On today's converged networks -- where data traffic competes with latency-sensitive applications such as VoIP, video conferencing, and virtual machines -- only the greediest survive and thrive. Watch this webinar to learn about bandwidth issues, network resource allocation, and real-time applications management. 

Latency is an important metric that should be considered when evaluating web application delivery solutions. Through tests performed, Citrix NetScaler exhibited very low latencies and was at least 3x fast than F5 BIG-IP in almost all test scenarios. 

Read this white paper for a discussion of the key issues related to encryption for both email and file transfer systems, some of the leading statutes that require sensitive content to be encrypted, and suggestions for moving forward with encryption. 

Bandwidth management is a common technique employed by IT organizations to improve quality of service over the WAN by assigning guaranteed levels of bandwidth and prioritizing traffic to improve application performance. To be effective, bandwidth management must be perfectly aligned with business policies and priorities. Read on to learn more. 

The articles in this E-Guide include "Application performance management: Developing a strategy", "Understanding the network application environment", and "Application performance management: How to prepare for new applications with an impact analysis". If you've got a question about application performance management, the answer is probably here. 

Unified Messaging integrates different streams of communication (e-mail, fax, video, SMS, voice, etc.) into a single, or, unified message store, that is accessible from a wide range of different devices. 

Protecting messaging services is an important part of any business messaging strategy. Vulnerabilities abound when you allow messaging traffic for delivery over the Internet. The scope of this guide will focus on email security although many of these concepts will also apply to other types of messaging. 

Most WANs see so much traffic these days that it's not just a matter of speeding things up. You also need comprehensive applications and user control before you can contain costs, enhance business productivity, and respond quickly to changing business requirements. Read this booklet to learn more about WAN optimization. 

Does teleworking really work? How can a teleworker be as productive as an employee in the office? This white paper covers the advances in technology that make teleworking successful -- and provides solutions for challenges teleworkers may face. 

GFI WebMonitor controls your Internet users' browsing habits through web categorization and web filtering, covering over 205,000,000 URLs. It also monitors downloads in real-time, protecting your network from viruses, malware and phishing attacks. 

What makes one intrusion prevention system (IPS) better than another? The best way to answer that question is to assess each vendor's solution on the five building blocks of attack coverage: Knowledge of applications, threat engine performance, breadth and depth of coverage, accuracy, and timeliness. 

Critical applications need to move at the speed of business. Blue Coat PacketShaper provides WAN Optimization functionality through a series of modules-- monitoring, shaping and compression. Check out this data sheet for more details.