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How a new casino manages a giant network with 500 switches, IP voice
When Station Casinos built its newest property, Aliante Hotel & Casino, a new computing model for slot machines forced the company to deploy a network that was 10 times bigger than anything it had built before. Find out how it was done and how the co... Article | 10 Feb 2009
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Network management software vendors offer virtualization management
Network management software vendors SolarWinds and PacketTrap have added server virtualization management and monitoring into their products. Experts say this is a good first step as virtualization forces IT to break up the silos that exist between n... Article | 05 Nov 2008
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Building a network from scratch in Baghdad
Former Raytheon contractor Dana Beausoleil helped build the first network in postwar Iraq. He explains how he used WhatsUp Gold from IPswitch to help get a network of Cisco switches and Dell servers up and running in the harshest of environments. Article | 15 Oct 2008
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Juniper updates Network and Security Manager to manage full portfolio
With an update of its Network and Security Manager, Juniper offers a more comprehensive management suite. By managing the security and configuration of all of its enterprise products, the company hopes to improve its competitive position against Cisc... Article | 05 Aug 2008
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College IT department transforms itself with network management tools
The IT organization at Diné College used to be just a bunch of "geeks in the basement." With the help of well-timed grants and the visibility of network management software, these geeks transformed their network from a collection of spare serv... Article | 31 Jul 2008
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SolarWinds adds enterprise scalability to its network monitoring tool
SolarWinds has added enterprise scalability to Orion, its SMB-flavored network management product. With the new Enterprise Operations Console, SolarWinds customers with distributed and complex networks can now manage multiple instances of Orion throu... Article | 08 Jul 2008
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Network configuration management software boosts university networking
Texas A&M University used Netcordia's network configuration and change management software to get an unruly multi-vendor network environment under control. The tool freed up the networking team to tackle multiple new projects. Article | 10 Jun 2008
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Virtualization selection and the enterprise network
Greg Shields, the author of the new e-book The Shortcut Guide to Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution, is known for his ability to relate highly technical concepts with a drive toward fulfilling business needs. His new book covers server virtu... Interview | 14 May 2008
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Network management takes interface tips from gaming industry, Google
Simplified user interfaces are helping harried networking professionals stay on top of ever-more complex networks. Article | 13 May 2008
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AlterPoint launches ZipForge, a repository for open source network configuration platform
AlterPoint has launched ZipForge, an online repository of components for its open source network configuration platform. Article | 19 Feb 2008