Archive | October, 2006

Power Play

One of the most overlooked factors that has an impact on how well the network is performing is if the data center is getting enough electricity. A number of issues surrounding data centers stem from the fact that companies simply can’t get the generators they need to operate these massive data centers: “The data center [...]

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Network Performance Daily Links 2006-10-31

Mobile Handset DesignLine: Create seamless mobility throughout your enterprise erp4it: ITIL is not an enterprise architecture< SearchDataCenter.com: Get to know your data center with CMDB Network World: Program to wean developers off Coke and pizza Network World: Microsoft Bob was bad enough, but now BOB as an IT industry acronym More below the fold…

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Network Performance Daily Links 2006-10-30

Techworld.com: Managing wireless as if it were wired WAN optimization from Juniper gets faster ZDNet: Cisco: Good enough to be worth faking? Howfunky.com: Cisco NAC and CAS The IT Skeptic: ITIL is culturally biased by its narrow and closed contributor base More below the fold…

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Understanding Performance Management

When it comes to understanding network performance, exploring the following basic definition will help many people find their way deep into the heart of this subject: Network performance is a process to ensure efficient use of network resources, while minimizing the impact of resource contention.

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God Help the Help Desk

By Manish Chacko This is a story about a typical help desk in a large organization in the continental United States. This is probably true for other parts of the world as well, but I’ll refrain from making claims I cannot possibly back up. With no standard framework for Application Delivery in todays IT environments, [...]

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Network Performance Daily Links 2006-10-26

CIO: Cisco CEO Preaches Networks, Collaboration SearchCIO: IT execs eager to exploit Web 2.0 wave ZDNet.com/Enterprise Web 2.0: Nine ideas for IT managers considering Enterprise 2.0 Aswath Weblog: Intelligence at the End More below the fold…

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Bandwidth is Not a Panacea

For the longest time, network engineers—particularly those at ISPs and carriers—have kept close watch on link utilization to help them decide how their networks are doing. Once usage levels creep above various thresholds, their answer to provisioning and capacity planning has invariably been “boost the bandwidth,” as something of a panacea for network performance problems. [...]

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Network Performance Daily Links 2006-10-25

CIO: How to Manage Application Enhancements SearchSecurity.com: How ‘quadplay’ convergence can improve network security CIO Today: IBM Debuts New Batch of SOA Tools netperformance.com: WLAN Performance Collaboration Loop: Key Trends in Web Conferencing for 2007 and Beyond GigaOM: Video Conferencing… Its’ hot again More below the fold…

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Network management the hot topic at Gartner symposium ITXPO

The Gartner Symposium ITXPO was a hotbed of information and debate on the topic of network performance management, and a venue for the exchange of ideas from people throughout the IT industry. We expect this debate to continue at the Gartner Enterprise Networking Summit in Las Vegas November 14-16 and we will report on those [...]

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Network Performance Daily Links 2006-10-24

Network Computing: Hosted Desktop Management netperformance.com/Expert Tips: TCP Parameter Tuning – Window Scaling SearchNetworking.com: Understanding MPLS Network Components The IT Skeptic: ITIL is Far from Comprehensive ComputerWorld: Real Life: Dealing with a Rogue ISP More below the fold…

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Network Performance Daily Links 2006-10-23

SpeedTest VoIP Loop: MPLS and VoIP Services Network Dictionary Blog CNET News.com: The next information revolution More below the fold…

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Latest from NetPerformance.com

NEWS: Network Performance Management Training & Certification to be Offered by NetPerformance.com NetPerformance.com is offering two levels of PMG NetAnalyst® training and certification classes in November, to be held in Austin, Texas. NetAnalyst is a comprehensive, vendor-neutral training program — ranging from networking essentials to advanced network analysis — designed to enable network professionals to [...]

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