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. 

Mono Tools for Visual Studio helps development shops, ISVs, and enterprise development teams reduce development costs, increase productivity, and utilize existing .NET developers for Linux, Solaris, and Mac development projects. 

Watch this demo to find out how enterprise organizations use VMware desktop virtualization products and solutions to manage and support the flexible needs of their extended, global workforce while strengthening security and control over corporate resources and sensitive information. 

This article presents an overview of the various Ethernet 10/100/1000 physical layer technologies for the copper medium. It discusses the pros and cons of active versus passive tapping and why active tapping is preferred for Gigabit Ethernet running over the copper medium. The switch-over behavior of active relay-based tapping is also presented. 

Having some issues with SharePoint? It happens. This issue describes some of SharePoint's most common problems and provides the fixes to solve them. Also in this issue, get some pointers on how to manage external data access as part of your governance plan, and weigh the pros and cons of SharePoint social computing. 

In this month's issue, find out which aspects of licensing need special attention in the virtual world. Also in this issue, make maintenance easier with a little bit of planning, and learn what to do when virtualization fails. 

This guide explains planning global enterprise SharePoint deployments, creating custom global search scopes in SharePoint and top tips for harnessing Microsoft SharePoint governance. 

This webinar will go through the most critical challenges faced by mid-market companies, and illustrate how collecting and analyzing event data across the enterprise can address those challenges in the context of budget and staff constraints. 

This ezine covers the topic of testing and retesting defects and cites the Blackberry blackouts of 2007 and 2008 as examples of issues that could have been detected by regressing testing. 

This white paper was designed with the aim of revealing, understanding, analyzing, and presenting the predominant issues relating to the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the corporate environment. 

Businesses are continuing to face a challenging threat landscape. Check out this paper to learn about recent security threats related to Web 2.0, social networking sites, email, mobile devices, and Mac computers. 

This white paper offers a guide for effectively diagnosing .Net application health problems, code failures and performance bottlenecks.