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...

Solution Set

In order to avoid constant firefighting, an Infrastructure Manager must have a strategic plan in place. By developing and building an infrastructure roadmap, the IM can plan out that strategy and proactively put the actions in place that will...

Note

In order to avoid constant firefighting, an Infrastructure Manager (IM) must have a strategic plan in place. By developing and building an infrastructure roadmap, the IM can plan out that strategy and proactively put the actions in place that...

Note

Many organizations collect metrics to validate they are keeping the lights on and the infrastructure running. But the Infrastructure Managers who are benefiting the most are taking steps to ensure they are getting the right metrics to help them...

Case Study

This case study showcases an organization that made better use of metrics by closely examining and eliminating more than 1500 metrics, making data more accurate and relevant to the running of the business, and enabling a savings of $2.7 million.

Solution Set

Many organizations collect metrics to validate they are keeping the lights on and the infrastructure running. But the Infrastructure Managers who are benefiting the most are taking steps to ensure they are getting the right metrics to help them...

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...

Tool

Metrics are often collected using several tools and coming from several sources. Use this tool to centralize key metrics tracking and reporting.

Template/Policy

Infrastructure Managers are often blindsided by upcoming projects that were not accurately scoped in terms of impact on the infrastructure. Use this checklist to ensure you have the necessary details to plan changes to the infrastructure and...

Template/Policy

Establish quarterly metric reviews with your CIO to support capacity planning and management. Use this template to create a metrics report for your CIO.

Template/Policy

As an Infrastructure Manager, your time is scarce. Use this template to ensure that weekly metrics reviews are isolated to those facts you need to know about - SLA breaches, anomalies, and potential risks.

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.

(21-May-10) The age of innocence, when companies could rely on only basic security to keep their systems safe, is sadly long gone. This presents a challenge for smaller organizations: How do they keep their computers and data secure without...

Tool

Given advances in videoconferencing technology, it may be time to consider virtual meetings as a more efficient alternative to travel. This tool enables enterprises to evaluate their current meeting travel costs and gauge the potential benefit...

(18-Mar-10) The explosion of communication and Internet traffic has made energy hogs of IT networks. Collectively, the information and communications technology industry emits 300 million tons of greenhouse gases annually -- the same amount as...

In technology, the ancient regime was driven by Wintel (Windows and Intel), mostly: a famously paranoid Andy Grove, paired with Bill Gates, the most competitive strategist (or strategic competitor) in the world. Everyone else got table scraps.

(8-Feb-10) There probably isn't a week that goes by without an enterprise IT manager hearing one of their users lament "why can't I have one of those cool iMacs instead of this boring, grey PC?" It's enough to make even the strongest IT manager...

(19-Jan-10) Avaya Inc., which has completed its takeover of the enterprise assets of Nortel Networks Corp., announced its product integration plans Tuesday. Though Avaya plans to drop the Nortel Multimedia Conferencing product, industry...

Competition in the WAN optimization market continues to grow, compelling vendors to differentiate their products with innovative features beyond basic application acceleration. Though many vendors have stepped up to the plate, others, such as...

Vendors that have continued to invest in WAN optimization technology and effectively advanced the benefits of these products are clear market leaders, while those that have not are followers. The F5 WANJet product line now falls into the latter...

25-Sep-09 Industry Canada announced Thursday it will only allow Avaya Inc. to buy Nortel Networks Corp.'s enterprise business if Avaya can prove the US$915 million deal is beneficial to Canadians. Industry Minister Tony Clement announced the...

(30-Jul-09) Consumers have almost non-stop appetites for watching video on the Internet, a habit that bidders for financially troubled Nortel Networks will consider when they look at its technology for bandwidth hunger. A key unit of Nortel...

Tool

This tool is designed to help organizations determine top tactics for cost reduction within the network and telephony service area. After the questions have been completed, the tool will generate guidance on which cost-saving actions to take,...

Podcast

Purchasing network equipment and managing networks can be a significant source of IT expenditure. Listen to this podcast to discover tactical actions to cost-consciously procure and manage network infrastructure. Use this timely guidance to...

Note

Enterprises looking to reduce costs in the network and telephony services area can make significant headway in reducing expenses without reducing quality of service. First, determine which areas have potential for cost savings, then assess how...

Networked storage vendors are aggressively targeting small enterprises in an attempt to grow market share. However, there remains considerable confusion around storage area network technology in the small to mid-range space due to considerable...

Service quality is one area that cellular providers prefer not to discuss with small enterprise clients. When it comes to the marketing hype surrounding current 3G and the forthcoming 4G cellular networks, wireless carriers are concealing many...