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whitepaper Data Center Services Provider Boosts Service Levels With Monitoring Software2008-04-01 Microsoft
  Cervalis is a New York City - area IT infrastructure services company that aims to provide a superior level of IT management services to its clients. To that aim, Cervalis is replacing the application-specific monitoring solutions in its data centers with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, a unified, end-to-end service management solution usable for both Microsoft and non-Microsoft environments. With the knowledge gained through its rich reporting capabilities, Cervalis has been able to expand its services and provide integrated monitoring services across multiple platforms. Staff members are working more efficiently, annual audits have been streamlined, and customers are receiving more detailed information about their technology.

Tags: Infrastructure Management		   
whitepaper Using Cisco IOS Zone-Based and Classic Firewall in High-Availability Network Environments2008-04-01 Cisco Systems
  Businesses increasingly rely on data networks to carry mission-critical information. This is particularly true for businesses that rely on IP data networks to carry voice-over-IP data for packet telephony. Data networks must offer high-availability capabilities so that business continuity is not interrupted by scheduled maintenance or unexpected downtime due to circuit, power, and physical hardware failures or configuration errors. Cisco IOS Firewall offers features that address stateful failover security requirements, but specific recommendations must be observed for network design and implementation when Cisco IOS Firewall is used for stateful inspection of IP traffic in non-failover environments. This paper addresses questions commonly asked by network engineers about the deployment and application of Cisco IOS Firewall in high-availability network environments.

Tags: Firewalls, Security Tools		   
whitepaper Impact of QoS on Application Response Time2008-04-01 Research India Publications
  Quality of Service (QoS) recourses to the capability of a network to provide better service to selected network traffic over various technologies. This paper compares three different algorithms for packet queuing using the simulator program OpNet (OpNet is a network simulator, including a library of detailed protocol and application models (e.g. Voice, HTTP, TCP, IP), the Standard Model Library includes hundreds of vendor specific and generic device models including routers, switches, workstations, and packet generators). This paper supposes a corporation has developed a custom database application. This application stores corporate product information.   
whitepaper PHP Scalability and High Availability: Database Resident Connection Pooling and Fast Application Notification2008-04-01 Oracle
  PHP is a popular dynamic programming language for web applications. PHP comes with extensions that provide a wide range of capabilities including database access. The OCI8 extension in PHP allows applications to connect to Oracle Database. It has support for basic and advanced Oracle Database features, allowing easy and efficient use of SQL and PL/SQL. This paper describes enhancements to PHP's OCI8 extension to use Oracle Database 11g Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP) and Oracle Database 10gR2 or 11g Fast Application Notification (FAN).

Tags: Scalability		   
whitepaper Managing Unix/Linux With Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions Beta2008-04-01 Microsoft
  Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions Beta enables organizations to achieve service level goals and gain visibility across their cross-platform environments, including Unix and Linux operating systems as well as Microsoft platforms. With centralized management and monitoring of the IT infrastructure, organizations can maximize uptime and performance while reaping the efficiencies of a single monitoring solution rather than disparate tools for each environment.

Tags: UNIX, Linux Server OS		   
whitepaper Early Adoption of Windows Vista Yields Strong Returns for Midsized Companies2008-04-01 Microsoft
  IT departments in midsize organizations are expected to improve the quality of services to PC end-users, cut IT support costs, and increase business flexibility. Compared to large enterprises, midsize companies have tighter IT budgets and fewer IT resources. With the release of the Windows Vista operating system at the end of 2006, IT managers faced the decision of when and how to deploy it across their organizations. To help answer these questions, Wipro Technologies interviewed 73 midsize companies that have begun deploying Windows Vista??. Major findings include:
  • Depending upon the deployment method chosen, Windows Vista ROI can be very strong--ranging from 81% to 104% for midsize organizations.
  • With widespread application availability, the release of Service Pack 1, and more than half of all US companies either running or evaluating it, Windows Vista has entered the mainstream adoption phase. Midsize companies should plan to begin deploying Windows Vista during their next PC refresh cycle.
  • Delaying the Windows Vista upgrade process can result in deployment costs that are twice as high asthose organizations using a timely refresh-based upgrade, while foregoing the productivity benefits of Windows Vista. Running an outdated operating system may result in additional risks and costs as software suppliers drop application support, drivers for new hardware become unavailable, and PC vendors no longer ship the prior operating system pre-loaded.
Security benefits are significant. Windows Vista-based PCs are almost three times less likely to be infected with potentially unwanted software than Windows XP-based PCs. PCs running Windows Vista have 60% fewer malware infections than Windows XP SP2 PCs. Download this paper to learn more!

Tags: ROI - TCO, Strategic Planning, Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista		   
whitepaper TCP/IP Troubleshooting2008-04-01 Global Knowledge
  Troubleshooting is a necessary part of supporting any network installation. Determining and repairing problems can consume a lot of time, especially if you don't know what to do or how to do it correctly and quickly. This On Demand Web Seminar explains how you might consider troubleshooting different problems that could exist in your network. These techniques can all be performed using some of the common tools available in modern operating systems. The more you know about these tools, the better you can use them to fix your problems.

Tags: Industry Standard Protocols, TCP - IP, Network Administration		   
whitepaper Financial Services Company Uses Integration Technology for Workplace Savings Program2008-04-01 Microsoft
  When the New Zealand government announced its KiwiSaver program to encourage citizens to save more money for their retirement, ASB Group Investments had a great opportunity - and a significant challenge. As one of six companies chosen to be "Default providers" for the program, the initiative presented a huge potential influx of business. But ASB Group Investments also had to quickly find a technology solution that could help integrate its system with the national program to enable the efficient transfer of funds and contributor account information. ASB Group Investments accomplished its objective by deploying Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2, using new and enhanced features, including support for AS2, a government-mandated protocol.

Tags: Application Servers, Business Management		   
whitepaper AutoNation Achieves Backups 12 Times Faster, Cuts Costs With New Backup Software2008-03-27 Microsoft Tips
  Leading automotive retailer AutoNation watched its data expand as rapidly as its car sales. When its data stores hit 15 terabytes, the company could no longer back up all of its data in a 24-hour period. Also, the tape-based backup scheme required hours of management each week and was often unreliable. AutoNation decided to deploy Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, a disk-and-tape backup system, to back up its Microsoft-based file, database, and messaging workloads. Since moving to the new software, AutoNation has seen a 12-times reduction in backup times and a six-hour timesaving each week for IT staff. Users are more productive because of the ready availability of disk-based backups, and backup maintenance costs have dropped by 30 percent.

Tags: Back-up, Database Management		   
whitepaper Scalable Non-Blocking Infrastructure Management: A Comparative Study2008-03-25 OnPATH Technologies
  Today's enterprise environments impose demands for a large-scale, highly available, fault tolerant physical layer infrastructure. Typical storage area and data communication network environments, within a single data center or across geographically dispersed sites, can easily require several thousand ports of connectivity. The ability to plan for and build out network infrastructure in such a way that it is cost-effective, scalable, non-blocking, fault tolerant, and can be monitored and managed more effectively, is of great value to businesses. OnPATH Technologies' Universal Connectivity System 2900 (UCS 2900) family of switch products provides a cost-effective solution to automating enterprise connectivity by scaling from a few hundred non-blocking ports to 4096 non-blocking ports and by simplifying overall infrastructure management.

Tags: Infrastructure Management