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June 2010 The Important Role of Networks in a Virtualised World
With the introduction of server virtualisation to help optimize x86 servers and realise significant cost savings, virtualisation technology catapulted on the scene to become a hot topic among IT professionals and CXOs. Since then, the implementation of additional virtualisation technologies has helped organisations better utilise their IT resources and reduce capital and operational expenses.
May 2010 The New Network Data Centre
Enterprises depend on their data centres and business applications more than they ever have before. Employee efficiency, operational costs, and even revenues can be impacted by data centre and application performance. As workforces become more distributed, global, and interconnected, Internet architectures and mobile broadband have forced applications, servers, and storage to evolve for optimum business benefits and usability.
Apr 2010 Network Operating System Evolution
At the core of an organisation's networking infrastructure are networking devices and, more importantly, the network operating systems running within those devices. An efficient hardware platform is not, by itself, sufficient to achieve an effective, cost-efficient, and operationally tenable product. The software, or network OS, also plays a critical role in developing features, ensuring device usability, and helping organisations meet their business goals.
Mar 2010 Identity Federation in a Cloud Computing Environment
Government organisations can improve mission effectiveness with cloud computing in many ways, from adopting a cloud computing solution, to building "cloud ready" data centres or private cloud data centres, to consuming resources-as-a-service and paying only for resources used.
Feb 2010 Five Steps to Help Mitigate Cyber Security Attacks
Cyber Security threats are ever increasing and becoming more sophisticated, as professional hackers not only strive to compromise federal and commercial networks directly, but also attack noncompliant mobile devices used by government employees and contractors to access critical infrastructure.
Jan 2010 Security Consideration for Cloud-Ready Data Centres
Data centres have evolved significantly as organisations consolidate servers, applications, and other resources, and as they adopt new technologies as a means to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
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