Software developers write code to power applications that drive today's businesses. Whether you are looking at ubiquitous applications such as Microsoft Word or your own in-house software, chances are that they are not very WAN-friendly. The focus of this paper is to highlight the TCP protocol's shortcomings for WAN transmission purposes. 

Voice over Internet Protocol is the future of enterprise telecommunications. Find out if VoIP is the right choice for your company right now. Discover the benefits VoIP has to offer and how to overcome potential pitfalls during deployment. 

The most helpful information and best content will have little impact without simple protocols that make your Web site easier to use and more visually appealling. This paper focuses on 10 tips you can employ to ensure your web site is effective from the day it goes live. 

Automated tiered storage and continuous snapshot technologies bring storage efficiency and performance to a new level. Watch now to see how combining the two features optimizes data placement and hear best practices for configuring tiering profiles and snapshot schedules for long-term results. 

In this presentation document, white paper guru Michael Stelzner, author of "Writing White Papers: How to Capture Readers and Keep Them Engaged," will share his secrets on creating effective white papers that attract prospects in droves. 

This paper explores the tools Cisco provides to simplify mass deployments of the VPN Client. The two methods are discussed: the creation of an installation CD-ROM and network-based installations. I will explain how to reduce calls to the Help Desk by locking users out of advanced configuration functions in the user interface. 

As the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 occurs, the challenge of accommodating both protocols becomes a big challenge. Learn about four transition technologies, along with their advantages and disadvantages. 

The more you know about built-in functionality in the .NET framework and ASP.NET, the less code you have to write, which ultimately makes your applications more maintainable. This white paper outlines several different tips to enhance developer productivity and reduce the amount of code that needs to be written in many cases. 

This chapter download, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, provides an introduction to Hyper-V, highlighting information essential for building your own small environment using only native Windows software. 

IBM Real-time Compression can provide a primary storage reduction of up to 80%, depending on the types of data being compressed without impacting performance or other operations. Read this comprehensive white paper to learn more. 

In this webcast, learn how Verisign’s Managed DNS can help organizations prepare for IPv6 adoption and ensure a successful transaction from IPv4. View now to explore what IPv6 is, why IPv6 is important, what IPv6 solves, why it is necessary to make changes to DNS to support IPv6 and more. 

This paper examines the usefulness and goal of summarization. These goals consist of conserving RAM, bandwidth and CPU by hiding information from some of the routers.  

In this week's Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at the datacentre that knows everything about you, at credit checking firm Experian. We analyse the government's new plans to change the way it works with IT suppliers; and kick-off our Buyer's Guide to outsourcing with a look at the latest trends. Download the new issue now.