000-E

whitepaper After comparing multiple products, Philips chose the Intel Entry Storage System SS4000-E. Philips Medical Systems decided that a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) system was needed to cure their customers' storage heartache.

Tags: storage management

[04 Mar 2008]

Eliminating Design and Execute Modes From Virtual Environment Authoring Systems

whitepaper The paper presents two alternative prototypes for achieving this and report on the results of a usability experiments comparing each environment. This paper reports on efforts to create a virtual environment authoring tool for novices.

Tags: authoring systems

[08 Jan 2008]

ShoreTel System Keeps Pace With Retailer Design Within Reach's Expansion Plans

whitepaper After extensively comparing VoIP solutions, Design Within Reach choose the ShoreTel solution, based on ease of implementation, centralized management, and cost-effectiveness. Thirty-five retail stores were already open, each using separate and...

Tags: phone, locations, nortel, voice

[03 Jan 2008]

CTCP: Improving TCP-Friendliness Over Low-Buffered Network Links

whitepaper However, CTCP requires detecting incipient congestion effectively by estimating the backlogged packets and comparing it to a pre-defined parameter gamma. Choosing the appropriate value for gamma could be a problem because this parameter depends on...

Tags: tcp - ip

[19 Dec 2007]

Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century

Comment There is no guarantee of unified quality of service," he points out, comparing it to today's patchwork of disconnected wi-fi networks. O is for Operating systems What we do know is that telecoms firms are voting with their feet as they move from...

Tags: mobile, spectrum, wireless, next generation

[17 Dec 2007]

Protocols for the VoIP and Converged Network

whitepaper Comparing protocol flows for PSTN and VoIP calls Enabling systems for the converged network This is the second of six technical briefing papers that examine the concepts, operation and analysis of converged networks.

Tags: voip - ip telephony, converged, protocol, converged network

[12 Dec 2007]

New Generation NAS - Higher performance at lower cost

whitepaper There is considerable confusion when comparing the cost of devices in different capacities. New generation NAS devices offer twice the performance at almost one tenth of the cost of existing enterprise-class fiber channel NAS devices.

Tags: channel, generation, fiber, nas

[12 Dec 2007]

Programming Web Services With Perl: Programming SOAP

whitepaper By comparing and contrasting the modules, one will learn their strengths and weaknesses. The last part of the paper covers other SOAP-related utility modules, which either augment the client/server SOAP modules or add SOAP-related functionality to...

Tags: web development and design, client, modules, client server

[17 Oct 2007]

Comparing In-House Fax Servers to Outsourced Messaging Services

whitepaper You can leverage current IT messaging email infrastructure, eliminate costs and outdated technology, integrate with CRM and ERP systems, and free up resources and budget dollars. Fax servers (network accessible fax machines) promise easier...

Tags: messaging, fax, fax servers, crm

[27 Sep 2007]

Comparing RAID-0 Performance on Linux and Windows XP

whitepaper This research applies an experimental benchmarking tool to compare the RAID-0 performance of two prominent operating systems: Red Hat 9 Linux 2.4.20.6, and Windows XP Professional. A common benchmarking tool with identical test cases was run on...

Tags: raid, operating systems, tool, mix

[31 Aug 2007]

A Simulation Environment for Analysis of QoS and Signaling Load in Mobile Cellular Networks

whitepaper Results for exchanged signaling load in GSM and IS-41/136 systems and a performance evaluation of the proposed channel allocation scheme comparing with other algorithms are presented for QoS based analysis mainly focusing on blocking probability...

Tags: cellular equipment, channel, cellular, load

[23 Aug 2007]

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