8 Aug 2011 | Networks & Telco
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With more and more bandwidth hungry applications being added to the network, we are at the point where the demands placed upon our networks are out-stripping the economic abilities of the switches that deliver the bandwidth. Combined with an increase in virtualisation, device proliferation and mobility, it is clear that the way that we must architect our networks has changed. The technology is now here to provide businesses with an Application Fluent Network, but can it be delivered cost effectively and without complexity? Manish Sablok, Head of Marketing, North Europe at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, explains the essential stages to building an environment to deliver such a network.
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25 Jul 2011 | Networks & Telco
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"A recent Infoblox survey of EMEA enterprises uncovered some surprising and disturbing statistics. Despite (or maybe because of?) all the press coverage about IPv6 World Day and time running out on IPv4 addresses, 80% of those questioned felt they were not well enough informed to take on IPv6, while 67% felt real concern about IPv6 deployment, and 35% did not even know which network elements support IPv6 today.
Most disturbingly, 40% said they still track IP addresses using spreadsheets rather than automated IPAM – a clear indicator of unreadiness for IPv6 migration. To cap it all: a similar survey showed that US enterprises are feeling less prepared than their EMEA counterparts.
So we set out a few basic facts and practical suggestions for IPv6 migration "without tears" says Dirk Marichal VP EMEA Infoblox.
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30 May 2011 | Networks & Telco
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How the speed & throughput of next generation networks matters for mission-critical applications, and the influence it has on choice of data centre location. By Craig Denton, CEO of data centre VNO Next Connex.
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28 Mar 2011 | Design & Facilities Management
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The continuing need for cost containment combined with new government legislation is placing greater pressure on Data Centre managers to drive down power consumption and improve efficiency. Indeed, new state of the art data centres are achieving phenomenal efficiency ratings through the use of innovative technologies such as direct and indirect free cooling, with a strong emphasis on recycling and sustainability.
But just how applicable is this best practice to existing data centres? Can such significant investments really be applied to legacy set ups? And, if so, how can organisations demonstrate that investment in areas such as new air conditioning and high efficiency UPS systems, is delivering the improvement in efficiency required by both the board and to meet Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme targets?
Jason Preston, Director of data centre innovator, 2bm, provides ten tips for improving – and proving - data centre efficiency.
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28 Feb 2011 | Networks & Telco
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Deploying FCoE into the data centre, by Mike McNamara – Sr. Product Marketing Manager, NetApp & Ahmad Zamer – Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Brocade.
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24 Jan 2011 | Hosting & Colocation
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With 2010 coming to an end, how will it be remembered? It might be famed as the year of the coalition Government, the year when England gave a disappointing World Cup performance, or even for the volcanic ash cloud that engulfed Europe. But what did 2010 mean for the business world? For most of the UK's industries, it was the year that brought with it huge amounts of business data. And what's more, Gartner expects enterprise data to grow by 650 per cent in the next five years.
By Dave Green, senior product manger, high capacity services, Virgin.
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22 Nov 2010 | Security
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The security market has reached a critical inflection point. Costs continue to escalate, complexity is increasing and, critically, the reality of Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) is undermining legacy anti-threat strategies. The result is a shift from threat focused controls to target focused visibility and an evolution from prevention to increased detection and response. As Dwayne Melancon, Vice President of Log Management, Tripwire, explains, APTs are complex, long lasting and typically comprise many, many small events over months. Without an integrated approach to identify the relationships between events and changes, organisations will be left wide open to vulnerabilities and threats.
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22 Nov 2010 | Virtualization
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The National Unified Procurement Company (NUPCO) is a healthcare supply chain company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was exclusively set up by the government of Saudi Arabia in August of 2007 to serve the public hospitals and primary care units. NUPCO will centralise procurement, storage and distribution for pharmaceutical, medical supplies, and medical devices.
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22 Nov 2010 | Virtualization
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Councils face constant pressure to better serve their citizens within tight budget constraints. In difficult times, when demands for services are up but budgets are down, this can be a tough-balancing act.
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30 Sep 2010 | Networks & Telco
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Companies with multiple locations rely on a highly efficient IT infrastructure to ensure the smooth running of IT processes and reliable communication both internally (across company locations),as well as externally (with partners and customers). Ongoing monitoring is vital for multiple-location companies, as it enablesthem to keep a constant and close eye on the availability and bandwidth usage of locally distributed networks. This provides important information about the state of the networks and alerts IT staff when devices in the network are going to reach critical levels. By Daniel Zobel, Documentation and Support at Paessler AG.
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10 Sep 2010 | Networks & Telco
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Following the launch of BT's Infinity superfast broadband service for home users and businesses, Riverbed's EMEA marketing director Mark Lewis explores why it's not just about additional bandwidth, and why poor performance of business critical applications across the network infrastructure can still be an issue that needs to be addressed.
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27 Aug 2010 | Networks & Telco
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When you are responsible for hosting some of the biggest e-commerce and content sites in the country, you can't afford to take chances. Smile Media wanted to reduce the risk of downtime and improve application performance, and at the same time scale up its IT infrastructure to meet the needs of growing numbers of Internet users. It selected the BIG-IP® Application Delivery Controller (ADC) from F5®, and has benefited from reduced costs, time efficiencies, high availability and faster page loads.
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19 Aug 2010 | Networks & Telco
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When you are responsible for hosting some of the biggest e-commerce and content sites in the country, you can't afford to take chances. Smile Media wanted to reduce the risk of downtime and improve application performance, and at the same time scale up its IT infrastructure to meet the needs of growing numbers of Internet users. It selected the BIG-IP® Application Delivery Controller (ADC) from F5®, and has benefited from reduced costs, time efficiencies, high availability and faster page loads.
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23 Jul 2010 | Networks & Telco
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Any IT Manager worth his salt knows a corporate network cannot run efficiently without some degree of network performance management. But with corporate networks becoming progressively more complex and being required to support increasingly sophisticated applications, how many can confidently claim their network monitoring and performance management systems are still up to the job? Read more
15 Jul 2010 | Networks & Telco
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Managing bandwidth needs and consumption is a discipline that has existed since the first 150bps modems connected computer systems together. Today, with multi-gigabit links becoming an everyday reality, we are still facing the same conundrums. Only the number of zeros has changed., writes Vess Bakalov, CTO SevOne Inc. Read more
19 Nov 2009 | Applications
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Mike Manos, Senior Vice President of Technical Services at Digital Realty Trust, believes that the coming decade will see more changes in data centres than has occurred in the past 30-40 years combined. Mike predicts that we are entering a period of significant development in the way data centres are designed, built, operated and utilised. Read more
22 Mar 2009 | Applications
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?The times they are a changing' ? is a refrain that could well have been written specifically for today's shifting IT landscape. In the past the network infrastructure has been at the heart of the IT function, with the principal focus on network and hardware management; on monitoring and reporting availability, health and performance. But today there's a quiet revolution taking place in many IT organisations, as software is increasingly becoming the key focus for IT departments. This shift in emphasis has been caused by a number of factors: the recognition that new technology and approaches like SaaS and SOA have changed the nature of software development, plus the realisation that the rise of e-commerce, and web applications means that IT is no longer seen as a cost overhead, but as a source of competitive advantage, productivity gains and revenue. All of this is great news for future generations of software developers as more budgets and opportunities will open up to those with the requisite skills. Yet, with this new drive towards a software-centric view of the world comes responsibilities and greater complexity. Read more
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