MAC Bridges Reports

What Is an Ethernet Fabric?
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: Compared to classic hierarchical Ethernet architectures, Ethernet fabrics provide the higher levels of performance, utilization, availability and simplicity required to meet the business needs of data centers today and into the future.
Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

Brocade

VXLAN Monitoring: How to Gain Virtual Network Overlay Visibility
sponsored by Ixia
EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide from SearchNetworking.com provides the information you need to gain virtual network overlay visibility for proper VXLAN monitoring. View now to learn more about VXLAN and which readily available tools can help you overcome the visibility hurdle.
Posted: 13 Dec 2012 | Published: 13 Dec 2012

Ixia

Why Physical Networks Don't Cut It for the Private Cloud
sponsored by TechTarget Security
EGUIDE: This expert guide discusses why physical networks don’t cut it for the cloud, addressing multi-tenancy in the private cloud and the cloud VLAN challenge.
Posted: 22 Dec 2011 | Published: 22 Dec 2011

TechTarget Security

eGuide: Meshing Virtual Machine and Physical Systems Management
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
EGUIDE: This paper explains how to provide adequate network redundancy and isolation, how to implement adaptive automation practices for high availability, and how to take advantage of the best tools to eliminate separate virtual and physical management structures.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Advanced Virtualization E-Book: Hypervisor Management and Optimization
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
EBOOK: All hypervisors essentially do the same job, but not in the same way. The three top hypervisors all have differences that require specific management tactics. Read this e-book to learn best practices and recommendations you can follow to optimize and maintain VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer.
Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 25 Aug 2010

DellEMC and Intel®

BGMX Retail Solutions Case Study
sponsored by SonicWALL
CASE STUDY: BGMX's primary challenge is having the proper bandwidth to adhere to all VLAN specifications in PCI compliance standards. Desko also must meet even tighter SAS-70 regulations, as well as his bank's internal security guidelines.
Posted: 14 Feb 2011 | Published: 14 Feb 2011

SonicWALL

TechGuide: Applying Virtualization Networking in the Cloud
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
EGUIDE: This Tech Guide from SearchNetworking.com explores emerging network virtualization protocols and strategies, and uncovers the need for software-defined networking in cloud environments.
Posted: 28 Mar 2012 | Published: 28 Mar 2012

DellEMC and Intel®

Airport's Common Use Model Relies on Modular Switches
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Read how the Greater Toronto Airports Authority adopted Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches in the wiring closet and throughout the network to enable the convergence of data, voice, and video, and provide virtualization to support a Common Use environment.
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 | Published: 12 Jan 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Tips for your Cloud Network Migration
sponsored by NetFoundry
EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, get tips from Andrew Froehlich, president of West Gate Networks, and principal analyst John Burke from Nemertes Research on how to execute your cloud network migration.
Posted: 13 Sep 2018 | Published: 13 Sep 2018

NetFoundry

Switching Essentials: An Introduction to Network Switching
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we will address the basics of this Layer 2 technology and help you get your network switch up and running. For our examples, we will use Cisco's 2950 switch.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008

Global Knowledge