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...

Note

It's time to cut the blue cable and make the move to a primarily wireless access network. Look at upcoming network trends, and how they enhance the benefits of a wireless access network. Then learn how to implement a network that is more...

Tool

Info-Tech conducted a market evaluation of eight leading data center networking vendors. Use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy your enterprise's requirements, before contacting channel partners and...

Note

The growth of modern data centers came in the late 1990s during the dot.com era from organizations requiring continuous operation and fast Internet connectivity. Now server and desktop virtualization are creating the need for faster core...

Note

The Wireless LAN (WLAN) market continues to grow, along with the value enterprises get out of them. Use Info-Tech's research to choose, with confidence, the WLAN most suited to your needs.

Solution Set

This solution set will help you understand the key issues to focus on through your WLAN vendor selection process, identify the primary strengths and challenges of the leading players, and reach the right vendor decision.

Tool

Use this tool to generate a customized shortlist of Wireless LAN vendors based on the importance your organization places on product features and vendor attributes.

Vendor Research

This report is a summary of the most notable elements from the Particulars of Partnership series.

Vendor Research

This report will help vendors understand what partners want from vendor partner programs in terms of ease of doing business.

Tool

For organizations that have issued a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) to evaluate Wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors, gathering and scoring the various responses can be difficult and time consuming. Use this tool to score and compare WLAN RFP vendor...

Vendor Research

This report will help vendors understand what partners want from vendor partner programs in terms of training and enablement support.

Note

Understand Cisco's distribution model to optimize your spending and ensure you are getting the best deal.

Vendor Research

Coinciding with the launch of its first ever line of chassis switches, D-Link has launched its brand new Value in Partnership (VIP) Partner Program. It is a completely revamped partner program aimed at taking D-link into more markets.

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...

Solution Set

To support key consolidation, performance, and reliability objectives, enterprises must plan to evolve from disparate networks for compute and storage traffic to a converged data center networking infrastructure. This shift represents a major...

Template/Policy

Organizations embarking on the selection process for an Enterprise Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) vendor may elect to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) after determining their final selection criteria. Use this RFP template when soliciting...

Template/Policy

Many enterprises will elect to have Wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors perform an on-site demonstration to help them better understand solution capabilities and constraints. This demonstration script template is designed to provide vendors with a...

(9-Apr-10) Ethernet is to the world of data networking what low-frequency AC is to electric power distribution: the foundational universal standard for the world’s infrastructure. Yet Ethernet’s original conception and implementation targeted...

Professional networks offer access to information and experience that would otherwise be challenging to tap on one's own. Begin to foster a network for support, professional growth, and lifelong advantage.

(25-Nov-09) With the 802.11n wireless networking standard ratified this fall, channel partners have an opportunity to increase their sales by helping customers refresh their wireless networking equipment, says an Info-Tech Research Group...

(24-Nov-09) Ciena Corp. won the auction for wilting Canadian technology icon Nortel Networks Corp.'s global Ethernet assets and promised to preserve 2,000 highly-skilled jobs, many in Ottawa. The $769 million (U.S.) offer – $530 million in...

At the annual Cisco Collaboration Analyst and Consultant Summit in San Francisco, the vendor announced 61 new products and shared an ambitious vision for enterprise collaboration. Although this market is still in its infancy, Cisco’s key...

On November 11th, HP acquired 3Com for $2.7 billion USD effectively drawing a line in the sand. HP had long been one of Cisco’s biggest resellers until Cisco moved into HP’s data center server space earlier this year when it introduced the...

(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...

Adobe takes a bite out of the Apple with Flash Player 10.1 The most significant announcement coming out of the Adobe MAX conference this week is their push into the smart phone space. Adobe's new Flash Player 10.1 runs Flash video,...

11-Sep-09 Instead of having three to four different networking products, small to mid-sized businesses today can get one appliance that provides routing, voice, data, firewall and other security functions. Monster Mortgage has about 30...

Healthcare organizations eager to move forward with Health 2.0 often start with social networking. Evaluate the differences between niche and mainstream networks to ensure the organization makes the most of this initiative.

Vendor Research

This report will help vendors understand how to sell their networking solutions through the channel to the SMB market. It will emphasize the rationale of end-user purchases and what this means to the vendor in terms of selecting and supporting...

(Processor) - Passwords: They're the bane of online existence; the unintended consequence of our virtual, networked world. Users accessing their typical plethora of Web-based enterprise applications, not to mention an equally abundant portfolio...

(Bloomberg) - Cisco Systems Inc., facing waning demand for networking equipment from businesses, is working with phone and cable carriers on products and services that let consumers hold videoconferences through their televisions.