IT Departments are rarely short of headaches, but few projects instil quite the same level of pain, disruption and cost as operating system upgrades. Tempted by the perceived benefits of newer technology – greater productivity, better security, more effective management among them – IT professionals soon discover...
Published: Aug 13, 2013
This whitepaper explains that USB drives have been used to transport viruses and malware, both on purpose and accidentally.
The paper explains that no manually handling of files, such as with USB drives, is unnecessary when you set up a secure network architecture using five zones of protection. You can transfer files...
Published: Mar 27, 2014
FACT: With data dispersed across the enterprise, IT organizations struggle to manage, analyze, and secure their networks. A Visibility Fabric can provide pervasive visibility across the network.
Published: Oct 11, 2013
Cisco surveyed 1300 IT professionals across 13 countries to understand IT's role as a business enabler. The survey assesses how well network investments align with business demands, and looks into IT's ability to adopt technologies that can increase IT business impact.
Business growth is creating demand for...
Published: Apr 04, 2014
Application delivery controllers are essential to network uptime and performance. This whitepaper explores how to reduce TCO and improve efficiency by deploying ADCs in active-active clusters, and what appliances are best to support this activity.
Published: Oct 01, 2014
Enterprises across the globe are continually working towards increasing their employee productivity, efficiency and flexibility. Mobility has moved up the priority list of several IT executives, who are expanding the pervasiveness of mobility initiatives throughout the organization.
However, IT executives are challenged...
Published: Jan 16, 2014
Cisco engaged Miercom to evaluate the performance of the newly launched ASA 5500-X Series of Adaptive Security Appliances. To learn more about this summary report, download now!
Published: Jan 16, 2014
As more businesses embrace the power of social media, related security breaches are also on the rise. Corporate Twitter hackings. Rogue employees taking over the company Facebook account. Top executives releasing confidential info to their personal networks.
These sorts of crises can be catastrophic for your brand....
Published: Jan 13, 2014
In our technology-rich world, it’s easy to take for granted how things work. Take the global positioning system (GPS) for example. With a GPS device, a route as complicated as Boston to Atlanta can be achieved with the simple input of a destination; the only problems the driver has to be concerned with are gas prices...
Published: Apr 18, 2014
"The explosion of mobile devices within the enterprise has introduced a new dynamic into the enterprise WLAN market." Rohit Mehra, director, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, IDC.
This report from IDC examines wireless LAN vendors according to an assessment model called the IDC MarketScape. Aruba...
Published: Nov 15, 2013
We call it Just Right IT. Simple, reliable, and affordable technology that helps you create opportunity at the speed of today’s business. HP Just Right IT is backed by decades of experience and our local partners, delivering right-sized solutions and services designed to help your business achieve powerful results. ...
Published: Aug 26, 2014
We’ve built a calculator that lets you quickly quantify the savings your company can expect from a SMARTnet contract.
Just plug in your numbers and find out how the benefits you can expect from SMARTnet service—fewer escalated incidents, reduced staff costs, less downtime—translate into actual cost...
Published: Dec 10, 2013
With cloud computing's paradigm of shared infrastructure, DDoS attacks on a specific target can quickly affect many or all tenants. In this Arbor Insight, we explain why availability should be the top priority for cloud operators, and outlines best current practices for preventing and mitigating attacks.
Published: Mar 13, 2014
We should state, right up front, that products based on the upcoming IEEE 802.11ac wireless-LAN (WLAN) standard are indeed going to dominate the enterprise wireless local-area network landscape.
But as is often the case with new technologies, the hype surrounding the initial availability of .11ac products is...
Published: May 21, 2013