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Network Access Control: User and Device Authentication sponsored by Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: Networking has evolved to support both wired and wireless access, securing corporate networks from attack is even more essential. This white paper discusses how your organization can authenticate users and devices before they connect to the network. Posted: 31 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Aug 2005 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authentication \| Group Policy \| LAN \| Network Security \| Security Threats \| VPN \| WAN

Brocade FCoE Solutions for I/O Convergence sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: Fibre Channel over Ethernet is extending the reliability benefits and service of Fibre Channels to LANs and other Ethernet networks. Learn how this approach enables flexible, scalable, and simplified data center fabrics that support increasingly powerful applications and growing amounts of data. Posted: 11 Jun 2010 \| Published: 11 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| LAN

The Ultralight Branch sponsored by Aerohive Networks WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to learn more about enterprise connections and how ultralight branches can help keep users connected from multiple, small locations. Posted: 08 Dec 2011 \| Published: 08 Dec 2011 TOPICS: 802.11 \| 802.11a \| 802.11b \| 802.11g \| 802.11n \| Cloud Computing \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Computing \| LAN \| Mobile Workers \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Security \| Security \| VoIP \| VPN \| WAN \| Wireless Networks \| Wireless Security \| Wireless WAN \| WLAN

Best Practices for Virtual Infrastructure Management sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: By understanding the unique management challenges of virtualized environments and leveraging innovative solutions to meet those challenges, you will be able to help your organization reap the wide range of business benefits that virtualization can deliver. Posted: 28 Jan 2010 \| Published: 28 Jan 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| LAN \| Network Management \| Networking \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups

Forrester Thought Leadership White Paper: Exploring the Potential Benefits of End-to-End Convergence of Data Center Networks sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discloses the results of an evaluation of end-to-end storage area network/local area network (SAN/LAN) networking issues including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adoption. Posted: 14 Feb 2012 \| Published: 14 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| LAN \| LAN Hardware \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| SAN

Creating a Mobile-Centric Organization sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHITE PAPER: Discover an innovative approach to designing and deploying networks that can help you support a mobile workforce while lowering costs and cutting complexity. Posted: 24 Sep 2013 \| Published: 24 Sep 2013 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| LAN \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Network Architectures \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Security \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC \| Wireless Computing \| Wireless Internet \| Wireless Networks \| WLAN

Converged Networks sponsored by Azzurri WHITE PAPER: Discover converged network solutions that can help your organization achieve the communications infrastructure you need, aligned to the strategy and objectives you set in place. Posted: 21 Feb 2012 \| Published: 21 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Application Service Providers \| Applications Management Services \| Communications Networks \| Converged Networks \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| WAN

Quality of Service (QoS) in High-Priority Applications sponsored by Transition Networks, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper will discuss both hard and soft QoS techniques including 802.1P, IP Precedence, Differentiated Services, Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) and ATM specific priority resources. Posted: 08 Sep 2008 \| Published: 05 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Customer Service \| Enterprise \| LAN \| QOS \| Quality Control \| VoIP

Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) allows Oracle Database to run any packaged or custom application, unchanged across a set of clustered events. Posted: 09 Dec 2008 \| Published: 09 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Databases \| High Availability \| LAN \| NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| Scalability Testing \| Storage Management

Seven Criteria for Sound Investment for WAN Optimization sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Choosing a WAN optimization solution can be a tough challenge. How do you maximize the benefits of WAN optimization and minimize TCO? This white paper can help. Discover seven major points to consider before investing in a WAN optimization solution. Posted: 04 Jun 2007 \| Published: 01 Feb 2007 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Data Center Management \| LAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| WAN \| WAN Hardware