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Doing More with Less: Bandwidth
Optimization During Budget Meltdown
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WAN links are often very expensive and capacity is
constrained due to increasing pressure from applications like VoIP,
storage over IP, disaster recovery, video and enterprise
applications like Siebel, Oracle and SAP. Cost-savings efforts like
travel reduction only make matters worse. As a result, many
companies are now re-evaluating their bandwidth acquisition strategy
to optimize the use of their existing network. This panel will
discuss three very different approaches to bandwidth optimization.
Each panel member will describe a different technical approach to
WAN bandwidth optimization and its impact on network traffic flows,
and provide a detailed customer case study. |
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Moderator: Michael Kennedy
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Panelists: Mike Lloyd, Todd J. Krautkremer, Don Templeton
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Closing the Deal with Peak
Infrastructure Performance
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Learn how to fix problems that can bog down
infrastructure performance, how to use fault and performance
management technology to catch problems in real time and to identify
troubling trends. |
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Michael Marks |
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Approx. 449 kB; Navigation and search bookmarks in .pdf
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Converged Management for A
Converged Network
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This session describes converged network management
in the context of traditional transport technologies (dense
wavelength-division multiplexing [DWDM], Synchronous Optical Network
[SONET], and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy [SDH]) and data
(Ethernet, IP, and Multiprotocol Label Switching [MPLS]) from both
the enterprise and service provider perspectives. Attendees will
learn about the advantages and disadvantages of converged network
management, the challenges associated with achieving converged
network management and how to overcome them, and potential converged
network management solutions and how they may affect network
administrators. |
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Derek Gransaull
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Approx. 637 kB; Navigation and search bookmarks in .pdf
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Instant Messaging as an
Enterprise Application
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The use of IM has grown organically in many
organizations, as co-workers need rapid responses in collaborative
efforts. As a result, IT Managers are struggling to support this
unofficial productivity tool. This panel discussion will focus on
the technology alternatives for IM and other collaborative
solutions. Attendees will learn:
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What business needs are driving the use of IM in
corporations? |
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What are the security issues around the
deployment of IM? |
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Is a publicly provided IM solution, such as AOL
IM, really free? |
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How can enterprise directory services, such as
Microsoft's Active Directory, be linked to an IM solution? |
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Moderator: Marv Chartoff
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Panelists: Ed Simnett, Larry McCants, Vince Fournier, David Pulaski
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Building the Distributed
Enterprise: Implementing Secure VPNs for Telecommuting and Remote
Network Access
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In this session, you will explore the security
challenges facing the distributed network accessed by telecommuters,
and will discuss how to implement secure VPNs for dispersed workers.
The instructor will explain how VPNs work and will discuss different
types of VPNs and the types of security countermeasures that must be
implemented to thwart the risk for breaches posed to the enterprise
network from telecommuters. The attendees will learn a modular,
cost-effective approach to building secure VPNs for telecommuters
and other remote workers. |
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Rob Greer
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Note: Large file - Approx. 7.5 MB; Navigation and search bookmarks in .pdf
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Taking Financial Stewardship of
Your Network Infrastructures
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In today’s economy, network managers have to be able
to optimize the business value that they derive from their voice,
data, and wireless networks by ensuring that they have the most
cost-effective network solution that meets their current and
projected networking needs. Up until now, this type of comprehensive
network economics assessment has not been possible. Uncover the
procedures and practices involved in cost-optimized network design
and competitive procurement, how to secure aggressive pricing,
design comprehensive, enforceable and measurable service level
agreements, and negotiate favorable contractual terms over the life
of the agreement. |
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Shally Bansal Stanley
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Approx. 192 kB; Navigation and search bookmarks in .pdf
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