Networking | Blog Post | David Tan Friday, November 18, 2011
There is a common misconception among business owners and decision makers that unified messaging (UM) and unified communications (UC) are essentially the same thing. This leads many companies to believe they have a solid communication platform and strategy and discourages them from looking for solutions that can actually enhance their business and save them money in the long run. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Wednesday, November 16, 2011
There are many branch offices in organizations that have no local IT management to speak of. There may be an office manager capable of setting up a PC or two, but, by and large, for anything involving something complex, someone from IT has to get on a plane and go deal with it. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Wednesday, November 9, 2011
When it comes to desktop virtualization, it’s too early to say which of half a dozen or so models may actually dominate. In fact, chances are high that IT organizations are going to find themselves supporting multiple instances of desktop virtualization for a long time to come. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Frank Ohlhorst Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Virtualization is all the rage in today's networks, at least when it comes to servers and storage. Many CTOs, however, are looking to see what virtualization can do for end-user needs. For example, virtual desktops and applications are proving to be a viable alternative to the traditional PC. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Julius Neudorfer Wednesday, November 9, 2011
While NASA won’t be launching anymore rockets for a while, HP seems to be stepping in with a Project Moonshot of its own. In a nod to the history of NASA’s original space race to the moon, it has even named the first "launch" platform "Redstone," like the original rocket that America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard, rode into space. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Tuesday, November 8, 2011
It’s no secret that there are billions of things connected to the Internet. The challenge is finding ways to let these devices communicate and share information without having to introduce a lot of complexity. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Monday, October 24, 2011
Network vendors are in a partisan battle over the future of Ethernet switching technology in the enterprise. About the only thing the two sides do agree on is that the existing spanning tree algorithm used in most switches today is not up to meeting the demands of thousands of virtual servers on the network. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Thanks to the proliferation of virtual machines, a lot of IT architectures are out of balance. Not only are the servers that run all these virtual machines becoming starved for memory, the bandwidth that these virtual machines are consuming on the network is steadily increasing. Continue Reading »
Networking | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The potential collaboration capabilities of the Web have always attracted the interest of developers, usually resulting in overly ambitious projects such as Google Wave, which, after much fanfare, don’t live up to all the hype being generated. Continue Reading »
