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Network Performance Management is the discipline of optimizing how networks function, trying to deliver the lowest latency, highest capacity, and maximum reliability despite intermittent failures and limited bandwidth.
 
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10 Ways to Sell Upper Management on a Network Upgrade

By : ITManagement Published Date: Oct 10, 2007
The days of deploying new equipment for the sake of having the latest and greatest ended when the Internet bubble burst. So when you know it's time for a network upgrade, you need to have more than the technical facts — you need to arm yourself with a rock-solid business case. Start with these 10 ways to sell the members of your upper-management team on the network upgrade.
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ITManagement

2007 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report

By : Riverbed Published Date: Dec 14, 2007
Riverbed positioned in Leaders Quadrant of 2007 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers. Analyzing strengths vs. cautions, Gartner helps organizations looking to acquire WAN Optimization Controller capabilities better understand the options.
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Riverbed

5 Ugly Truths about WAFS and Caching

By : Riverbed Published Date: Apr 02, 2008
WAFS and caching are approaches used to accelerate specific applications. They sound good in theory – saving bandwidth and making files go faster over the WAN – but did you know there are serious limitations in the architecture of these approaches? This white paper will give you the real story on why WAFS and caching aren't the best approaches available for application acceleration.
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Riverbed

Achieving Business Performance Goals through Virtualization Management Best Practices

By : eG Innovations Published Date: Apr 08, 2008
This EMA white paper investigates virtualization management issues in detail, outlining the key drivers and outcomes of virtualization, explaining critical inhibitors to virtualization success (and how to overcome them), and describing core virtualization performance management solution requirements. It also briefly describes one such solution, the eG Enterprise Suite, and includes a short case study highlighting this solution in action.
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eG Innovations

Advanced Virtualization and Workload Management

By : SWsoft Published Date: Jun 12, 2007
Virtualization and workload management are essential technologies for maximizing scalability, availability and value on high-end computing systems, and Itanium(r) 2-based servers offer many options. One is SWsoft Virtuozzo, a proven, software-based virtualization solution for consolidating Linux and Windows applications. 
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SWsoft

Bandwidth Utilization Improvements: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

By : Microsoft Published Date: Mar 19, 2008
Microsoft has made significant enhancements to the architecture of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 to improve network performance. Test results demonstrate network bandwidth utilization improvements of up to 94%. Improvements were evaluated in the number of round trips, bytes sent, and bytes received. Because the bandwidth utilization associated with a page can change after the first time the page is loaded, both initial (cold) and subsequent (warm) page loads were tested.
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Microsoft

Benefits of Integrating an Onsite Appliance and Hosted Services for Network Monitoring

By : Jumpnode Systems Published Date: Jun 08, 2007
Network monitoring software packages require complex installation, ongoing maintenance and additional costs for servers and third-party applications. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) network monitoring alternatives greatly simplify implementation and maintenance, but they rely on uninterrupted Internet access to function, often require complex VPNs or firewall modifications, and typically provide limited access to historical data.
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Jumpnode Systems

Bloor: InComparison Network and Voice Management Software

By : CA WA Published Date: Apr 21, 2008
This in-depth, InComparison paper prepared by Bloor Research provides an overview of strategies and technologies for network (fault and performance) management and voice management in major enterprises. It highlights CA’s strategic directions, technology strengths and overall solution completeness. You'll find great insights on best practices for your Network and Voice Management needs.
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CA WA

Calculate Your Energy Savings with IBM Power Configurator Tool

By : IBM Published Date: Jun 19, 2008
Energy costs keep going up, and IT departments must find new ways to save. The IBM Power Configurator tool is designed to show you how IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter servers offer high-performance and flexibility businesses need, plus advanced power management that keeps energy costs as low as possible. Download the Power Configurator tool and see how much savings IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter can deliver for you.
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IBM

Centralized Data Center Management Software: Best Practices to Control Your Data Center

By : Avocent Published Date: May 11, 2006
This white paper details best practices for achieving secure access to any server or network device from a single interface in your data center. Topics covered include centralized access and control, integrating management tools, KVM server management, serial over IP, power management over IP, and full remote access.
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Avocent

Class of Service: Myths and Misconceptions

By : AT&T Published Date: Aug 14, 2007
Class of Service (CoS) functionality can help optimize network performance. For a successful deployment, network designers should identify all applications, understand requirements associated with each application, designate appropriate mapping for groups of applications and provide mechanisms in the underlying network to deliver CoS. CoS mapping and deployment are important; adhering to tested strategies and avoiding common misconceptions helps IT managers advance optimization across the wide area network.
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AT&T

Competitive Landscape: TNICs vs. NICs vs. iSCSI HBAs

By : Alacritech Published Date: Nov 28, 2005
Today's systems and servers need an efficient way to move the ever-increasing amounts of data over networks. Many companies have introduced solutions such as TCP/IP Offload Engines (TOE) Network Interface Cards (TNICs), Network Interface Cards (NICs), and iSCSI Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) to solve efficiency and throughout challenges. However, the functionality of these solutions is quite varied, and in some cases, rapidly becoming obsolete.
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Alacritech

Curb the Data Chaos: Download Top Ten Tips for Stepping Up to SAN

By : EMC Insignia Published Date: Aug 01, 2006
EMC, the world leader in storage and IT management, developed these Top 10 Tips for SMBs considering stepping up to SAN. The following tips can help you make informed decisions when selecting the hardware and technologies that you use.
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EMC Insignia

Disk Monitoring: Calculating the Real Cost of Disk

By : CCSS Published Date: Aug 21, 2007
Many IT Managers will be familiar with the ‘disk or die’ ultimatums that a disgruntled system can issue. If the system demands feeding and threatens to shut down if it doesn’t get more disk to chew, it’s time to address the issue of disk once and for all.  The expense of using disk to accommodate problems in the hope of buying extra investigation time is a quick fix that few organizations can sustain.
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CCSS

Effective Data Collection for Enterprise Monitoring

By : Indicative Software Published Date: Jun 15, 2007
Learn about agent-based versus agentless monitoring approaches to enterprise management, and how a combination of data collection technologies can realize the benefits of both.
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Indicative Software

Gartner Research Report: How to Choose Agent-Based and Agentless Monitoring Solutions

By : HP Published Date: Jun 15, 2007
View Gartner research report comparing approaches, advantages, and challenges for agent-based and agentless monitoring solutions for IT operations availability and performance monitoring.
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HP

Gartner: How IT Management can 'Green' the Data Center

By : Dell EqualLogic Published Date: Jan 22, 2008
Data centers consume large amounts of energy, so it is imperative that IT management establishes energy efficiency goals and an integrated approach to energy-saving initiatives. This Gartner research provides IT managers with an outline of the trends affecting data centers and offers strategies with which to address these changes.
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Dell EqualLogic

Gartner: US Data Centers – The Calm Before the Storm

By : Dell EqualLogic Published Date: Sep 25, 2007
According to Gartner, the majority of existing US data centers have not been designed to handle future energy demands. Strategic decisions, including the implementation of virtualization, must be made quickly. This research outlines why energy and floor space constraints will cause considerable disruption to U.S. data centers during the next three years.
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Dell EqualLogic

Guide: WAN Optimization Vendor Selection

By : Shunra Published Date: Feb 07, 2007
"Best Practices for Selecting a WAN Optimization Solution: Benchmarking Performance ROI" includes best practices for defining requirements and comparing alternative solutions, and offers a metric that IT organizations can use to select the WAN optimization solution that delivers the greatest value.
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Shunra

How Network Routers Affect IP Video Quality

By : Juniper Networks Published Date: Apr 10, 2008
Service providers are making the transition to IP infrastructures to deliver video. This move offers significant economic and operational advantages, but it also comes with challenges.  One of the main challenges is to ensure that the quality of the video is sufficiently high to attract and retain subscribers.  This paper discusses how and why service providers must be able to deliver a superior quality of experience (QoE) to drive adoption of IP video.
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Juniper Networks

HP Automation: Delivering Intelligent IT Control

By : HP Published Date: Oct 02, 2006
Read how HP allows companies to operate more efficiently by automating labor-intensive IT tasks and datacenter operations.
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HP

HP Software SiteScope and Operations Manager Software Demo

By : HP Published Date: Aug 20, 2007
View this demo and learn how the combination of HP Software Operations Manager and SiteScope can give you local monitoring for business critical infrastructure services plus remote, agentless monitoring of your overall infrastructure. Mercury SiteScope® is an agent-less system monitoring solution designed to ensure the availability and performance of distributed IT infrastructures.
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HP

HP's Proven Data Center Transformation

By : HP Published Date: Sep 24, 2007
This white paper looks at HP's approach to Data Center Transformation and how it can help enterprise data centers reduce costs, manage risks, and support business growth. Learn about the 4 key factors which should influence your data center transformation strategy. See first hand how HP embarked on a three-year transformation program for its own data centers. This ambitious program involved rationalizing 85 data centers into just six global ones- with tangible and measurable benefits.

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HP

Improving Reliability for WiMAX Antenna Sites

By : Asentria Corporation Published Date: Aug 30, 2007
In the high-stakes battle of Internet providers, WiMAX represents the latest up-and-comer to challenge DSL and cable technologies. This new wireless technology is gaining attention for its ability to provide high-speed, high-throughput broadband connections over distances of up to 30 miles instead of a few hundred feet. Exhibiting a surprising amount of utility, WiMAX can be used for a number of different applications.
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Asentria Corporation

Increasing Data Center Efficiency by Using Improved High Density Power Distribution

By : APC-MGE Published Date: Apr 25, 2006
A new approach to power distribution for high density server installations saves floor space, simplifies power cabling, saves capital cost, reduces weight, and increases electrical efficiency. This paper describes this distribution architecture and quantifies the benefits.
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APC-MGE
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