WHITE PAPER - Data center energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT budgets, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This paper addresses, in a unified and systemic way, many of the power consumption issues that IT has been grappling with in piecemeal fashion.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | IT Service Management | IT Spending | Network Appliances | Network Management Services | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - Even the smallest business can live large with a business communications system from Cisco. Why switch to a small business communications system from Cisco? Because when you combine voice, video, and data in a single network, you can cut costs and get more done.
Posted: August 14, 2009 | Published: August 14, 2009


Topics:  IP Telephony | Network Appliances | Network Architectures | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Networking | Networking Hardware | SMBs | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - When IT professionals make massive investments in the virtualized data center, financial controls to contain sprawl and maintain control are essential. This white paper shows you how to do so by implementing chargeback.
Posted: February 27, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Capacity Planning | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Network Appliances | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - In virtualized data centers, the fact that all applications and users can impact each other combined with a lack of resource monitoring can cause poor performance and even system downtime. This white paper provides a formula to avoid these problems.
Posted: February 26, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Downtime | Network Appliances | Network Monitoring | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides a brief introduction to Evolved Packet Core - a new mobile core for LTE. Key concepts and functional elements are outlined, as well as key changes in LTE requirements imposed on the Evolved Packet Core, and the deployment challenges one can expect to encounter.
Posted: June 9, 2009 | Published: June 9, 2009


Topics:  Mobile Device Management | Mobile IP | Network Appliances | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Processing | Packet Shaping | Packet Switching

WHITE PAPER - Bandwidth management is a common technique employed by IT organizations to improve quality of service over the WAN by assigning guaranteed levels of bandwidth and prioritizing traffic to improve application performance. To be effective, bandwidth management must be perfectly aligned with business policies and priorities. Read on to learn more.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  Applications Management | Bandwidth Management | Network Appliances | Network Applications Software | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Take a look at the new XTM (extensible threat management) network security from WatchGuard. See the tangible benefits this new generation of security solutions offers. No hype -- just concrete examples of XTM features and the advantages they deliver for you to evaluate against your current security.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: July 26, 2009


Topics:  Endpoint Security | Firewall Appliances | Firewall Server Hardware | Integrated Threat Management | Network Appliances | Network Security | Network Security Appliances | Security | Security Spending

WHITE PAPER - Subnetting is a complicated topic that has confused students for a very long time, however, subnetting is an important topic for many different certifications with various vendors, including Cisco.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Management Training | Network Appliances | Network Architectures | Network Management | Network Operations Centers | VLAN

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses ten common problems encountered by network technicians today and their symptoms, causes, and resolutions.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Network Appliances | Network Best Practices | Network Configuration Management | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Managers | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | Network Provisioning | Network Testing | Networking

WHITE PAPER - A small business network from Cisco helps you increase productivity without increasing your workforce. It's just one more way that Cisco helps small businesses gain and maintain a competitive advantage.
Posted: August 16, 2009 | Published: August 16, 2009


Topics:  Network Appliances | Network Design | Network Security | Networking | Networking Hardware | Small Businesses