Ready to start using Microsoft® Azure®, but not sure how to get started?
Have teams within your organization opened Azure accounts that you need to consolidate? Maybe you inherited some Azure workloads through a merger or acquisition? Or perhaps you’ve concluded that working with Microsoft’s offering...
Published: Sep 19, 2017
The next evolution in IT is happening now, and Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) is ready to power your data center in the Internet of Everything. Cisco UCS is a groundbreaking approach to computing, designed for IT innovation and business acceleration. For more than 30,000 UCS customers, the future is already...
Published: Jan 24, 2014
Today, less than 5% of network operations teams are sufficiently skilled to realize the value possible from network analytics and automation solutions. This will improve over the next three years, but not much—by 2020, only 30% of network operations teams will be able to fully realize the benefits of these tools....
Published: Jul 19, 2017
There are many benefits to be achieved by moving your office suite and infrastructure to the cloud. Such a move requires careful evaluation and planning.
This guide explains what you need to think about at each step, from the initial discovery process through to project completion.
Published: Mar 01, 2015
This eBook on hybrid enterprise and performance management talks about the three key challenges of performance management in today's hybrid enterprise: 1) lack of visibility 2) poor performance 3) limited control.
It also suggests ways to regain control of the hybrid enterprise.
Published: Oct 26, 2016
“While the CLI remains the dominant mechanism for more than 85% of system engineers to implement network changes, several alternatives are gaining popularity, including APIs, fabrics, and SD-WAN. By 2020, only 30% of network operations teams will use the CLI as their primary interface, down from 85% at YE16.”...
Published: Jul 19, 2017
Networking virtualization is not an all-or-nothing proposition. From data center security to application performance management, software-based architectures can beget a host of benefits for any enterprise.
Whether you're on the fence about virtualizing one niche of your network or taking it across your entire...
Published: Oct 21, 2016
The purpose of this book is to introduce you to common network performance management issues and give you a new way of looking at solving them. This perspective allows you to see your network from your users’ point of view, namely, the services and applications they use and their experiences with them.
Published: Apr 01, 2014
802.11ac is the next generation in wireless and is 3x faster than 802.11n. If you are planning a brand new wireless installation, expanding an existing wireless network, or upgrading an older wireless network the benefits of 802.11ac are real and the time to move is now.
This paper will provide information on planning...
Published: Sep 17, 2014
Microsoft will cease to support Windows XP after April 8, 2014. This reality leaves few options for Federal Government IT organizations: migrate or not. For those considering End Of Life custom support agreements for Windows XP, they will find those agreements insufficient to meet evolving security threats and mission...
Published: Aug 13, 2013
Selecting the right network performance management solution to help you "detect & fix" problems faster doesn't have to be difficult.
These five questions should help simplify your decision-making process.
Published: May 06, 2016
Adoption of cloud-based applications will continue to increase as enterprise companies achieve the benefits of cost savings, flexibility, and reduced operational demands.
Cloud services place new demands and requirements on the enterprise network. The types of applications and the way they are delivered and consumed...
Published: Apr 04, 2013
With a plethora of new communication and collaboration developments displacing decades-old communications systems, can your organization afford to be left using traditional methods?
Business leaders are challenged daily with operational issues, business opportunities, and local, regional, and global uncertainties....
Published: Jul 01, 2015
What have savvy brand marketers and social media strategists learned recently? Here’s a quick wrap-up of significant network trends, consumer behaviors, and brand results.
Published: Mar 04, 2014