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• Commented on Enterprises Embrace Rich Media Delivery with ECDNs
  Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) have become a staple of the telecommunications diet. However, due to security concerns about having sensitive corporate information on public networks sometimes limits the optimization of CDNs. This paper does a great job of outlining a...
• Posted New Public Forum Entries to Webtorials
  F5 - It's Not All About YouThe Growth of Web Services...
• Commented on Unified Threat Management Price/Performance Comparison
  This is an excellent, albeit slightly unusual, piece from WatchGuard. As a rule, I've found that over the years most vendors are somewhat reticent to compare their offerings directly with those from their competitors. But that's exactly what WatchGuard has...
• Posted Unified Threat Management Price/Performance Comparison to Webtorials
  WatchGuard Technologies...
• Commented on 2010 Midyear Security Report
  Cisco's midyear Security Report is always a very popular item with our Webtorials community. I'm particularly glad that this year's report covers some of the issues that I consider to be among the most critical: mobility, virtualization, IPv6, and social...
• Commented on Bringing Unified Communications to Life with Seamless Video Interoperability
  While various forms of video conferencing have been around decades, we are on the brink of video conferencing becoming a staple of the corporate communications diet. Fueled by the convergence of HD-quality availability, plummeting bandwidth prices, pressure to reduce travel...
• Posted Bringing Unified Communications to Life with Seamless Video Interoperability to Webtorials
  A Revealing Look at why Integrating Video with Unified Communications is a Winning Long-Term StrategyE. Brent Kelly, Wainhouse ResearchSponsored by Avaya...
• Commented on Field Testing Installed Optical Fiber Cabling
  This is an excellent tutorial.  Full of practical advice, comparison of various specifications, and down-to-earth explanations.I especially like the level of detail and the way that the paper is divided into sections on TIA Standards Performance Requirements, Testing Practices, and...
• Posted Field Testing Installed Optical Fiber Cabling to Webtorials
  Fluke Networks...
• Commented on Unified Communications for Dummies
  A few years ago, we offered a special edition of "VoIP for Dummies," and it was one of the most popular offerings ever. I trust that this will prove to be equally valuable. As always, the "for dummies" series has...
• Posted Unified Communications for Dummies to Webtorials
  Lawrence Miller, CISSPAvaya Second Custom Edition...
• Posted Troubleshooting Your VoIP Ecosystem to Webtorials
  Integrated Research...
• Commented on Troubleshooting Your VoIP Ecosystem
  What do you mean by the VoIP ecosystem and how does visualizing it help voice administrators do their jobs?...
• Commented on Troubleshooting Your VoIP Ecosystem
  Prognosis’s message has been consistent for the last few years. You state that the top issues affecting VoIP are poor voice quality, inability to obtain a dial tone and call setup failure. What’s new about VoIP management in 2010?...
• Commented on Troubleshooting Your VoIP Ecosystem
  This is an excellent paper that provides an overview of many of the causes of poor performance on a VoIP network. I really like the Q&A structure of the paper, with the discussion broken down into areas of "Poor Voice...
• Commented on Successfully Mitigating Corporate Risk
  The topic of "Corporate Risk" covers a wide range of topics, from actual data integrity to ensuring regulatory compliance. This paper does a great job of describing and categorizing various areas of risk and then proposing various methods for addressing...
• Commented on The AT&T Telepresence Solution: Transforming Business at AT&T
  The truest test of whether a company trusts its own offerings is whether they are adopted and used internally. This is a great paper that demonstrates exactly that, providing both a description of AT&T's offerings and how these offerings have...
• Commented on The Mandate for Network Infrastructure Automation
  There's no doubt that virtualization is a top-of-mind issue for all of us. However, the move to virtualized servers, etc., does not necessarily make management easier. In fact, it complicates the tasks such as IP Address management. In this generic...
• Posted The Mandate for Network Infrastructure Automation to Webtorials
  An Analysis by Jim Metzler, Ashton, Metzler & AssociatesWebtorials Analyst Division...
• Commented on Threat Defense for Borderless Networks
  Please note that this paper supersedes the paper that was formerly available under the title "Threat Control and Containment".  The rather extensive discussion is still available by clicking here....
• Commented on Threat Defense for Borderless Networks
  As borderless networks continue to permeate the networking architectures, the defense mechanisms for these networks continue to evolve as well. I particularly like the approach in this paper of first defining the increased points that network threats can come from...
• Posted Threat Defense for Borderless Networks to Webtorials
  Cisco Systems...
• Posted Introduction to Carrier Ethernet VPNs to Webtorials
  Understanding the AlternativesJuniper Networks...
• Commented on Introduction to Carrier Ethernet VPNs
  This paper provides a GREAT complement to yesterday's paper on VPLS. Once again, there's a super amount of technical information. In particular, the discussion of Layer 2 versus Layer 3 MPLS VPNS and the components and services are great. The...
• Commented on VPLS: The Switched Ethernet
  This paper does an excellent job of describing VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) from a technical perspective, describing how VPLS "works," describing the benefits, and, most importantly, describing how where it does and does not fit. Regardless of your choice...
• Commented on Dynamic Security for the New Network Data Center
  Cloud computing and virtualization are rapidly changing the normal mode of operations for most companies. But this move also means that techniques used to secure your corporate information assets must evolve drastically. In particular, there is no longer a physical...
• Commented on Can the PSTN be Shut Down?
  I'm curious as to the community's thoughts on whether the alternative communications methods are sufficiently "hardened." I'm as eager as the next person (in fact probably much more eager) to be doing packet voice and to use my cellular communications....
• Posted 2010 Contact Center Plans and Priorities to Webtorials
  A Special Report by the Webtorials Analyst Division...
• Commented on Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks
  This paper provides a great overview of the technical capabilities that are needed in an Ethernet-based MAN. I particularly like the emphasis on and discussion of technical requirements. Additionally, the section that summarizes L2 and L3 MPLS networks and where...
• Commented on Leading the Way to Borderless Networks
  This paper provides an excellent description of the elements of Cisco's Borderless Networks architecture and the benefits derived from adoption of this architecture. It's an excellent paper from an educational perspective, and I consider it to be an excellent resource...