This crucial white paper discusses a security architecture that can be seamlessly integrated into the underlying data center fabric and eliminates the need to tradeoff between business needs and security. Access this resource now and also discover the three must-have security measures needed for safe data center transformations....
Published: Jan 16, 2014
The truest form of cloud computing can be found in public cloud offerings. Like a hotel where rooms are rented for a period of time, public cloud services offer the four basic tenets of cloud-based application delivery: shared computing resources, virtualization, the ability to quickly ramp up or down and a “pay-for-what-you-use”...
Published: Jul 19, 2013
There are a lot of game-changing trends in IT today including mobility, cloud, and big data analytics. As a result, IT architectures, data centers, and data processing are all becoming more complex – increasingly dynamic, heterogeneous, and distributed. For all IT organizations, achieving great success today depends...
Published: Aug 08, 2014
Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) provide the framework for systems design based on common use cases or current engineering system priorities. They incorporate a broad set of technologies, features, and applications to address customer needs. Cisco engineers have comprehensively tested and documented each CVD in order to...
Published: Aug 18, 2014
Huge data center, check. Multiple 10G Ethernet pipes, check. Load balancer, check. Firewall? Really? Do network architects need to buy yet another box, and likely take a performance hit?
Not according to F5 Networks, which says its BIG-IP 10200v with Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) can handle traffic at 80-Gbps rates...
Published: Jan 03, 2014
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
People around the globe are enamored with their smartphones and tablet computers, and they feel strongly that they should be allowed to use these devices at work.
By combining an architecture-based technical implementation with carefully considered business policies, organizations can create a safe and appropriate...
Published: Oct 18, 2013
Cyber security breaches can happen to any organization at any time. Whether you're small business with one location or a large corporation that is worldwide, an information security breach is inevitable. How well is your network protected?
Do you have the man power to monitor your small business cyber security...
Published: Aug 27, 2014
The first wave of virtualization has delivered dramatic benefits to organizations through consolidation, improved utilization, reduced total cost of ownership, efficient energy consumption and more effective use of physical space.
But organizations have only scratched the surface of virtualization’s potential....
Published: Oct 08, 2013
Microsoft Lync is not only changing the cost structure of enterprise telephony, but also ushering in a new user experience in which every communication is transformed into a more collaborative, engaging interaction. But it's impossible to achieve the promises of Lync if you haven't fully considered the underlying...
Published: Nov 15, 2013
Enterprise data center operators face a number of challenges as they try to build and maintain their business’s most important strategic asset.
Orchestrating applications, traffic and virtual machines is becoming much more difficult. Managing an increasingly complicated network takes up time that could be better...
Published: Sep 24, 2014
As a small to midsized business (SMB), you enjoy advantages over larger competitors— being “lean and mean” compared to companies with big budgets and staff. When it comes to technology, networking can cause SMB owners to scratch their heads or it can be an opportunity to leapfrog the competition by establishing...
Published: Aug 26, 2014
Software-defined networking (SDN) offers today’s static campus networks much needed flexibility and
programmability to enhance resource utilization and achieve faster application deployments. SDN enables dynamic network provisioning, leading to enhanced business productivity, security and improved user experience....
Published: Aug 21, 2014
The time you save with the Cisco UCS solution's automated process can quickly add up when you are implementing a large-scale blade server deployment.
By choosing the Cisco Blade Servers, your IT staff can save days or weeks - time much better spent on other projects. Less time spent on routine tasks...
Published: Apr 08, 2014