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Optimizing Video Performance Across the Distributed Enterprise
sponsored by BlueCoat
WHITE PAPER: Do more with less: that’s the message echoing through corporate cultures today. One clear target is to contain costs, especially travel-related costs, which can be large enough to have a serious impact on bottom lines. Read this paper to find out more.
Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 07 Oct 2010

BlueCoat

A Smarter Approach to WAN Optimization
sponsored by Exinda Networks
WHITE PAPER: Network managers and administrators face the daunting task of effectively monitoring and managing network resources while meeting user expectations for network performance across the WAN. At the same time, they have to reduce operating costs and do more with less. Read on to learn how a unified performance management (UPM) solution can help.
Posted: 27 May 2009 | Published: 27 May 2009

Exinda Networks

Application Performance Management: Intelligence for an Optimized WAN
sponsored by XO Communications
WHITE PAPER: In this resource, uncover valuable information about application performance management (APM), and why it's crucial to optimize network delivery as businesses demand more from their networks.
Posted: 05 Nov 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

XO Communications

Linktropy WAN Emulators
sponsored by Apposite Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Apposite's Linktropy WAN emulators simulate bandwidth, latency, jitter, loss, congestion, and other important link impairments to test applications in the lab and under a spectrum of real-world conditions. Through an intuitive, browser-based graphical interface, you can still install the Linktropy WAN emulator and begin testing within minutes.
Posted: 09 Sep 2010 | Published: 09 Sep 2010

Apposite Technologies

The Great Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Migration
sponsored by Singtel
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive resource explains the differences between MPLS and IPSec, detailing the benefits and drawbacks to each, as well as the overall benefits that can be achieved by migrating to MPLS.
Posted: 10 Jun 2013 | Published: 10 Jun 2013

Singtel

Voice Architectures and Deployment Models
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Telephony design requires a solid understanding of the drivers for Voice over IP, corporate policies for infrastructure design, and telephone components.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

Global Knowledge

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) What to expect from 802.11ac
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: In this exclusive white paper, explore 802.11ac, and how this evolved Wi-Fi standard has extended coverage beyond physical boundaries in the office, and offers more reliable connections no matter how many clients are trying to access the network.
Posted: 29 Oct 2013 | Published: 16 Jun 2013

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Next Generation Enterprise WAN Video Deployment Guide 
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to leverage intelligent new technologies that can address the predictability, performance, quality and security challenges associated with the transmission of video and rich media over enterprise networks.
Posted: 11 Jul 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Sharepoint WAN Optimization And WAFS
sponsored by Peer Software
WHITE PAPER: Design teams across the world collaborate to create and develop prod­ucts. Unfortunately, IT organizations face serious challenges when collaborative teams share large files. This white paper will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the four technologies most commonly used to enhance file sharing for distributed teams.
Posted: 17 Feb 2011 | Published: 17 Feb 2011

Peer Software

Small Cells, Big Challenge: A Definitive Guide to Designing and Deploying HetNets
sponsored by Ixia
WHITE PAPER: Network operators are under pressure to enhance network coverage, reliability, and capacity, while increasing the quality of the mobile experience. Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) -- more diversified access networks -- are emerging as a strategy to bridge the cost and capacity gap and meet demand.
Posted: 04 Mar 2014 | Published: 30 Nov 2013

Ixia