This white paper highlights a next generation intrusion prevention system (NGIPS) engineered to be an agile and upgradeable engine that will protect your network against present and future threats. 

Learn how Gartner's criteria for next generation IPS helps organizations achieve effective threat prevention despite changes in network communications, new applications, and changes in the threat landscape. Featuring Greg Young, research vice president at Gartner. 

In this white paper discover how the Cisco Service Provider Next Generation Networks (IP NGN) works and how service providers are benefiting from this technology. Explore examples of configurations for different platforms and contrast the differences in the types of operating systems. 

Although the majority of computing today falls within the traditional and virtualized models, private clouds will grow to be the largest component in the portfolio over the next three to five years. Read on to learn the benefits that the private cloud model offers, plus learn about Dell’s next generation architecture for the cloud. 

<p>The mainframe can enable substantial cost savings and efficiency gains, but only if effective management tactics are in place. This white paper examines the key advantages of the mainframe and offers exclusive advice for incorporating it into your overarching IT strategy.</p> 

Deep inspection network-based intrusion prevention continues to be a due-diligence security control. The near-term future of the intrusion prevention system market will be determined by the pace of innovation of another market: next-generation firewalls. Explore Gartner's evaluation of network IPS that places McAfee in the leaders' quadrant. 

This paper shows the shifting mindset surrounding case management, offering up the results of surveys with 155 global case management influencers and decision-makers on how they view this concept. Learn why older process automation approaches based on archaic mass production concepts are no longer viable in today's era of people-driven processes. 

This report from Microsoft presents a vision for the development of smart cities which bring together technology, architecture and people. 

The convergence of storage and data center networks, the proliferation of mobile devices, the growing need for always on communications and access to data, and the emergence of cloud computing have all profoundly transformed the demand placed on the network and how it runs. 

This solution brief discusses how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow. 

This white paper highlights recent virtualisation advances that can minimise PC management expenses while heightening the security of client infrastructures. Explore the requirements for the next generation desktop and discover tools and processes that can help you meet effectively meet them. 

In this expert E-Guide from SearchEnterpriseWAN.com, explore the next generation of networks: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks.