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ALSO CALLED: Networks, W A N, and Wide Area Networks
DEFINITION: A wide area network (WAN) is a geographically dispersed telecommunications network. The term distinguishes a broader telecommunication structure from a local area network (LAN). A wide area network may be privately owned or rented, but the term usually connotes  … 
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Best Practices in Optimizing WAN Performance
sponsored by Exinda Networks
WHITE PAPER: The goals of this white paper are to outline a framework for application delivery, to describe some best practices in WAN optimization, and to apply those best practices to specific industries.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008
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Heil Trailer Moves Backups to ExaGrid to Gain Faster Backups and Restores
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Heil Trailer Moves Backups to ExaGrid to Gain Faster Backups and Restores.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008
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7-Eleven Stores Ring up Better Backups with ExaGrid
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: 7-Eleven Stores began looking for a disk-based backup system in an effort to streamline its nightly data protection procedures and to increase the amount of data the company could back up each night.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008
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Morningstar Invests in ExaGrid, Gains Better Backups
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Morningstar had been backing up its data to tape, but with nightly incremental backups of nearly 6TB and weekly full backups of up to 18TB, its backup windows had grown out of control to overcome it they use ExaGrid solution.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008
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Whitepaper: Using WAN Acceleration for Successful Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Silver Peak
WHITE PAPER: Learn how WAN acceleration can become a strategic part of business contuity objectives by improving bandwidth utilization and accelerating data transfer times.
Posted: 23 Dec 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2008
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Advancing the Economics of Networking
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: By freeing up IT budget dollars, Juniper allows businesses to invest in other innovative technologies that will further reduce the cost of doing business while improving their competitive position.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008
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Implementing HA at the Enterprise Data Center Edge to Connect to a Large Number of Branch Offices
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how to deploy a highly available, working cluster by taking the design considerations and applying them to an actual deployment.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2007
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Using Snapshots in Your Data Backup Strategy
sponsored by Dell | EqualLogic
WHITE PAPER: This document discusses the use of snapshots in your data backup strategy, as well as a new snapshot product offering from EqualLogic to simplify your backup projects.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 16 Dec 2008
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The Power of Deduplication: Achieving a 50:1 Ratio
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Learn about how dynamic deduplication based on an HP-patented deduplication algorithim packs up to 50 times more backup data into the same disk footprint.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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TOPICS:  Backups | Data Centers | WAN

An Integrated Approach to Application Delivery
sponsored by NetScout Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses a more integrated approach to application delivery with the intent of eliminating organization and technological stovetops.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008
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Essential Series: Network Troubleshooting and Problem Identification
sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Techniques and technologies exist today that make a lot of the highly-manual activities of the network administrator significantly easier, this series discusses a few of those tasks along with ways to make them easier.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008
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Cisco Unified Communications: Unifying Communications Infrastructure
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Cisco's unified communications vision combines individual systems with different communications capabilities into a cohesive, powerful communications ecosystem that allows a business to revolutionize itself overnight.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008
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TOPICS:  IP Telephony | PSTN | QOS | ROI | VoIP | WAN | WLAN

Voice Architectures and Deployment Models
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Telephony design requires a solid understanding of the drivers for Voice over IP, corporate policies for infrastructure design, and telephone components.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008
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The Case for Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper you will learn about the evolution of Ethernet, the reasons VLANs were introduced, and the ways that VLANs can be used.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008
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Qos: What Is It? Why Do We Need It?
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: QoS can be used in converged networks to provide voice packets priority access to resources, or it can be used to differentiate data packets from different application stream and provide access to resources according to policy.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008
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TCP/IP Troubleshooting
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WEBCAST: Attend this webcast with Ted Rohling and you will know that learning to troubleshoot is an ongoing process.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Managing SharePoint in an Enterprise Environment
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and other SharePoint technologies are excellent tools for a modern, web-based office environment. This white paper gives pointers on managing them.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008
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WPA2 Security: Choosing the Right WLAN Authentication Method for Homes and Enterprises
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This paper will explore the authentication methods available with WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) and identify several important best practices to consider when deploying a wireless network at home or in the enterprise.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008
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eGuide - Building and Managing the Multimedia Network
sponsored by Polycom, Inc.
EGUIDE: This Expert Guide will help readers lay the groundwork for the next great wave of application adoption.
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 | Published: 05 Dec 2008
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Tips for Protecting the Edge: Remote-Office Data Protection
sponsored by Overland Storage
WHITE PAPER: This Tipcast gives IT professionals an effective way to incorporate remote backups done locally and managed centrally from the main data center.
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 | Published: 05 Dec 2008
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IT Agility: Balancing Performance, Security and Cost in a Tight Economy
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: Read this document to learn about the economy's impact on IT and discover best practices for IT agility to optimize IT infrastructure.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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802.11n: Implementation Best Practices
sponsored by Motorola, Inc.
EGUIDE: This document provides those responsible for next-generation WLAN planning and deployment with guidance on how to make the most of their investment 802.11n.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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Sayers Reduces Datacenter Costs with HP and VMware
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Sayers objective was to improve business agility and continuity while reducing data center costs and complexity so they turned to HP, which helped them from a management standpoint.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Vancouver Canucks Virtualize with HP and VMware
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
CASE STUDY: The Vancouver Canucks wanted to leverage a hardware refresh budget to implement a new approach to their technology architecture and to meet this requirement Canucks choose HP solution.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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The Hidden Storage "Gotchas" of Server Virtualization
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
PRESENTATION: This document details various issues related to server virtualization and offers solutions to eliminate these problems.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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WAN DEFINITION (continued): … A wide area network (WAN) is a geographically dispersed telecommunications network. The term distinguishes a broader telecommunication structure from a local area network (LAN). A wide area network may be privately owned or rented, but the term usually connotes the inclusion of public (shared user) networks. An intermediate form of network in terms of geography is a metropolitan area network (MAN).
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