10 tips for boosting network performance

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	10 tips for boosting network performance Tracking and cracking network performance problems is no easy task. More than a matter of identifying often mystifying bottlenecks, ensuring network efficiency requires an almost preternatural understanding of your organization's IT operations, as well as a thick skin for withstanding the heat when problems inevitably arise. Read More WHITE PAPER: Interoute The Birth of the Enterprise Network Choosing a managed wide-area network solution can be difficult; this document aims to help ICT professionals and business managers in making the right choice for their data networks. Read More In this Issue FCC seeks volunteers to test broadband speed Only 18% of firms prepared for World Cup IT overload China seeks to unseat the West in supercomputing Force10 unveils VM-optimized Gigabit Ethernet switch Telephony apps being replaced by data apps Brocade boosts 10G Ethernet density for data centers Most home broadband users don't know their speed SanDisk, OCZ push size, speed limits with new SSDs WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco Secure Borderless Networks At-a-Glance Learn more about Cisco's Secure Borderless Networks comprehensive approach to security, and how enables today's workforce to stay productive while controlling cost and complexity. See how you can integrate security throughout your network with flexible solutions and proactive intelligence. Read More FCC seeks volunteers to test broadband speed The FCC is embarking on a project to determine actual broadband speeds and see if broadband providers are actually delivering what they advertise. As the FCC sets out to expand and modernize broadband access for all of America, it would be nice to have an accurate view of what is currently being provided as a baseline. Read More Only 18% of firms prepared for World Cup IT overload Eighty-two percent of businesses have not planned for the potential overload on their IT systems as staff are expected to follow the World Cup during work hours, a new survey has found. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. China seeks to unseat the West in supercomputing Having reached No. 2 on the Top 500 supercomputer list, China is apparently mounting a sustained challenge to Western dominance in high-performance computing. Read More Force10 unveils VM-optimized Gigabit Ethernet switch Force10 Networks unveiled a Gigabit Ethernet top-of-rack data center switch optimized for virtual environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell File Management Suite Better track and understand storage patterns, allocate and manage storage based on its relevance and value to the business, while saving money in the administration and procurement of storage resources. Learn to get a handle on the unchecked proliferation of data. Read Now Telephony apps being replaced by data apps Telephone as a part of the corporate WAN may be reaching a point of irrelevancy in many ways. Read More Brocade boosts 10G Ethernet density for data centers Brocade this week rolled out 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 8Gbps FibreChannel modules for its routers and storage-area network switches designed to increase the wire-speed density of both platforms to better support network consolidation and improve service levels. Read More Most home broadband users don't know their speed Most U.S. residents don't know how fast their home broadband service is supposed to be, but they are satisfied with the speed they get, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported on Tuesday after conducting a nationwide phone survey. Read More SanDisk, OCZ push size, speed limits with new SSDs At the Computex 2010 show, SanDisk and OCZ Technology both introduced their latest solid-state drives (SSDs), setting new performance and size records for the companies. Read More
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