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  • April 10, 2007 10 Apr'07

    Capacity planning software specifications

    Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators, and a new generation of capacity planning tools is emerging to help forecast growth and utilisation of storage resources.

  • April 09, 2007 09 Apr'07

    HP renews SMB storage campaign

    With the launch of the new All-in-One 1200 and the shifting of executives to a new SMB business unit, HP is focused on its low-end products in an effort to boost growth.

  • April 05, 2007 05 Apr'07

    Goldman Sachs: Interest in NetApp SAN products wanes

    A survey by the investment firm shows enterprise storage buyers had a declining interest in NetApp SAN products over the last year.

  • April 04, 2007 04 Apr'07

    Wireless VoIP market to grow rapidly

    VoIP and Voice over Wi-Fi markets are expected to be strong in 2007 and remain so through 2012.

  • March 25, 2007 25 Mar'07

    Why is VoIP authentication essential?

    VoIP authentication advice.

  • March 25, 2007 25 Mar'07

    VoIP protocols

    VoIP protocols -- the strengths and weaknesses of each.

  • March 22, 2007 22 Mar'07

    Midrange storage array specifications

    Product snapshots highlighting key specifications for a cross section of midrange storage array products.

  • March 22, 2007 22 Mar'07

    11n will boost speed, prompt upgrades

    802.11n's speed will be a welcome boost for end-users, but will create headaches as admins face network upgrades to deal with the demand for bandwidth it unleashes.

  • March 20, 2007 20 Mar'07

    NAC panel says technology may not add up

    A panel discussing the potential of using network access control (NAC) says the technology may not be worth the price of deploying and maintaining it.

  • March 19, 2007 19 Mar'07

    Power over Ethernet power consumption: The hidden costs

    Power over Ethernet (PoE) has many advantages in a VoIP migration, but some companies overlook the amount of power needed to run PoE for VoIP and the costs and cooling requirements that come with it.

  • March 18, 2007 18 Mar'07

    Cisco stamps on Brocade in Q4, Dell'Oro says

    For the second quarter in a row Cisco is gaining SAN switch market share on Brocade, according to the latest report by the Dell'Oro Group. But the numbers are causing a firestorm.

  • March 18, 2007 18 Mar'07

    VoIP security worries are plentiful, potent

    VoIP creates a new set of security issues for your network, as expert Ed Skoudis explains.

  • March 18, 2007 18 Mar'07

    New gigabit standard: How fast is fast enough?

    Last June, the 10GBASE-T standard was published promising 10 Gbit operations on copper cabling. This standard was originally targeted toward data centers, but the Ethernet Alliance and IEEE are working on increasing this standard to potentially 40 ...

  • March 15, 2007 15 Mar'07

    Open source IP telephony on hold?

    Is open source telephony ready for your business? Read on to learn if it's the real deal.

  • March 15, 2007 15 Mar'07

    Carrier MPLS support for VoIP

    Achieving QoS for reliable voice transmissions can be the biggest challenge of deploying VoIP. Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) might be the answer!

  • March 11, 2007 11 Mar'07

    Wi-Fi interference

    In this research report, undertook the challenge to quantify the problem of interference in wireless LANs and defined a methodology for evaluating the effects of interference on WLANs.

  • March 07, 2007 07 Mar'07

    Microsoft outlines software-centric VoIP, UC

    Microsoft unveils its vision of a software-based VoIP system to enable unified communications.

  • March 06, 2007 06 Mar'07

    Cisco, IBM announce new unified communications platform

    Cisco and IBM today announced a new unified communications platform that will allow users to access collaboration applications and tie together the capabilities of both companies' solutions.

  • March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

    Nortel switch release focuses on unified communications

    Nortel today released two new switch series aimed at unified communications deployments.

  • March 04, 2007 04 Mar'07

    NetApp stokes midrange fires with new array

    The FAS 3040 is a scaled down version of the 64-bit 3070 architecture; NetApp officials say more moves downmarket will follow.

  • March 04, 2007 04 Mar'07

    Unified Communications to dominate VoiceCon

    Unified Communications will again be a major focus of VoiceCon Spring.

  • March 04, 2007 04 Mar'07

    Buzz builds around data reduction for primary storage

    Analysts predict that in-band compression offerings from StoreWiz, newly updated this week, are the first step toward a new wave of primary storage deduplication products.

  • March 04, 2007 04 Mar'07

    Expert: NAC not a network security cure-all

    According to an expert at Black Hat DC, NAC success demands careful planning and a good understanding of the company network; otherwise, implementations can quickly go awry.

  • February 28, 2007 28 Feb'07

    RFID cloning presentation moves forward despite legal threats

    Chris Paget, director of research and development at IOActive spoke mainly about the science behind RFID tags and readers and the inherent security issues of the technology.

  • February 28, 2007 28 Feb'07

    Can setting up a VPN help you get around blocked VoIP ports?

    Can setting up a VPN help you get around blocked VoIP ports?

  • February 27, 2007 27 Feb'07

    Black Hat presenter nixes RFID cloning demo under pressure

    A demonstration of a device that could easily clone radio frequency identification (RFID) badges, was pulled from a conference presentation under pressure from a chip maker.

  • February 25, 2007 25 Feb'07

    HP announces iSCSI VTL for SMBs

    HP's new iSCSI VTL devices include automated backup capabilities for users with fewer than four servers.

  • February 25, 2007 25 Feb'07

    IP PBX: Ten reasons to switch

    Should you throw out the old PBX and replace it with a new IP PBX? This tip from WindowsNetworking.com provides ten compelling reasons to do so.

  • February 25, 2007 25 Feb'07

    Gartner: Quad-core slowed 2006 server sales

    New Gartner data suggests that quad-core servers are not exciting users.

  • February 20, 2007 20 Feb'07

    Cisco routers threatened by drive-by pharming

    Millions of Cisco routers in circulation could be compromised by a newly-discovered attack technique Symantec calls drive-by pharming, the networking giant warned in an advisory.

  • February 20, 2007 20 Feb'07

    All about automation

    Automating your IT operations is a trick that creates obvious benefits. In this article, we explain how data center automation can help an entire enterprise.

  • February 19, 2007 19 Feb'07

    What is presence?

    Presence technology makes it possible to locate and identify a computing device wherever it might be, as soon as the user connects to the network.

  • February 15, 2007 15 Feb'07

    News Wrap 2.0

    We've just discovered a great new application for technology that can save you an incredible amount of time, money and heartache.

  • February 14, 2007 14 Feb'07

    VoIP complexities stall implementation for SMBs

    VoIP sales in the SMB market are predicted to lead revenue in the next several years, but most SMBs are confused by the number of different solutions.

  • February 14, 2007 14 Feb'07

    Cisco VoIP managment guide: Required management tasks

    Comprehensive VoIP management includes the basic network management tasks, but also includes monitoring services such as dial tone delivery, call success rates, telephony delays and impairments, as well as call quality. VoIP telephony management is ...

  • February 12, 2007 12 Feb'07

    Skype makes more enterprise inroads

    Skype has teamed with FaceTime Communications to give companies more control over Skype use within the enterprise.

  • February 11, 2007 11 Feb'07

    VoIP helps ensure disaster recovery

    VoIP bolsters your disaster recovery plans and should be at the core of any well-planned disaster recovery strategy.

  • February 11, 2007 11 Feb'07

    VoIP helps ensure disaster recovery

    VoIP bolsters your disaster recovery plans and should be at the core of any well-planned disaster recovery strategy.

  • February 10, 2007 10 Feb'07

    Cisco VoIP management guide: VoIP management lifecycle

    VoIP lifecycle management enables enterprises to safely pursue large production deployments. The management lifecycle includes the following four elements.

  • February 10, 2007 10 Feb'07

    Cisco VoIP management guide: Enterprise VoIP management solutions

    Enterprise VoIP management solutions require two considerations: the scale of production environment and the need to extend support resources with a systems integrator or service provider.

  • February 10, 2007 10 Feb'07

    Cisco VoIP management guide: Cisco requires proactive management

    Managing Cisco VoIP solutions means network managers must rely on credible, experienced vendors to some extent. Fortunately, many vendors have emerged as trusted, viable partners that can offer an end-to-end management solution for Cisco VoIP ...

  • February 10, 2007 10 Feb'07

    Cisco VoIP managment guide: Required management tasks

    Comprehensive VoIP management includes the basic network management tasks, but also includes monitoring services such as dial tone delivery, call success rates, telephony delays and impairments, as well as call quality. VoIP telephony management is ...

  • February 10, 2007 10 Feb'07

    Cisco management guide: Selecting a VoIP solution

    Selecting a VoIP solution means deciding on independent VoIP tools or a VoIP solution suite of integrated products.

  • February 10, 2007 10 Feb'07

    Cisco VoIP management guide: Recommendations and summary

    Enterprises now have solid choices of management solutions for their Cisco VoIP deployment. The short list for any enterprise should include Prognosis, Infovista, or Cisco.