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Moving toward the application-centric network
This chapter discusses application delivery and performance, and points to technologies that you can use to ensure that critical applications are meeting desired expectations. E-Book
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Blade server load balancing
Load balancing has evolved into a solution of choice to provide high availability and robust security to IP applications. TechColumn
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Application delivery systems for the ROI-driven data center
As innovation and demand converge in the new ROI-driven data center, yesterday's load balancer is being supplanted by a rapidly evolving category, the application delivery system. TechColumn
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Network technology trends 2012: Data center networks
When it comes to data center networking technology trends 2012, expect the rise of data center fabrics, but not necessarily uptake of storage convergence or the public cloud. News | 03 Jan 2012
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The answer to the top 5 virtualization problems
Transitioning to a virtualized network can be challenging for network engineers, despite the advantages. Understand these top five virtualization problems and how to handle them. Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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vCloud and VEPA: Neither answer is a winner
vCloud and VEPA fail to address the virtualization networking problem, as both are deemed proprietary and don’t enable networking functions within the vSphere environment. Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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Network technology trends for 2012: The big picture
Forrester Research analyst Andre Kindness shares big picture predictions for network technology trends in 2012: the rise of Huawei and why networkers need software skills News | 22 Dec 2011
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When physical security breaches are the problem
Network engineers are so busy dealing with intrusion prevention and firewalling that they forget about physical security breaches. Blogger Ethan Banks has some advice. Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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Cisco upgrades the Catalyst 6500…but some wonder why
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 upgrade announced this year didn't excite everyone as expected. Blogger Greg Ferro wonders why Cisco didn't stay focused on the Nexus line instead. Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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Need 10 GbE optimization? Hardware is not the solution
10 GbE brings speed, but network latency is still an issue. The answer to 10 GbE optimization can't be found in increasing hardware. Our blogger says it's about the application. Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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Cius vs. the iPad: Why bother comparing?
Cisco launched its Cius tablet this year, which focuses on enterprise apps, desktop virtualization and network management, but one blogger says he'd rather have an iPad. Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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Can Virtual Extensible LAN solve the VLAN problem?
The Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) protocol could mean the ability to spin off many more VLANs across dispersed data centers. So why does blogger Ivan Pepelnjak take issue? Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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OpenFlow controllers will only take shape if vendors play nice
OpenFlow controllers can result in a new level of granular network management and network virtualization on top of commodity hardware, but vendors will have to step out of the way. Fast Packet | 22 Dec 2011
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Why software-defined networking is becoming a reality
Software-defined networking isn't a new concept, but it's newly able to evolve due to fast processing speeds. Will that mean a future for network application development? Tip
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NVGRE standard primer: More VLANs and isolated tenants in the cloud
Microsoft's NVGRE standard offers competition to VMware's VXLAN standard, promising to create more VLANs that stretch across Layers 2 and 3 for multi-tenant cloud networks. Tip
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VXLAN standard primer: Extended VLANs, long-distance VM migration
The VXLAN standard aims to solve the long-distance VM migration dilemma by enabling extended VLANs across geographically dispersed data centers for a multi-tenant cloud network. Tip
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Can application delivery controllers support virtualization?
Combining application delivery controllers and virtualization is unavoidable, but load balancers have a tougher job ensuring virtual machine performance and application optimization in this environment. Tip
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vSphere VLAN: Understanding 802.1Q VLAN tagging
vSphere VLANs have requirements different from those of VLANs in physical environments because VMs are fluid and can't be assigned to one physical NIC. So 802.1Q VLAN tagging offers a new approach to configuring and managing VLANs in vSphere. Tip
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Improving the performance of Web traffic and application delivery
Successful networked application delivery requires a framework of planning, optimization, management and control. This tip focuses on the use of application delivery controllers for optimization of Web application traffic within the data center netwo... Tip
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Application delivery controllers: Moving toward the application-centric network
The network is becoming more application centric. The data center has continued to evolve and so have the requirements placed on the network. The network must be able to route application traffic based on the information within the URL or even detail... Tip
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Cisco's IOS Server Load Balancing feature
You might be missing out on a useful feature of your Cisco hardware. The IOS SLB feature can provide you with a cheap load balancing option. Tip
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Telephony 'just another IP application' according to FCC
According to the FCC IP telephony is 'just another IP application'. Tip
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The death of well known application problems
Applications are changing more frequently with the advent of modular application architectures, making business computing more flexible and changeable. Tip
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What network troubleshooting tools can I use to determine the cause of slow web page access?
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Do you know of any applications that are potential weak spots of VoIP?
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'Format' in SQL Server
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application delivery controller
An application delivery controller is a data center network device that helps manage client connections to complex Web and enterprise applications. Definition
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Network technology trends 2012: Data center networks
When it comes to data center networking technology trends 2012, expect the rise of data center fabrics, but not necessarily uptake of storage convergence or the public cloud. News
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The answer to the top 5 virtualization problems
Transitioning to a virtualized network can be challenging for network engineers, despite the advantages. Understand these top five virtualization problems and how to handle them. Fast Packet
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vCloud and VEPA: Neither answer is a winner
vCloud and VEPA fail to address the virtualization networking problem, as both are deemed proprietary and don’t enable networking functions within the vSphere environment. Fast Packet
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Network technology trends for 2012: The big picture
Forrester Research analyst Andre Kindness shares big picture predictions for network technology trends in 2012: the rise of Huawei and why networkers need software skills News
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When physical security breaches are the problem
Network engineers are so busy dealing with intrusion prevention and firewalling that they forget about physical security breaches. Blogger Ethan Banks has some advice. Fast Packet
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Cisco upgrades the Catalyst 6500…but some wonder why
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 upgrade announced this year didn't excite everyone as expected. Blogger Greg Ferro wonders why Cisco didn't stay focused on the Nexus line instead. Fast Packet
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Need 10 GbE optimization? Hardware is not the solution
10 GbE brings speed, but network latency is still an issue. The answer to 10 GbE optimization can't be found in increasing hardware. Our blogger says it's about the application. Fast Packet
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Cius vs. the iPad: Why bother comparing?
Cisco launched its Cius tablet this year, which focuses on enterprise apps, desktop virtualization and network management, but one blogger says he'd rather have an iPad. Fast Packet
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Can Virtual Extensible LAN solve the VLAN problem?
The Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) protocol could mean the ability to spin off many more VLANs across dispersed data centers. So why does blogger Ivan Pepelnjak take issue? Fast Packet
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OpenFlow controllers will only take shape if vendors play nice
OpenFlow controllers can result in a new level of granular network management and network virtualization on top of commodity hardware, but vendors will have to step out of the way. Fast Packet
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About Application Acceleration and Server Load Balancing
Learn about challenges involved in enabling Service Level Agreement (SLA)-style application performance. In this section, you'll read about application acceleration with application delivery controllers, server load balancing for traffic and capacity management, compression and caching technologies. Also read about application-level monitoring and application-aware routing.