Network Management Strategies for the CIO
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Evaluating enterprise WLAN considerations
It is crucial to assess business and technology issues driving the need for a robust and capable enterprise WLAN to support a new mobile workforce.
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Determining WLAN management: Factors to consider
Determining best WLAN management requires additional considerations, including the technology curve extent and deciding between on premises or cloud.
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Wireless LAN requirements to consider before buying
When considering a WLAN solution for your enterprise, you'll have to start by assessing the wireless LAN requirements necessary.
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Evaluating WLAN solutions: Questions for WLAN vendors
Once IT professionals have developed a mobility plan, it is crucial to address particular questions with WLAN vendors when assessing WLAN solutions.
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LAN disaster recovery solutions you may already have
LAN disaster recovery solutions can be costly, but you may already have the right technology in-house for backup and recovery.
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Creating a WLAN architecture for a mobile workforce
To deploy WLAN architecture for a mobile workforce, it's important to evaluate a range of WLAN access control technologies and edge designs.
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Benefits of WLAN as the primary access network
Many companies see the benefits of WLAN infrastructure as primary access network, but some need it more than others. Understanding the gains is key.
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Assessing the enterprise WLAN for the mobile workforce
Network engineers must assess the business and technology needs behind building a distributed enterprise wireless LAN for the new mobile workforce.
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Nick McKeown's Top 5 skills for SDN jobs
One of SDN's pioneers, Nick McKeown, offers his advice about the top skills for a job in software-defined networking.
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QFX3500 vs. EX4550: Juniper's two top-of-rack switches
Juniper's QFX3500 and EX4550 are both capable 10 Gigabit Ethernet, top-of-rack switches. Deciding which to buy may mean choosing between traditional and fabric architectures.
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Three SSL acceleration questions answered
SSL acceleration requires making changes to traditional WAN optimization tools so that they can read through encryption.
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Basic VXLAN monitoring methods
Network pros need VXLAN monitoring tools for new network overlays. Until these tools arrive, they'll have to adapt existing monitoring strategies.
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WLAN optimization for application performance checklist
Wireless LANs are faster than ever, but engineers must still ensure wireless network optimization for maximum application performance.
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Essential elements in an internal SLA
An internal SLA helps enterprise IT teams set the parameters for Quality of Service and uptime.
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Four best practices for VDI networking
Networking pros must be brought into virtual desktop infrastructure projects during planning in order to implement VDI networking best practices.
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Tools to improve wireless video performance
Seeking to improve wireless video delivery? The answer could be in proprietary network enhancements and WLAN performance measurement tools.
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WLAN design for optimized wireless video delivery
Wi-Fi video can tax networks, so engineers should use a number of WLAN design tactics to optimize wireless video delivery for enterprise users.
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LISP Protocol primer: Routing for seamless migration
Once the Locator/ID Separation Protocol is finalized, engineers will have routing that moves VMs or mobile devices without changing device software.
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Network traffic analysis in a virtualized environment
There's no need to toss out SNMP, NetFlow and packet analysis when doing network traffic analysis in a virtualized environment.
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Five challenges in private cloud networking
To achieve application performance in private cloud networking, cloud networks must tackle dynamic address mapping and access security, creating several network challenges.
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Troubleshooting network routing issues
Expert Patrick Hubbard shares how you can make your life easier by alleviating some annoying network routing issues.
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Resource pools for hybrid cloud management
Working with individual applications in hybrid cloud management can be complex, but Quality of Experience can be ensured.
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What to know about implementing Security as a Service
Implementing cloud-based security services has rewards, but network pros must evaluate the cloud provider's architecture for security and reliability.
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Enterprise wireless standards: The basics
Glen Kemp discusses the standards and protocols that support enterprise-class wireless deployments and how they differ from consumer configurations.