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  • Securing your enterprise file transfers

    The typical enterprise transfers thousands of files per day, making it one of the essential business productivity tools.

  • Network neutrality and protocol discrimination

    In an ideal Internet all packets would be treated as equal by the Internet Service Providers (ISP) and backbone operators who transport them across cyberspace. Unfortunately, this is not always the case since many ISPs restrict or completely block Internet access to some services by discriminating against certain network protocols.

  • Managing 10G data centres with 1G tools

    Many data center managers that need to monitor new 10G network segments can't currently justify the significant investment in new monitoring devices, but high density aggregation filtering systems make it possible to get the job done using 1G monitoring tools.

  • Lessons for companies from the Google China attack

    The cyberattacks against Google and more than 30 other technology companies by adversaries operating out of China highlights what some call the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) confronting a growing number of commercial entities.

  • Cisco and HP gear up for battle in data centre

    Cisco's foray into the server market has been talked about for some months now. What has not been so widely discussed is HP's attack on Cisco's territory with a new range of ProCurve switches - it all adds up to a tasty battle.

  • Virtual appliances are really here

    If you thought virtual appliances - complete ready-to-run services in (typically) a VMware wrapper - were just for trying things out on, think again.

  • I want one of those

    IT managers rely on a lot of technologies to keep the network humming, but only a few tools make their "most valuable" list.

  • Network monitoring's New Year Resolution

    For network managers, it's not so much a case of New Year's Resolutions as New Year's Higher Resolution, argues Adam Powers, the CTO of network analysis specialist Lancope.

  • 3Com is setting a US-Asia trend, says CEO

    Edgar Masri explains how buying its Chinese partner and going private is all part of a drive for a clearer message.

  • New net admin tools focus on the business

    Network Instruments, Entuity and Netuitive all agree that network management needs to take a business service view.





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