The data center is central to IT strategy and houses the computational power, storage resources, and applications necessary to support an enterprise business.
A flexible data center infrastructure than can support and quickly deploy new applications can result in significant competitive advantage, but designing such...
Published: Aug 20, 2014
Historically network monitoring and analysis has been an afterthought in the design of networks and networking equipment. In today’s data economy, this is a growing issue as organizations race to ever-faster network speeds, security threats are on the rise, and regulatory compliance requirements have become more...
Published: Apr 17, 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
The evolution of enterprise IT toward a fully mobile environment, driven by the proliferation of mobile devices used for business-critical tasks, has set the stage for a dramatic increase in enterprise mobile application deployments and associated wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure.
While once a simple adjunct to...
Published: Nov 15, 2013
MacArthur Corporation is a distributor of roofing, siding, HVAC, and other building materials for residential and commercial construction.
With a basic hub-and-spoke architecture, MacArthur’s network connects the remote sites to the company’s data center in St. Paul for access to all enterprise resource...
Published: Jun 16, 2014
Improving the customer experience to strengthen loyalty is a top goal for global brands. And because contact centers are typically a once-in-a-decade investment, the stakes are high. Make the wrong choice, and you risk losing customers and brand equity. This white paper from Cisco outlines what to do (and not do) when...
Published: Jun 24, 2014
Web 2.0 and social networking applications have created an entirely new set of IT requirements for securing, controlling, and ensuring bandwidth in the new enterprise network. In this e-book, see how you can securely optimize your network with Dell SonicWALL's advanced security platform.
It combines core next-generation...
Published: Nov 20, 2013
“Do more with less. Increase utilization levels. Improve staff efficiency. Reduce your space, power, and cooling needs.” Every vendor makes the same promises. Cisco delivers.
Although virtualization technology has made server consolidation possible, it has also created many challenges. Infrastructure is...
Published: Jan 23, 2014
That's why organizations need to deploy a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) as an integral part of their overall security strategies. A NGFW can bolster your protection against the constantly evolving threat environment.
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
The next-generation workplace is all about mobility. With more Internet-connected mobile devices than people in the world in 2013, it has become more apparent that IT must provide seamless connectivity to every class of user - employees, contractors, guests and even customers - appropriate to their role and type of device....
Published: May 21, 2013
As interest in and use of wireless local area networks (WLANs) among businesses and consumers throughout the world have grown, the utility and cost-effectiveness of wireless technologies have been acknowledged within governments as well.
Following the strengthening of wireless technology standards to ensure greater...
Published: Oct 18, 2013
Cisco strives to update and enhance SBA guides on a regular basis. As we develop a series of SBA guides, we test them together, as a complete system. To ensure the mutual compatibility of designs in Cisco SBA guides, you should use guides that belong to the same series. The Release Notes for a series provides a summary...
Published: Aug 21, 2014
J.R. Simmons is President and Principal Consultant of COMgroup, Inc., and an executive board member of the Society of Telecommunications Consultants. With 37 years of experience, including 28 years as an independent consultant, he provides a broad range of in-depth telecommunications experience. J.R. is recognized as an...
Published: Jan 16, 2014
