This paper compares two SMB networking strategies: peer-to-peer and server-based. While peer-to-peer networks are simple, they are out-performed by server-based networks that optimize performance and availability. 

Gain insight into how Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2) works and how you can best implement it. Though over the years IP-based networks have evolved and the need for RIP has declined, it's still used in small networks and in specific areas of larger networks. Review 10 simple rules that can help you deal with RIPv2 issues. 

Learn more about MPLS-based private/IP networks and how they are becoming mainstream in today’s organizations. Discover the challenges inherent to migration and learn what you must be able to monitor and manage when adopting this type of network. 

Vyatta provides softwarebased networking and security software that uniquely satisfies emerging IT architectures that are leveraging virtualization, multi-core server platforms and cloud computing models. The Vyatta Network OS includes:Dynamic Routing (BGP, OSPF, RIP) Stateful Firewall IPSec VPN Intrusion Prevention SSL OpenVPN Secure Web Filtering 

<p>Discover the benefits of using network virtual machines/software-only networking products for your virtual environment instead of single-purpose devices to help reduce edge network device sprawl, cost, and complexity.</p> 

The way we work is now open to wide-ranging review. The concept of the office as the ‘dumb’ container for work, housing the corporation and its infrastructure assets, will be challenged by a number of factors explored in this paper. Work, in the future, will only be a verb. It is becoming a process, not a place. 

The tech chasm that has allegedly formed in the workforce created by a cross-generational 1divide  – between those who grew-up with technology and those that didn’t – is vastly overstated. 

This special eight-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing Microsoft, its financial performance, the services it offers, its place in the IT market and its future strategy. 

The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame and recording the source MAC address in a dynamic table. The switch will also associate a learned MAC address with a port. It can then make intelligent forwarding decisions based on the destination MAC address. This white paper illustrates the process. 

This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

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