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whitepaper Ready to reap the benefits of Unified Communications?2008-02-11 Avaya
  Learn more, free Lippis Report download.

Tags: Telecom Services		   
whitepaper From Soup to Nuts: Practices in Data Management for Analytical Performance2008-02-05 SAS Institute
  Many customers face the issue of working with SAS9 advanced analytics tools using data that comes from many different operational systems. The challenge presented to the customer is to extract, transform, and load the data into the analytical data structures with efficiency and scalability. This paper presents a case study describing practices to address the entire lifecycle of data access, aggregation, analysis, and deployment. A foundation discussion of how to interact with the Teradata database using SAS will be reviewed, followed by design and integration techniques available in SAS Data Integration Studio to deliver data structures appropriate for analytical purposes.

Tags: Knowledge and Data Management, Data Mining - Analysis		   
whitepaper The Netezza FAST Engines Framework: A Powerful Framework for High-Performance Analytics2008-02-01 Netezza
  The Netezza Performance Server (NPS) performance multiplier effect is the result of a framework of FPGA-Accelerated Streaming Technology (FAST) Engines that leverage the embedded FPGA to provide performance acceleration advantages and functionality as rapidly as data can be read (or "Streamed") from the disk drive on each intelligent node. Netezza's AMPP (Asymmetric Massively Parallel Processing) system architecture, the best combination of MPP and SMP, provides orders of magnitude performance improvements without the complexity, tuning, indexing and aggregations necessary in other competing data warehouse and analytic systems.

Tags: Parallel Processing, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Peta-Scale I/O With the Lustre File System2008-02-01 Sun Microsystems
  This paper describes low-level infrastructure in the Lustre file system that addresses scalability in very large clusters. The features described deal with I/O and networking, lock management, recovery after failure, and other scalability-related issues. The Lustre file system first went into production in Spring 2003 on the Multiprogrammatic Capability Resource (MCR) cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The MCR cluster was one of the largest clusters at that time with 1100 Linux compute nodes as Lustre clients. Since then, the Lustre file system has been deployed on larger systems, notably the Sandia Red Storm deployment, with approximately 25,000 liblustre clients, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Jaguar system, which is of similar scale and runs Lustre technology both with Client-Node Linux (CNL) and with Catamount.

Tags: File and Network Servers		   
whitepaper HP-UX 11i v3 Dynamic nPartitions: Features and Configuration Recommendations2008-02-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  This white paper introduces the Dynamic nPartitions feature that will debut with HP-UX 11i v3 Update. The nPartitions Background section summarizes the properties of nPartitions on HP-UX 11i before the update. The Dynamic nPartitions operations section explains the operations that make nPartitions dynamic. The Dynamic nPartitions commands section illustrates the invocation of the new Dynamic nPartitions commands. Finally, this paper concludes with Scenarios for Dynamic nPartitions and Configuration recommendations for Dynamic nPartitions to illustrate the value of Dynamic nPartitions and to show how to configure server complexes to realize the best value.

Tags: HP-UX		   
whitepaper Do You Need a Broadband Remote Access Server?: Functionality and Trade-Offs of Using Smart DSLAMs and MSANs2008-02-01 Juniper Networks
  There are many misconceptions about the role of the DSL Forum's Broadband Network Gateway (BNG), better known as a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) or Broadband Services Router (BSR). The BSR has evolved significantly from its original role of terminating PPPoX sessions. Proponents talk about enhanced subscriber management capabilities, while detractors claim that all needed functions can be done by a smart Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) or MSAN (Multiservice Access Node). There are several functions that must be performed to successfully support broadband traffic. This paper describes the key functions that may need to be implemented by the smart edge device, either the MSAN or the BSR.

Tags: DSL, Remote Access - RA Servers		   
whitepaper A Novel Technique for SNMP Bandwidth Reduction: Simulation and Evaluation2008-02-01 Taif University
  One of the most popular and widely used Network Management Protocols (NMP) is SNMP. SNMP is extremely simple and versatile but it has scalability problems. A number of alternative NMPs such as RMI interfaces, CORBA and RMON have been attempted to overcome the problems with SNMP. However, these interfaces lack the standardization effort and simplicity of the usage that SNMP provides. This paper demonstrates a new technique to decrease a number of messages between manager and agent in the SNMP (i.e. traffic reduction). The base idea of the technique is to make a system manager keeps the MIB objects that are frequently required. They simulate the proposed technique using a network simulator called NS2.

Tags: TCP - IP, Network Administration		   
whitepaper Decoupling Wide-Area Networks From Vacuum Tubes in Multicast Approaches2008-01-30 Stanford University
  In recent years, much research has been devoted to the visualization of superblocks; on the other hand, few have evaluated the analysis of Boolean logic. In fact, few biologists would disagree with the emulation of information retrieval systems, which embodies the robust principles of networking. WEB, the new system for A search, is the solution to all of these obstacles.

Tags: Multicasting		   
whitepaper Building Kerberos-Based Secure Services Using Metro2008-01-29 Sun Microsystems
  Kerberos is a network authentication service developed as part of Project Athena at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The protocol is named after Cerberus, known in Greek mythology as the three-headed monstrous dog who guards Hades. Kerberos assumes that network connections, rather than servers, are the weak links in network security, and so interactions between hosts and clients should be encrypted. Kerberos uses a trusted third party, termed a Key Distribution Center (KDC), which consists of two separate logical parts: an Authentication Server (AS), and a Ticket Granting Server (TGS). The KDC maintains a database of secret keys. Each entity in the network, whether it's a client or a server, shares a secret key known only to itself and to the KDC.

Tags: Network Security		   
whitepaper Call-Center Comparison Guide2008-01-10 VoIP-News
  Compare these VoIP call-center vendors to find the best one for your business. So, you know that a VoIP call-center enhances customer service and, in return, helps attract and retain customers. But which VoIP call-center vendor do you choose for your specific needs? This Comparison Guide evaluates major vendors such as Oracle and Verizon Business, in order help you make the best decision.

This Comparison Guide addresses the following criteria:
  • Organization size, type and features
  • Quality and real-time monitoring
  • Outbound campaigns
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Tags: VoIP - IP Telephony, Asset Management, Call Center - Contact, Sales Force Automation		   


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