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• A provider's guide to building behavior-based mobile cloud services

  Behavior-based mobile cloud services are a $500 billion opportunity, but it requires strategic decisions about virtualization, network architecture and OSS/BSS platforms. Continue Reading

• How do remote access VPNs compare with other types of VPNs?

  In this Ask the Expert response, Rainer Enders explains what a remote access VPN is and how it differs from other virtual private networks. Continue Reading

• Network-based application performance monitoring for better visibility

  Network-based application performance monitoring differs from old approaches by examining network traffic passing through the data center in real-time to spot and solve issues. Continue Reading

• How can I make sure my VPN is encrypted and working properly?

  In this ask the expert response, Rainer Enders explains how you can tell whether your VPN connection is encrypted and working properly. Continue Reading

• How do I disable VPN passthrough? What are the pros and cons to disabling it?

  In this Ask the Expert response, Rainer Enders explains how to disable VPN passthrough and what the benefits and drawbacks are. Continue Reading

• Myth vs. Reality: Cloud-managed Wireless LAN

  New cloud-managed wireless LAN services have many users wondering whether Wi-Fi management as a service is dependable. Wireless expert Lisa Phifer goes on a myth-busting mission.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing and mobile behavior: A new services opportunity

  Cloud computing should be the processing engine -- not the service itself -- for highly personalized, dynamic applications based on mobile behavior.Continue Reading

• Data center WAN optimization must relieve new traffic pressures

  Data center WAN optimization may relieve enterprises of the pressures currently plaguing inter-data-center WAN links.Continue Reading

• Cisco Nexus 5500: A viable core switch for the midsized enterprise?

  As virtualization and new storage arrays place greater demand on the network, engineers may find that the Cisco Nexus 5500 is a better core switch than the Cisco Catalyst 6509.Continue Reading

• Cloud storage management: It's more than just capacity planning

  Enterprises are eying cloud storage to support ongoing data growth. This presents a clear opportunity for providers, but only if they can master cloud storage management.Continue Reading

• Inter-data center optimization: Three ways to accelerate WANs without optimizers

  Before you buy a solution for inter-data center optimization, consider these steps to accelerate WAN links between data centers.Continue Reading

• Network access security challenges: Mobility requires new strategies

  With employees accessing core applications on personal devices, engineers are facing new network access security challenges that require intelligence on all components.Continue Reading

• Blade server switches may ease density problems in the network

  When trying to remove density in the network, using blade server switches may help solve the problem, as well as offer latency advantages. Expert Carrie Higbie weighs in.Continue Reading

• Software-defined networking could make Network-as-a-Service a reality

  Software-defined networking could solve the problems that Ethernet and IP networking pose to Network-as-a-Service by centralizing a connection permission policy.Continue Reading

• Defining the importance of application performance management

  Increases in network complexity can cause network health to suffer, but network-based application performance management offers admins better visibility to improve performance.Continue Reading