Tool

Each organization will have its own priorities for evaluating and selecting enterprise LAN vendors and solutions. Use this tool to generate a customized shortlist of vendors that will best meet business requirements.

Note

Many organizations are looking to deploy or upgrade their enterprise LANs and need a solution with high performance, availability, and ease of management, all at a reasonable price.

Solution Set

The enterprise LAN market is nearly commoditized, but advanced features, management, and price can differentiate vendors. Whether creating a network from scratch or upgrading an existing one, use this vendor landscape to help select the vendor...

Solution Set

Data center networking continues to evolve, taking advantage of faster connectivity, and enabling private and public clouds, and network virtualization.

Tool

A wireless access network is indispensable in the modern business, but not every business needs to make it their primary access layer, nor are they prepared to. Use this tool to determine if your organization has the drivers and readiness to...

Vendor Research

This report is designed to help vendors and solution providers understand adoption trends and end-customer requirements for enterprise access networks.

It's easy to understand why so many people have thus far missed the significance of the subject of this week's discussion. After all: - We've all just come back from a CES show that spent all of its pomp on devices, and almost not a whisper on...

Tool

This template provides the means to track data on each metric to enable full lifecycle management. The definitions should be linked to a calendar for review frequency to ensure metrics remain relevant as the technology environment changes and...

Solution Set

WAN optimization has hit the mainstream. Vendors have developed mobile clients, virtual appliances, and are building for cloud-enabled environments to cover all use cases of accelerating traffic.

Solution Set

IT leaders must create a strategy and assess the options presented when bringing the global network infrastructure into a working state.

Tool

A complete assessment and evaluation of all management model options should be conducted before deploying the global network to ensure it is done right the first time. Examine in-house, and hosted options to determine the best fit for the enterprise.

(19-Nov-10) The new features, improved connectivity, and increased complexity of today’s printers are a double-edged sword. Although networked peripherals are undoubtedly more functional and efficient (albeit more costly), allowing devices to be...

(30-Jul-10) A Calgary security company is about to release a 10 Gigabit per second deep content inspection appliance it says is particularly suited for service providers and carriers. Wedge Networks Inc. says its NDP-2080 can handle the...

Tool

Embarking on a data center convergence strategy is a significant undertaking that first requires a clear understanding of timing and objectives. Understand the drivers behind network convergence to determine if it is a fit for the organization.

Template/Policy

Embarking on a data center convergence strategy is a significant undertaking that requires a thorough plan. This template will help you build a business plan for the enterprise as well as document business justifications and cautions for...

Note

Now that 10G Ethernet is available at lower prices, data center technical staff is pushing it for day-to-day infrastructure. As with all new technologies, there is an optimal time for upgrading. Use this solution set to understand what needs to...

Video

Many organizations are looking to deploy a videoconferencing solution in order to better meet business collaboration needs and address rising travel costs. This video outlines various factors that go into the videoconferencing investment decision.

There is more to disaster recovery planning than protecting against hackers and floods.

When you look at the current landscape of devices and appliances, there is one remaining mountaintop, one last hurdle, a towering K2, which, like the mountain itself, has claimed more bodies (or corporate product chiefs) than almost any other...

(23-Apr-10) VoIP is everywhere in the business world, as the promise of cost savings and greater productivity is too great to ignore. That doesn’t mean it’s problem-free: As with all major tech deployments, VoIP can run into trouble. But there...

(22-Feb-10) Market research firms predict that small businesses in the U.S. will start buying computers, peripherals and network gear again this year. While this might be good news for small business technology vendors, there are others who...

28-Jan-10 Canada's largest communications company is the Exclusive Telecommunications Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – Telemanagement takes a closer look at what Bell Canada is up to. “We have put a massive...

(14-Jan-10) Demands for IT capacity are unrelenting and often unpredictable, making it difficult for CIOs in mid-market businesses to keep up with the pace of change. Growth from mergers, acquisitions and geographic expansion have resulted in...

(13-Jan-10) Good patching procedures and outbound firewall rules will go far in protecting your organization from botnets, but hackers are now targeting Adobe Acrobat, the Symbian mobile operating system and other software. How to protect...

London, ON, November 5th, 2009 – Info-Tech Research Group's latest report outlines four specific areas that IT departments need to consider when preparing for the very real threat of an H1N1 outbreak this winter. If ignored, a business could...

(28-Oct-09) Wide area network (WAN) managers need to think less like techies and more like business strategists when deciding whether to power the WAN with one or multiple service providers. They have to decide how much risk they can tolerate...

The Citrix Branch Repeater delivers traditional WAN optimization as well as accelerated virtual application (XenApp) performance, and a Windows Server in a single box. Medium to large enterprises with a number of distributed locations should...

Video

Vendor management plays a critical role in any network related cost reduction efforts. Join this videocast for information and advice on how to reduce your network spend. This videocast covers various topics, including Cisco substitutes, the...

Video

Telephony savings represent an elusive goal for many IT organizations. This videocast outlines the steps needed to take for reducing telephony cost to serve. Related topics include annual price reviews, invoice reconciliation, PDA fleet...

Video

Network management systems (NMS) are a requirement for today's IT organizations. Join this videocast to learn how to build a low cost approach for a NMS. Topics discussed include the case for NMS, the dangers of over-provisioning, the $2500 low...