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March 02, 2008 02 Mar'08
Evaluating messaging and email platforms

Messaging and email systems are incorporating more capabilities than ever. Learn what to think about when upgrading your messaging platform.
February 27, 2008 27 Feb'08
Alcatel-Lucent Forum: The Dynamic Enterprise

The Alcatel-Lucent Forum recently held in Paris was centred on building the Dynamic Enterprise.
February 26, 2008 26 Feb'08
Cisco hooks up WAAS with Windows Server 2008

Cisco and Microsoft divulge a deal to sell Windows Server 2008 installed on Cisco Wide Area Applications Services (WAAS) appliances for remote offices.
February 25, 2008 25 Feb'08
CCNA certification for Cisco networking channel professionals

CCNA certification offers value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators benefits, as described here by Wendell Odom.
February 25, 2008 25 Feb'08
Springer Handbook of Speech Processing

The Springer Handbook of Speech Processing provides the reader vital information needed to implement and understand VoIP.
February 24, 2008 24 Feb'08
Six steps to create a wireless LAN

Wireless LANs are deceptively simple to create. Follow our guide to ensure your WLAN has perfect coverage, can handle your applications and is easy to manage.
February 19, 2008 19 Feb'08
Top ten UC terms

Here you'll find our ten favourite unified communication terms, including communication-enabled business processes, SIP, IM, presence, and more.
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Data Domain makes remote office data deduplication push

Data Domain launches its smallest data deduplication appliance specifically built to reduce and back up data at remote offices.

February 17, 2008 17 Feb'08
Introduction to wireless networks - from "The book of wireless"

Learn about the standards and specifications that control wireless networks and explains how data moves through the network from one computer to another.
February 17, 2008 17 Feb'08
NAS product specifications

NAS is so easy to install and manage that NAS sprawl is a common problem. This is why NAS is often a prime candidate for consolidation initiatives. Learn how to purchase NAS appliances with an eye toward NAS storage consolidation.
February 17, 2008 17 Feb'08
VMware, LeftHand offer iSCSI SAN as virtual machine

Channel partners will bundle LeftHand's virtual SAN appliance with VMware licenses for an ESX infrastructure that can run on one piece of physical hardware.
February 13, 2008 13 Feb'08
HP exec: Storage blades may replace disk arrays in data center

An HP storage executive predicts that storage blades -- storage devices using the form factor and plug-and-play philosophy of blade servers - may replace disk arrays in the next 18 months
February 11, 2008 11 Feb'08
Build a solid Web conferencing strategy

Web conferencing application implementation is expected to grow along with the introduction of video and sharing elements.
February 11, 2008 11 Feb'08
penetration testing tutorial day one the basics

TechTarget ANZ expert Ed Eliff explains botnets and offers advice on how to make sure your machines do not get get caught up in one.

February 07, 2008 07 Feb'08
Intelligent network switches on the rise as more is expected of the network

With businesses expecting their networks to provide more services, vendors are building more intelligence into their switches.
February 06, 2008 06 Feb'08
IM security threats and resources

Instant messaging applications have their own set of security guidelines to prevent hacking.
February 04, 2008 04 Feb'08
The benefits and challenges of presence within unified communications

Unified communications may be the next big thing in networking, but presence is quickly becoming the next big thing within unified communications.
January 30, 2008 30 Jan'08
With EX Series, Juniper aims to be a switch hitter

With the unveiling of its new line of switches, the EX Series, router giant Juniper hopes to break into the lucrative market currently dominated by Cisco.
January 30, 2008 30 Jan'08
WAN/WAFS and remote offices

This overview of WAFS and remote offices looks into the role of cache and file limitations, and WAN optimisation.
January 24, 2008 24 Jan'08
Early adopters of unified communications need to ask about security

Unified Communications complicates security, which means special care is needed to extract value from the technology.
January 23, 2008 23 Jan'08
Network managers: master project management to get better salaries

Network technicians will need to learn project manager skills if corporate rollouts of wider and more advanced networks are to be successful, according to attendees at the Cisco Networkers 2008 this week.
January 22, 2008 22 Jan'08
Cisco announces Design Expert Certification for network engineers

Cisco has announced a new certification that emphasises strategic planning skills.
January 22, 2008 22 Jan'08
Fujitsu may quit NHS National Programme for IT

The board of an NHS trust has learned of a "significant" risk of Fujitsu ending its £900m contract to supply and implement hospital systems across southern England as part of the National Programme for IT.
January 21, 2008 21 Jan'08
When fighting peer-to-peer, packet shaping can be more effective than cat-and-mouse

Crimping access to P2P applications may be a more effective approach than trying to ban them.
January 21, 2008 21 Jan'08
8Gb/sec Fibre Channel widens lane for SAN traffic

Faster Fibre Channel is upon us ... but do we need it just yet?
January 17, 2008 17 Jan'08
Wireless network security made easy - from "The Book of PF"

How to get wireless networks running and some options for making your wireless network more secure, including encryption for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks.
January 17, 2008 17 Jan'08
When fighting peer-to-peer, packet shaping can be more effective than cat-and-mouse

Some network managers are finding that slowing peer-to-peer protocols discourages piracy better than blocking it, which users invariably find a way around.
January 16, 2008 16 Jan'08
Wireless networks as secure as wired, study says

Wireless security may not be as dire as previously thought, according to a new 3Com study.
January 13, 2008 13 Jan'08
Holidays are over; now beware the gadgets

The post-holiday influx of consumer devices poses increased risk of data leakage and other threats to network security.
January 11, 2008 11 Jan'08
Cisco's new collaboration tools key to green strategy

Cisco's green guru Paul Marcoux explains how TelePresence and unified communications can cut costs while helping the environment.
January 10, 2008 10 Jan'08
Network monitoring vendors sell SMBs on usability

Ease-of-use is the key to SMB hearts when it comes to network monitoring. A new release from SolarWinds might give market leader Ipswitch some competition.
January 09, 2008 09 Jan'08
Archiving software purchase considerations

Archiving software must be able to support a wide range of file types, as well as quickly search through vast quantities of data.
January 08, 2008 08 Jan'08
Unified communications market predictions for 2008

Analyst Zeus Kerravala gives his UC market predictions for 2008 so you can get a head start on implementation within your organisation.
January 08, 2008 08 Jan'08
Archiving software product specifications

Archive software provides many of the features we take for granted in modern archive systems, including index and search, data classification and migration, retention and deletion, litigation hold and even data reduction technologies, such as data ...
January 08, 2008 08 Jan'08
Social networking for business pros

Social networking sites have created a venue for socialising, but is this venue a good locale for business users to network and generate new business leads?
January 07, 2008 07 Jan'08
Fire IT project two years late and £70m overbudget

A government IT project aiming to centralise fire control rooms is two years behind schedule and more than 50% overbudget, according to a report from the Communities and Local Government Committee.
January 06, 2008 06 Jan'08
Forestry firm picks Riverbed WAFS over Cisco

Cisco shop picks Riverbed after head-to-head performance testing between Riverbed's Steelhead appliance and Cisco's wide area application services card.
December 27, 2007 27 Dec'07
Kris Kringle's guide to Mobility

Many see mobility as the next step from VoIP. It was hot in 2007, and it will remain so in 2008. So get some reading done before the new year comes in.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Santa's great storage grudge-match: Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI

Attaching storage to a network used to be so simple - now you have a number of options and no way to decide! We've got your back.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Holiday IPv6 reading guide

IPv6 was a controversial topic in 2007, and for good reason. Learn more in our holiday guide to IPv6.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Christmas open source guide

2007 say a boatload of open source VoIP offerings. Read all about that, plus more, in our holiday open source hamper.
December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07
Wireless Christmas hamper

Wireless is all the rage. But it's not easy to do, or do well. Get some holiday guidance with our collection of guides.
December 19, 2007 19 Dec'07
Web conferencing: Adoption grows and evolution continues

As one of the key technologies of unified communications, web conferencing will continue to grow, adding application-sharing and video elements.
December 18, 2007 18 Dec'07
IMS: Moving from legacy to convergence

This chapter download discusses migration plans to move service providers to IMS in well-planned, business-savvy phases.
December 17, 2007 17 Dec'07
Server power consumption rises unabated

A new AMD-sponsored study paints a grim picture of worldwide data centre power use, but there are simple ways to decrease consumption.
December 16, 2007 16 Dec'07
VoIP sales up; Cisco admits security hole; Sipera releases top five vulnerabilities list

This week's news featured VoIP sales increasing, Cisco admitting a serious security hole, and the year's top five VoIP security holes.
December 13, 2007 13 Dec'07
Virtualisation provides utilisation and IT efficiency boost

Yorkshire-based Raleys Solicitors has solved a space problem in its computer room by using virtualisation technology.
December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07
How to be future-ready for IP telephony

IP telephony confidence comes from being future-ready and having a scalable network that can adapt to new market trends.
December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07
Cisco Trusted Security to boost network security, management

Cisco's Trusted Security (TrustSec) hardens network security while easing some management.
December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07
San adoption cuts costs and power

Advanced storage driving datacentre area and energy consumption reduction