White Papers by Topic: Platforms

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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.

PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment

This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

eNode B Wraparound Testing: A Comprehensive Guide

This white paper discusses the process of testing the eNode B elements of an LTE deployment, including Ixia’s available test solutions.

Enabling Enterprise Class Features for the Mid-Range

Download this ESG whitepaper to learn how BlueArc's new storage platform, BlueArc Mercury™, scales in fixed increments that make it easy to install and deploy, scales up to an eight node cluster and 2 PB, making it a forceful consolidation solution.

ESG White Paper: Intelligent Tiered Storage: BlueArc's Implementation

This ESG White Paper discusses the importance of tiered storage, examines BlueArc's approach to intelligent tiering, and shows how it creates operational value for users' data storage infrastructure

Windows 7 security: A great leap forward or business as usual?

In this white paper, we run through the most significant changes and additions to Windows 7, and look at what they might mean to users and administrators.

Virtualization Dream Team: Citrix and Microsoft

Citrix's strong business and co-development relationship with Microsoft has allowed it to build strong virtualization solutions on the Windows Server platform while delivering applications over the network with an excellent user experience.

Paravirtualization Case Study with Buyken Metal Products

When Buyken Metal Products considered re-architecting its datacenter for redundancy, it realized that its servers and other devices would need to be updated. Buying more physical machines was cost prohibitive, so Buyken sought other options. The ability to virtualize Windows servers with paravirtualization led Buyken to Citrix XenServer, Enterprise Edition.

Bridging the IT Visibility Gap in Complex Composite Applications

Discover the benefits of a composite application or service-oriented application approach.

ESG - Why SharePoint Needs Riverbed WAN Optimization

Many SharePoint implementations are mission critical, yet access to these sites is often thwarted by poor network performance. In this analyst report from ESG, you'll discover how, much like Microsoft Exchange and other collaboration applications, companies deploying SharePoint can benefit from WAN optimization solutions, ensuring that they make the most of its productivity and information sharing capabilities.

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