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Choosing the Right Metropolitan Ring for Your Business
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Learn how to consolidate your network access facilities over multiple company locations and increase security with a metropolitan ring solution. Read this white paper and start reaping the benefits of this new solution today.
Posted: 13 Feb 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2007

AT&T Corp

Security through Maturity: A Brief on Securing iSCSI Networks
sponsored by DellEMC and IntelĀ®
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about how Internet SCSI (iSCSI) offers a scalable, simplified, and cost-effective way to implement storage area networks (SANs) using Ethernet components.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009

DellEMC and IntelĀ®

Best Practices Guide: Cabling the Data Center
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: This guide describes best practices for incorporating cabling in a typical data center, plus tips for selecting cabling components and information on data transmission media.
Posted: 01 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

Brocade

Copper and Glass: Securing the Foundation of your 10 Gigabit Data Center
sponsored by Fluke Networks
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a look at the changes 10 Gigabit Ethernet creates for the cabling infrastructure in a data center and the specific steps necessary to make sure your new 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center network is rock-solid.
Posted: 04 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

Fluke Networks

Top Unified Communications Trends for Midsize Businesses
sponsored by Cisco
WHITE PAPER: This insightful white paper summarizes research from Forrester regarding current usage trends and perceptions of unified communications among midsize organizations around the world.
Posted: 01 Apr 2014 | Published: 31 Jan 2014

Cisco

Tips for Choosing a Cloud Service Provider
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper shares tips on finding a cloud provider whose portfolio is as flexible and varied as the workloads it services.
Posted: 05 Aug 2012 | Published: 29 Jul 2012

IBM

A Total-Cost-of-Ownership Comparison for Unified Communications and Collaboration
sponsored by Cisco
WHITE PAPER: This guide compares the total-cost-of-ownership of various unified communications and collaboration platforms and explains how collaboration is critical to the success of the modern business.
Posted: 14 Apr 2014 | Published: 30 Sep 2013

Cisco

Unified Communications Management Before and After Deployment
sponsored by Nectar Corp
WHITE PAPER: A successful UC rollout should test voice performance -- and video, if applicable -- before and after deployment. In this expert e-guide, Irwin Lazar of Nemertes Research, explains how organizations can minimize operational costs and maximize user satisfaction with proactive unified communications management and testing before and after deployment.
Posted: 21 Feb 2017 | Published: 17 Feb 2017

Nectar Corp

Impact of Cloud on IT Consumption Models: Top 10 Insights
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper reviews the conclusions from a survey of IT leaders around the world.
Posted: 08 Nov 2013 | Published: 08 Nov 2013

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Boost IT Visibility & Value with Service Catalog
sponsored by ServiceNow
WHITE PAPER: Find out how creating a great service catalog can help prove the value of IT, and why many consider it fundamental.
Posted: 19 May 2014 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

ServiceNow