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whitepaper On Survivable Access Network Design: Complexity and Algorithms2007-07-01 Princeton University
  With economic constraints and limited routing capability, the structure of an access network is typically a "fat tree", where the terminal has to relay the traffic from another terminal of the same or higher level. New graph theory problems naturally arise from such features of access network models, different from those targeted towards survivable backbone (mesh) networks. This paper models the important problem of provisioning survivability to an existing single-level fat tree through two graph theory problem formulations: the Terminal Backup problem and the Simplex Cover problem, which it shows to be equivalent. Then two polynomial-time approaches are developed, indirect and direct, for the Simplex Cover problem.   
whitepaper The Role of SONA in Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Strategies2007-07-01 Cisco Systems
  SONA specifically defines an architectural approach for the enterprise communications network that enables the infrastructure to deliver services, functions, and data to application and middleware layers using defined protocols and APIs. With SONA, Cisco describes a flexible, service-oriented communications network and identifies the high-level relationship and interfaces between the network and general application-level systems. By leveraging these services, protocols, functions, or state information within the network infrastructure, an enterprise can best optimize the delivery of applications that meet business requirements. This white paper presents an overview of Cisco SONA and the role it plays in an enterprise IT architectures such as that defined by TOGAF.

Tags: Enterprise Architecture		   
whitepaper High Tech School in NYC: Integrating Technology Into New York Classrooms2007-06-18 Cisco Systems
  This webcast explores how NYC elementary, middle and high schools are integrating technology into the classroom.   
whitepaper Survivable Network Design With Degree or Order Constraints2007-06-13 Association for Computing Machinery
  This paper presents algorithmic and hardness results for network design problems with degree or order constraints. The paper first considers the SURVIVABLE NETWORK DESIGN problem with degree constraints on vertices: the objective is to find a minimum cost subgraph satisfying certain connectivity requirements as well as degree upper bounds on the vertices. A well known special case is the MINIMUM BOUNDED DEGREE SPANNING TREE problem which has attracted much attention recently. Denote by Bv the degree constraint of vertex v.   
whitepaper Companies to Develop Technology to Bring Data Protection Into the Network - Improving Performance and Reducing Complexity2007-05-23 Cisco Systems
  RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. Extending their strategic alliance, Cisco and RSA, worked together to develop technology to help customers improve and simplify the encryption of confidential information - such as medical records, social security and credit card numbers. Together, these technologies will help customers encrypt data-at-rest on tapes and other types of storage media and manage the associated encryption keys within the storage area network infrastructure, a process that is less invasive, more secure and easier to manage.

Tags: Data Recovery - Security, SANs		   
whitepaper Facilities Considerations for the Cisco Data Center Network Architecture2007-04-20 American Power Conversion (APC)
  The Cisco Data Center Network Architecture - a comprehensive, adaptive network architecture designed by Cisco Systems for agile IT support of business needs - critically depends upon underlying physical facilities to provide the power, cooling, physical housing, security, fire protection, and cabling that allow IT to function reliably and seamlessly. This paper presents strategies for designing the integrated, end-to-end facilities that provide this crucial physical infrastructure to support the on-demand computing environment of the Cisco Data Center Network Architecture.

Tags: Data Center		   
whitepaper Peer-to-Peer Network Protocols Position Paper2007-04-01 Government of Western Australia
  This paper provides technical information on computer network Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols. It highlights issues relating to legal, security and infrastructure risks posed by P2P, reviews possible solutions to mitigate these risks and identifies situations that might indicate P2P presence. This paper is intended as a starting point for Western Australian Government agencies considering any usage of applications using P2P protocols.   
whitepaper Major Spanish Broadcaster Selects Scientific Atlanta for Network Expansion2007-03-01 Cisco Systems
  Abertis Telecom is Spain's leading telecommunications infrastructures and services group. Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, along with Abertis Telecom has expanded the regional program delivery capability of Spain's regional television association, Federation of Autonomic Radio and Television Entities (FORTA), by nearly 40 percent with an extensive Scientific Atlanta video contribution network platform. The new Abertis contribution network extends the reach of FORTA into three new regions, Aragon, Asturias and Murcia. This will enable the new regions, and the eight regions already receiving FORTA programming, to share content in a service expansion that will offer Spanish viewers exciting new programming choices.   
whitepaper Artificial Neural Networks Architecture for Intrusion Detection Systems and Classification of Attacks2007-02-24 Cairo University
  The ubiquity of the Internet poses serious concerns on the security of computer infrastructures and the integrity of sensitive data. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) aim at protecting networks and computers from malicious network-based or host-based attacks. The underlying assumption of intrusion detection is an attack will noticeably affect system performance or behavior. Neural networks method is a promising technique, which has been used in many classification problems. The present study is aimed to solve a multi-class problem of intrusion detection using MLP in which not only the attack records are distinguished from normal ones, but also the attack type is identified.

Tags: Security Tools, Intrusion Detection Systems		   
whitepaper IT @ Intel Brief: Boosting Server Virtualization Performance2007-02-01 VMware
  With each new generation of Intel® multi-core technology, anticipate dramatic power and performance improvements; these improvements directly contribute to lower TCO. Better performance per acquisition cost and performance per watt, for example, result in lower capital expenditures and smaller utility bills.

This IT @ Intel brief examines a study of correlated workload performance, platform performance, and power consumed with financial data to determine TCO. With this methodology, Intel demonstrated as much as a 2x performance improvement and up to 53 percent reduction in TCO for the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5150 as compared to its predecessor.

Co-Sponsored by:
Intel

Tags: Resources Mgmt., Virtualization