Networking

Implementing an SOA includes implementing a governance model that supports SOA. In fact, without a robust SOA governance model, an SOA implementation will not realize the benefits that the architecture has to offer. Without effective governance, an SOA project — no matter how big or small — will fail.

Over the past decade, the internet has evolved from a technical environment into a commercial marketplace. The impact on consumers and large enterprises has been significant, but what about the small and medium sized business? With few of the skills and resources of their larger counterparts, these organizations need to get the best value from the internet and the network based services it enables, without risking day-to-day operations.

This white paper takes a look at the adoption and evolution of social IT within ServiceNow.

Collectively - representing more than 100 million unique visitors and more than a billion tweets per month - social media is a force too powerful to ignore. So how Do You Measure and Manage the Impact of Social Media?

According to recent surveys, employee social networking is growing rapidly. Learn the pros and cons of employee social networking, from creating business development opportunities to just goofing off. Also, learn how social networking is raising new challenges for enterprise security, and the distinct advantages of implementing MessageLabs Web Services.

Socialbomb builds applications that integrate with its clients' social platforms to create innovative, well-maintained, successful online campaigns. Unfortunately, many of its online applications were faltering at peak traffic times, which made managing campaigns difficult. The company chose RiverbedŽ Stingray Traffic Manager to ensure that its advanced social network projects remained online, and that they provided detailed reporting during traffic spikes.

With WAN optimization, you can accelerate network-based backup by 5x and can reduce bandwidth use by up to 95%. Download this paper and learn more about this strategy today.

View this paper to discover the top 5 malware delivery networks and explore how Blue Coat web security solutions powered by can protect networks.

By combining communications tools such as instant messaging, presence, telephony, unified messaging, video conferencing, data sharing, and email, the technology known as unified communications (UC) lets your employees communicate and collaborate,

This paper presents the security risks inherit in wireless networks and explores the technical, functional and return on investment requirements needed for a monitoring solution for companies looking to protect and fortify their wireless networks from rogue wireless devices.

This fact-filled white paper presents the top ten IT management pain points and the solutions for making your life easier.

Read this whitepaper to learn the six most common and intractable data center problems facing most IT organizations.

View this webcast to learn how to achieve real-time awareness by managing ever-increasing data volumes and transaction rates.

View this webcast to learn how to achieve real-time awareness by managing ever-increasing data volumes and transaction rates.

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) represents the third wave of Internet usage after SMTP (email) and HTTP (Web). Download this free guide now and learn why all firewalls will need to be SIP capable in order to support the wide-scale deployment of enterprise person-to-person communications.

This paper will highlight the improvements that SolarStorm's virtualization acceleration can provide, not only in networking I/O performance, but also in server efficiency.

It's clear something is wrong. Business interruptions, outages, and other negative consequences happen far too often.

In this must read white paper, you will learn about the new advances in attacks that exploit weaknesses of generic SSL to compromise server-server communication and how you can help prevent it.

Since the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) made revisions to the Financial Reporting Model Regulation (Model Audit Rule) in June 2006, the insurance industry’s attention to the risks associated with financial reporting has been on the rise. Structured similarly to Section 404 of the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act, the Model Audit rule places a significant burden on C‐level executives to ensure their oversight in the internal controls for financial reporting (ICFR) process. Executives within these insurance organizations, both public and private, will be required to evaluate their internal controls in preparation for the first reports due in 2010 for the 2009 reporting period.

Discover the dynamic new approach to Voice Over Internet Protocol services called the Partner Inter-exchange Network (PIN).

This white paper demonstrates how companies that have moved their SQL databases to the cloud have overcome past performance and security concerns to increase operational efficiency, improve availability and scalability, reduce costs, gain a faster-time to-market, and achieve a better return on investment.

Microsoft SQL Server has enjoyed phenomenal success as a database server. Its relatively low cost, steadily increasing capabilities and ease of deployment have all combined to accelerate its growth. However, that same growth has led to a phenomenon commonly called SQL Server “sprawl”— the rampant, often uncontrolled, proliferation of SQL Server databases.

The SSL VPN Checklist details important capabilities to consider when evaluating and comparing SSL VPN vendors and their technology solutions. Enterprise requirements are organized into six broad categories: application-level experience and support, security enforcement, flexible policy management and administration, ease of use, leadership and vision, and financial strength and reputation.

Global travel specialist STA Travel found that access to its website had slowed and that peaks in web traffic from promotional campaigns had become difficult to manage. The company turned to the RiverbedŽ StingrayT Traffic Manager for support. This cost-effective solution deployed quickly, improved the website's performance and uptime, and provided a superior online experience for its customers.

Global travel specialist STA Travel found that access to its website had slowed and that peaks in web traffic from promotional campaigns had become difficult to manage. The company turned to the RiverbedŽ Stingray Traffic Manager for support. This cost-effective solution deployed quickly, improved the website's performance and uptime, and provided a superior online experience for its customers.