White Papers by Topic: Networking

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If It’s Just a Disk…Why the Reliability Gap Between Storage Vendors?

If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors?

Tackling the Top Five Network Access Control Challenges

In this document we explore five common networking challenges that enterprises face-network protection, guest user access, network visibility and monitoring, application access control, and identity-based Quality of Service (QoS)-and discuss how UAC can be used to address each.

Opportunities and Challenges with the Convergence of Data Center Networks

Legacy architectures constrain today's data centers as they attempt to cope with the exponential increase in applications, servers, storage, and network traffic. By rethinking the network from the ground up, Juniper Networks provides customers with a long-term, future proof strategy to develop a single, converged data center fabric with the flexibility and performance to scale to super data centers.

Network Operating System Evolution

This paper discusses the requirements and challenges inherent in the design of a carrier-class network operating system (OS). Key facets of Juniper Networks® JUNOS® Software, Juniper's network operating system, are used to illustrate the evolution of OS design and underscore the relationship between functionality and architectural decisions.

How Operating Systems Create Network Efficiency

Lake Partners Strategy Consultants conducted research to understand the efficiencies created by different operating systems. Research included investigation of Juniper Network's operating system (JUNOS software). Lake Partners' found that in specific network areas JUNOS software creates significant and meaningful operational efficiencies. Specifically, those who perceive the most impact from JUNOS software save a total of 25% of time on common network operations tasks compared to competitive operating systems.

Business-Critical Benefits of Workload Automation Solutions

To be competitive in tomorrow’s IT landscape, enterprises must advance to WLA. Find out why now.

Curve

Download this case study to see how Curve partnered with NEC to deploy Unified Communications.

TORO National Support Network

Download this case study to see how they partnered with NEC and how NEC’s UC for Business contact-center solution improved productivity both inside and outside of the contact center.

Doing More with Less – Automating IT Services in Your Midsize Business

This whitepaper will serve as an invaluable reference tool for IT professionals who want to ensure their success with an automation solution that fully meets the needs of their midsize business – without breaking the bank. Learn how to address the “big four” pain points for IT managers, the perils of point solutions, the power of services automation , questions to ask before choosing an IT automation solution, key requirements of an IT automation solution, and how to optimize your IT infrastructure.

Security that Outpaces the Competition

AT&T helps Williams F1 succeed in the advanced sport of Formula One racing by employing multiple layers of security. Services like Network-Based Firewall, Secure E-mail Gateway, Web Security, and DDoS Defense protect the vast amounts of data that go back and forth among the team’s UK headquarters, racing locations and external suppliers like Toyota and Bridgestone.

Security

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