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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 - This white paper looks at the specific issues behind application performance problems and how to resolve them within an ADN environment. It explores how important acceleration technologies such as bandwidth management, compression, protocol optimization, byte caching, and object caching can optimize key enterprise applications.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Network Applications Software | Network Performance | WAN | Web Application Security

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Consolidating data centers directly affects OPEX by reducing costs -- not only of buildings, but the staff to run the data centers -- as well as reducing the complexity of the network. When consolidation is well architected, it calls for data mirroring, storage replication, and backup processes in order to proactively plan for business continuity.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Networking | Data Mirroring | Data Replication | Network Management | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Software developers write code to power applications that drive today's businesses. Whether you are looking at ubiquitous applications such as Microsoft Word or your own in-house software, chances are that they are not very WAN-friendly. The focus of this paper is to highlight the TCP protocol's shortcomings for WAN transmission purposes.
Posted: February 12, 2010 | Published: February 12, 2010


Topics:  Mobile Device Management | Mobile Workers | Remote Office Connectivity | Scripting | TCP | TCP/IP | WAN | WAN Hardware | Wireless Networks | Wireless Security

WHITE PAPER - The question of how to effectively back up data has been plaguing IT departments for years. This paper will examine the differences between the first and second generation disk-based backup systems.
Posted: February 11, 2010 | Published: February 11, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Data Deduplication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Storage Management | Tape Backups | Vendors | WAN

ANALYST BRIEF - Teleworking in the cloud is enjoying a bump in visibility because of hype about cloud computing and the appearance of new software as a service (SaaS) players. Use Gartner's cloud security-planning guidelines to mitigate risks of data loss and exposure when users rely on third-party-hosted applications.
Posted: February 10, 2010 | Published: May 15, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Network Security | Remote Access Security | Risk Management | Security | Software as a Service | Telecommuting | WAN

WHITE PAPER - As enterprises embrace the distributed concept, the network can significantly limit the ability to capitalize on opportunities. By adopting a solution-based distributed enterprise approach, you can enable the network and its applications to support and accelerate business with a location-agnostic and cost-effective approach.
Posted: February 10, 2010 | Published: August 10, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Distributed Computing | Network Infrastructure | Network Performance | Networking | Remote Office Connectivity | Remote Offices | WAN

EGUIDE - New applications along with QoS standards are increasing demand on network availability and performance and in order to meet these requirements enterprises need to employ more monitoring and management for the WAN. This E-Guide provides shows how to leverage a managed service provider's expertise to limit the cost impact of these new requirements.
Posted: February 9, 2010 | Published: February 9, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Center Consolidation | IT Services | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | QOS | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn the complexity of managing WAN traffic is increasing, organizations need more capabilities for optimizing application performance than just WAN acceleration.
Posted: February 5, 2010 | Published: February 5, 2010


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Boards of Directors | Business Performance Management | CEOs | CFOs | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Network Performance | SLA | Telecommunications Regulations | WAN

CASE STUDY - From opening remote files and applications up to 100x faster to reducing backup and replication time, Riverbed solved infrastructure challenges facing Liz Claiborne, Mitsubishi Motors, Alstom Power, and Mindspeed Technologies. Review these four case studies.
Posted: February 3, 2010 | Published: February 3, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Data Replication | Network Convergence | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance | Networking | WAN

VIDEO - It’s not always a flood or fire- 50% of “disasters” are caused by users. Learn how you can get beyond basic backup to ensure a cost effective, proven DR plan that will guarantee zero downtime for class 1 applications and improve WAN-based replication 5x-50x.
Posted: February 3, 2010 | Premiered: February 3, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | WAN

WEBCAST - What does it take to effectively accelerate Web-based applications across your enterprise WAN? And what kind of business impact can web acceleration have on your business? Tune in to this webcast to find out.
Posted: February 3, 2010 | Premiered: February 3, 2010


Topics:  Network Convergence | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance | Networking | WAN | WAP | Web Applications Management | Wireless WAN

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - One of the greatest challenges today is effectively backing up and protecting the vast amounts of data stored throughout an organization. With WAN optimization, you can accelerate network-based backup by 5x and can reduce bandwidth use by up to 95%. Download this paper and learn more about this strategy today.
Posted: February 1, 2010 | Published: February 1, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Bandwidth Management | Network Convergence | Network Management | Network Performance | Storage Systems | WAN

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

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Like all IP traffic, VoIP can be prone to security threats from internal and external attacks and application vulnerabilities. However, potential latency, jitter, packet loss and echo due to an underperforming firewall could significantly degrade communications. The ideal solution would provide comprehensive security that introduces no latency.
Posted: January 13, 2010 | Published: January 13, 2010


Topics:  Converged Networks | Firewall Appliances | Firewall Management | IP Networks | Network Convergence | Network Security | VoIP | WAN | WAN Hardware