EBOOK - Branch IT managers face a very dynamic environment. The number of branches is rising, telecommuting is increasing, and the demand for applications is expanding. You need to take a proactive approach, classify branches, and establish SLAs that tie to each class and can then be met through the deployment of various technologies.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: March 10, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Network Design | Network Management | Network Performance | Remote Office Connectivity | Remote Offices | WAN | WAN Switching | Web Applications Management

WHITE PAPER - Media resources are software- or hardware-based components that perform processing on two or more connected media streams. Media Resource design is an important component of overall IP Telephony implementations and care must be taken to ensure that resources are available at the right locations for maximum link efficiency.
Posted: January 25, 2010 | Published: January 25, 2010


Topics:  IP Networks | IP Switching | IP Telephony | IP VPN | Network Configuration Management | Networking | WAN | WAN Switching

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - The proliferation of user-generated content and video sharing sites has made for a constant source of new material. However, the bandwidth demands of such media often congest WAN links. One approach is to just block flash video. This technical brief presents an alternate approach that can allow video and business critical applications to co-exist.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Caching | Content Delivery | Network Appliances | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | Video-on-Demand | WAN | WAN Switching

CASE STUDY - With two data centers serving 24 offices in the U.S., Europe and India, Hitachi Consulting required a solution that could provide visibility into the applications running on the network while selectively accelerating business critical ones. Read on to learn about the solution they found.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Communications Networks | Data Center Networking | Network Appliances | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | WAN | WAN Switching

WHITE PAPER - According to a recent Nemertes study, a whopping 75% of companies polled indicate they're putting greater emphasis on video conferencing this year. This confirms our ever-growing trend towards the time- and cost-savings of video conferencing. To successfully deploy video conferencing services, avoid these eight common mistakes.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Teleconferences | Travel and Expense Management Software | Videoconferences | Videoconferencing Hardware | Videoconferencing Systems | WAN | WAN Switching

PODCAST - In this podcast, Agatha Poon of Yankee Analyst Group answers questions about upcoming trends and changes in WAN services. She answers questions about the important trends right now in global enterprise WAN, how the WAN landscape is changing, and how new tools are playing into the market. Listen to this podcast and find out what she has to say.
Posted: July 10, 2009 | Premiered: July 8, 2009


Topics:  IP Networks | IP Routing | IP Switching | MPLS | Networking | Switching | WAN | WAN Switches | WAN Switching

WHITE PAPER - Traffic between datacenters is growing at an accelerating rate. As throughput expands, the rate at which costs increase rises as well. A WAN optimization solution can help get backups and database synchronizations completed on time - without hurting VoIP or internet backhaul. Read on to learn more.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Synchronization | Server Consolidation | WAN | WAN Switching

PRODUCT LITERATURE - This white paper outlines the basic obstacles enterprise business' face having remote employees. More specifically, it provides a problem - solution approach to WAN latency and bandwith hungry application issues that disrupt profitability.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | LAN | Network Performance | WAN | WAN Hardware | WAN Switching

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper you will learn about the evolution of Ethernet, the reasons VLANs were introduced, and the ways that VLANs can be used.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Ethernet Networks | Manufacturing | VLAN | WAN | WAN Hardware | WAN Switches | WAN Switching

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise users and their data have never been further apart. Business pressures that keep employees out of headquarters and close to customers and partners have met head-on with other drivers that are bringing far flung servers back to the datacenter.
Posted: September 20, 2007 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Data Centers | Network Performance | Server Consolidation | SSL | SSL Accelerators | Tunneling | WAN | WAN Hardware | WAN Switching

WHITE PAPER - Blue Coat's SSL proxy functionality enables organizations to extend the power of the intelligent and secure proxy appliances to all SSL traffic. Read about how a proxy gives visibility and control of SSL communications.
Posted: September 20, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Databases | Internet Filtering | Internet Security | Network Performance | Proxy Server Software | SSL | SSL Accelerators | Tunneling | WAN | WAN Hardware | WAN Switching | Web Services