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- The Emerging Optical Control Plane
- Traditional transport networks can be modeled as the interaction of two operating planes: a transport plane and a management plane. In this model, the transport plane carries the user data and comprises network equipment, such as line interface cards, switch fabrics, backplanes and fiber plant. Network OAM&P is fully handled...
- White papers 2009-07-16
- NetGear NMS100 ProSafe Network Management Software
- NetGear NMS100 ProSafe Network Management SoftwareNetgear ProSafe NMS100We have been evaluating Netgear's ProSafe NMS100 to give us a window into our existing network infrastructure. The price of the NMS100 was reasonable so we thought we'd kick the tires abit. Our installed equipment is multivendor; our routers are from Cisco, access...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-24
- Impact Fax Broadcast 6.4 (Windows)
- Impact Fax Broadcast is a specialized software application designed for reliable high volume fax broadcasting. Based on Black Ice Software's award winning open architecture, Impact Fax Broadcast is fully scaleable from a single port/line up to 384 ports/lines; and is not tied to a specific fax hardware manufacturer and supports...
- Software downloads 2008-06-05
- IPS - Implementing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System v6.0
- View Available Dates and LocationsIn this Global Knowledge-enhanced course, you will gain the skills required to deploy Cisco's recently updated version 6.0 network-based Intrusion Prevention System IPS. New features added to version 6.0 include virtual sensor support, passive OS fingerprinting, and anomaly detection. The course introduces...
- Training 2008-01-01
- Market Montage Solution Supports 200,000 Updates Per Second With SQL Server 2005
- When Citi's Lava Technology team needed to create a compliance solution for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation NMS (requiring dealers to use best-available pricing when executing securities orders), it thought it would need a Cray supercomputer or other specialized solution. This is because terabytes of data are required...
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Google introduces Android and the Open Handset Alliance
- Google announced today in a press release their vision of an open handset along with a list of companies who are part of the alliance. These companies include everything from carriers to phone manufacturers that are all working towards the same common goal -- to revolutionize this industry. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Testing Approach for Reg NMS Compliance
- The new Regulation National Market System Reg NMS has brought in major changes in the structure of the equities markets in the USA. As the original NMS framework dates back almost three decades, it is obvious that the old framework cannot fit into the intricate trading systems of the present...
- White papers 2007-08-22
- Using a Network Monitoring System to Optimize IT Spending Decisions: Linking IT Assets to Business Processes and Performance
- Today nearly every organization relies on some form of Information Technology IT. Companies of all sizes are increasingly dependent upon computer systems and networks to enable a wide range of critical business processes. It follows that companies are allocating increasing amounts of their overall budget to the IT department for...
- White papers 2007-06-27
- Monitoring for Value: Debunking the Top Ten Myths About Network Monitoring Systems
- For most of today's organizations, the scope of network monitoring is rapidly expanding beyond the data center. From point-of-sale systems to IP-enabled bar code scanners, music systems and wireless access point running across hundreds or thousands of locations, traditional Network Monitoring System NMS tools designed for static data centers are...
- White papers 2007-06-27
- Is Zenoss ambition justified?
- Is Zenoss ambition justified?NMS as a hardware appliance has been tried beforeIt will be interesting to see if this takes off, as having an NMS as an appliance aimed at small to medium size businesses has been tried before. Oculan (the company that started the OpenNMS project that I help...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- Low Latency: Eliminating Application Jitter With Solaris
- Sun is working closely with leading application partners to address the latency and performance issues across the end-to-end trade process. A key focus is the market data space. The annual doubling in market data volume over past years will likely be eclipsed in 2007 due to Reg NMS andMiFID2, penny...
- White papers 2007-05-01
- NTTPC Communications Inc. Offers Auto Configuration for SP Managed Services
- NTTPC is always actively seeking ways to reduce its cost of operation. The company needs a solution that can deliver zero touch deployment without incurring expensive Network Management Systems NMS costs, as well as the potential capability to automatically maintain the installed base. Cisco's Integrated Services Routers ISR provide unparalleled...
- Case studies 2007-04-01
- NMS 2.4b (Mac)
- NMS is a utility to force system sleep at a set idle time or on Screen Saver activation. It can follow Energy Savers settings in an "install and forget" way or operate completely independently. For me this solves the recurring problem of an invariably corrupt power manager preventing automatic sleep...
- Software downloads 2007-03-18
- Low Latency 5 Nine's Trading: Sun's Value Proposition for Market Data
- To achieve the low latency and optimized trading efficiencies required in the algorithm-driven, post-Reg NMS/MiFID trading environment, firms need the unbeatable combination of the newest trading and market data systems running on Sun's SPARC and/or x86 platforms. With Solaris 10, partners like Wombat and Reuters are demonstrating unprecedented scalability, reduced...
- White papers 2007-03-15
- Cisco Transport Manager High-Availability Solution
- As optical networks evolve, service providers and large enterprises are increasingly focused on protecting their optical networks and supporting Element Management Systems EMSs. Network Management System NMS applications are becoming more critical for organizations looking for the highest workforce productivity. The Cisco Transport Manager High-Availability solution addresses these needs, providing...
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Meriton Networks Case Study: Telecom Ottawa
- Telecom Ottawa is a network services provider based in Ottawa with operations throughout Eastern Ontario. Through its impressive business development efforts, Telecom Ottawa secured a number of new customers who required Ethernet services in a regional area outside of Telecom Ottawa's primary network. The capacity needed for these customers was...
- Case studies 2006-10-05
- JBoss's Marc Fleury on SOA, ESB and OSS
- A dozen years ago, big-thinking mavericks and contrarian entrepreneurs practically littered the software landscape. But when the big IPO money of the 1990s came and went, came and went, so too did many of the colorful and irreverent software chieftains, often replaced by monkey-suited bureaucrats who guardedly minced each and...
- Blog posts 2006-05-30
- AdventNet Case Study: Allied Telesyn
- Allied Telesyn International simply connects the world with affordable, highly reliable networking technology and products. With an increasing number of products ranging from media converters to layer 2-4 switches, Allied Telesyn had to provide a management platform that could work with all of their products so that their customers can...
- Case studies 2006-05-17
- Fine Grained SEDA Architecture for Service Oriented Network Management Systems
- This paper presents a unique perspective of bringing Service Orientated Architecture SOA to Network Management Systems NMS with an aim to improve extensibility and flexibility, which are key requirements in current day dynamic environments. However, a key concern of scalability arises with bringing in of SOA, which the authors propose...
- White papers 2005-12-13
- 17.6% of Asian-Pacific companies are using system management software
- According to IDC, hardware continues to account for the bulk of the IT spending in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan, but the allocation for software is trending up, with 17.6% of the population of computerized firms in the region deploying system management software SMS and 29% using network management software NMS within...
- Blog posts 2005-09-16
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