Member Login

E-mail:    Password:  




 TitleDate AddedCompany
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 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 mobilkom austria Utilizes Check Point IPS-1 to Secure Network Infrastructure2008-03-18 Check Point Software Technologies
  As the market leader in Austrian mobile communications, mobilkom austria interconnects more than 10 million people. Such a large responsibility requires mobilkom austria to ensure that the network, on which its customers rely, is never jeopardized. In an age of increasing network attacks, mobilkom austria needed an intrusion prevention solution that could accurately detect any malicious network activity. The company turned to IPS-1, an intelligent intrusion prevention system, to protect its network operations 24x7. Check Point IPS-1 is the leading solution for dedicated enterprise-scale intrusion prevention, delivering mission-critical protection with unmatched management and granular, forensic analysis capabilities with flexible deployment.

Tags: Network Security, Intrusion Detection Systems		   
whitepaper American Crystal Sugar Company Upgrades Management System to Minimize Costs2008-03-01 Oracle
  American Crystal Sugar Company is an agricultural cooperative that specializes in sugar and sugar-based products and byproducts. The company wanted to maximize shareholder profit and control variable costs, such as overtime. The challenge was to manage nonproductive time. American Crystal Sugar Company utilized Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Human Capital Management and Oracle support tools to allow American Crystal Sugar Company to minimize costs. It optimized system availability for 24x7 operations and leveraged Oracle's support tools to plan updates at the appropriate time for the business and create a more efficient migration process.

Tags: Database Management, Human Capital Management		   
whitepaper Solutia Inc. Improves System Reliability and Availability With Advanced Data Infrastructure2008-03-01 Oracle
  Solutia is a market-leading performance materials and specialty chemicals company. Solutia wanted to create a highly available and scalable data infrastructure to support the company's manufacturing, distribution, and human resources processes. The challenge was to minimize IT downtime and steamline IT management. Solutia implemented Oracle Database and Oracle Real Applications on Windows to ensure a highly available data foundation that supports the company's manufacturing and business applications and gained the ability to add capacity cost effectively and as needed with Oracle Real Application Clusters.

Tags: Database Management, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Beijing Tobacco Cuts Costs and Improves Resource Use by Adopting Grid Technology2008-03-01 Oracle
  Founded in 1986, Beijing Tobacco Monopoly Administration oversees the tobacco industry in Beijing. Beijing Tobacco Monopoly wanted to construct an integrated IT infrastructure that offers high performance, reliability, and availability and enable online information sharing and collaboration. The challenge was to utilize any spare capacity to improve system performance and simplify IT maintenance to reduce costs. The company deployed Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters to build a powerful database environment to support 24/7 operations and ensured high availability by adopting a clustered server solution, which distributes workload across multiple machines to maintain stable system performance.

Tags: Database Management, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Groupama Phoenix Accelerates Access to Customer Data by 60% and Optimizes IT System2008-03-01 Oracle
  Groupama Phoenix is one of Greece's leading insurance companies, distributing a diverse product line through a network of 350 agents, 930 brokers, and a team of 80 insurance advisors. Groupama Phoenix wanted to implement a stable, highly available data infrastructure with the ability to seamlessly scale to support future business needs and optimize performance and stability of IT systems to ensure critical business continuity. The challenge was to enhance customer service by enabling authorized personnel to access customer data more rapidly and creates a rapid, one-stop solution for technical issues. Groupama Phoenix deployed Oracle Real Application Clusters to create a highly available and scalable data infrastructure that enables rapid and seamless additions of new users and applications.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Tribunal Supremo Electoral Improves Speed and Reliability of Vote Processing2008-03-01 Oracle
  The Tribunal Supremo Electoral (Supreme Electoral Court) is the highest body that oversees voting in Ecuador. Supreme Electoral Court wanted to implement a reliable high-availability IT infrastructure to guarantee transparency and reliability of information during electoral processes and create a robust voter database for timely updating and use in elections. The challenge was to automate election return collection to accelerate vote total processing and results publication and establish a historical voting record to avoid the loss of critical information. Supreme Electoral Court worked with RedPartner S.A. to implement a high-availability IT infrastructure, assuring speed and reliability in electoral processes and established a robust citizen database with the help of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, allowing for quick and reliable access to voter information.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Database Management		   
whitepaper Secretaria Distrital de Planeacion Centralizes Information and Improves Public Policy Planning2008-03-01 Oracle
  Secretaria Distrital de Planeacion is part of one of the 12 divisions of the Bogota mayor's office. Secretaria Distrital de Planeacion wanted to implement a flexible, scalable IT infrastructure for better long-term public policy planning and establish a reliable database to make up-to-date information available 24x7, facilitating timely decision making. The challenge was to organize and centralize information to establish operating standards throughout the organization. Secretaria Distrital de Planeacion worked with Oracle Consulting to implement a flexible and reliable IT infrastructure, allowing the city to plan its public policy for the next 15 to 20 years and implemented Oracle Database to facilitate access to up-to-date information and accelerate decision making.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Database Management		   
whitepaper Virginia Community College System Protects Services for 240,000 Users With NetApp's Technology2008-03-01 NetApp
  Established in 1966, the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) spans 23 community colleges on 40 campuses across the state. To ensure the highest availability of services, VCCS recently initiated a system-wide technology refresh that included setting up a new Disaster Recovery (DR) site. They wanted to ensure (24x7) availability of critical tier 1 and 2 applications to more than 240,000 users. VCCS standardized on NetApp's solutions for all office and DR site applications, deploying a clustered NetApp FAS6000 series enterprise-class solution that serves as storage for the Richmond data center.

Tags: Storage Management, SANs