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TechNet Webcast: Wide Area Network Performance Improvements In Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn about the new performance enhancements in the Windows Server 2008 operating system that are designed to help a person get the most out of the Wide Area Network (WAN) investment.
[December 23, 2007, 23:00]
Technical Paper: What Is A WAN (Wide Area Network) ?
White Papers Whereas a LAN (local area network) is a network that links computers, printers and other devices located in an office, a building or even a campus, a WAN (wide area network) is a system that extends for greater distances and is used to connect...
[July 13, 2004, 0:00]
Deploying Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 In A TCP/IP Wide Area Network
White Papers The IP-DLC link service of Host Integration Server 2004 enables you to connect directly to IBM mainframe computers through a pure TCP/IP wide area network or local area network. This paper describes how the IP-DLC (Internet Protocol-Data Link...
[October 16, 2004, 0:00]
The End-to-End Performance Effects Of Parallel TCP Sockets On A Lossy Wide-Area Network
White Papers A series of transmission experiments were conducted over a wide area network to assess how parallel flows improve throughput, and to understand the number of flows necessary to improve throughput while avoiding congestion.
[December 6, 2007, 23:00]
Directional Gossip: Gossip In A Wide Area Network
White Papers A reliable multicast protocol ensures that all of the intended recipients of a message m that do not fail eventually deliver m. For example, consider the reliable multicast protocol of , and consider a message m, sent by process p1, that is...
[December 6, 2007, 23:00]
QoS In A Wide Area Network
White Papers Focuses on WAN components in the Cisco AVVID Network Infrastructure. Design guidance for deploying QoS in the WAN.
[September 4, 2003, 0:00]
Remote Monitoring Solutions For Wide- Area Networks: A Comprehensive WAN Monitoring Strategy For Enterprise Networks
White Papers WAN links are typically the most expensive part of the network, and bandwidth allocation can be complex. Oversubscribing to bandwidth could mean that the company is paying for more bandwidth than required, and under-subscribing could result in...
[December 3, 2003, 23:00]
Flow Aggregation For Enhanced TCP Over Wide-Area Wireless
White Papers This paper examines the performance of TCP and HTTP over GPRS, and shows how certain network characteristics interact badly with TCP to yield problems such as link under-utilization for short-lived flows, excess queuing for long-lived flows, ACK...
[June 28, 2004, 0:00]
Incorporating Proxy Services Into Wide Area Cellular IP Networks
White Papers Performance enhancing proxies have drawn considerable interests from the network community as an effective approach to improve user experience in cellular networks. It discusses various factors that must be considered when placing proxies inside...
[June 28, 2004, 0:00]
An Empirical Evaluation Of Wide-Area Internet Bottlenecks
White Papers Conventional wisdom has been that the performance limitations in the current Internet lie at the edges of the network - i.e.last mile connectivity to users, or access links of stub ASes. As these links are upgraded, however, it is important to...
[October 20, 2007, 0:00]
Future Wide Area Wireless White Paper
White Papers GSM to all intents and purposes is an ISDN based standard with 12.2 kbps voice channels sitting within 16 k/bit channels multiplexing into 144 k/bit channels in the ISDN core network. Release 99 WCDMA was originally an ATM based standard with a...
[March 20, 2006, 23:00]
Making Wide-Area, Multi-Site MPI Feasible Using Xen VM
White Papers Although multi-site MPI execution has been criticized in the past as being "Impractical" due to limitations in network latency and bandwidth, the authors believe many of the obstacles can be overcome by various means for wider classes of...
[April 1, 2007, 0:00]
Multihop Sensor Network Design For Wide-Band Communications
White Papers The proposed network is based on a new paradigm for solving the problem of cluster-based ad hoc routing when utilizing existing wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies. This paper presents a master/slave cellular-based mobile ad hoc network...
[March 13, 2005, 23:00]
WAN Optimization Using Wide Area Data Services
White Papers Wide Area Data Services is a breakthrough concept in WAN optimization that addresses the 3 key problems which limit network and application performance. In this flash demonstration, you will see how Riverbed Steelhead appliances tackle the most...
[May 20, 2007, 0:00]
HP Takes ProCurve To Branch Offices
News HP is taking its Procurve networking line of network routers out to branch offices with the addition of wide area network (WAN) capabilities. Jon Wetherall, HP's ProCurve country manager for the UK and Ireland, said the decision to extend ProCurve...
[February 22, 2005, 17:20]
Cisco Pushes WAN Optimisation
News Cisco has launched a network module which it claims will make it easier for IT managers to speed up access to data across a wide area network (WAN). Cisco's network module, which was announced on Tuesday, boosts data packet transfer rates by...
[September 7, 2006, 14:05]
Citrix Makes Evergreen WAN Union With Microsoft
News Working with Microsoft, Citrix has developed a product which will allow branch offices to take advantage of wide area network optimisation without removing the branch server. The company has worked together with Microsoft to take wide area network...
[February 19, 2008, 10:15]
Juniper Pits 'Pepsi' Against Cisco's 'Coke'
News Juniper Networks is working on a low-end wide area network router designed to compete with Cisco Systems' 2600 router. Cisco currently dominates the wide area network (WAN) router market with its 2600 router.
[March 9, 2004, 11:45]
ISDN And WAN Primer
White Papers This White Paper provides an overview of the wide area network (WAN) issues involved in remote access. It defines common ISDN and WAN terminology, delivers an overview of analog and ISDN connectivity, and explains how remote access calls are...
[June 22, 2007, 0:00]
Sun Plans 'computer Free' HQ
News Sun has decided to take the thin-client model to its logical extreme and move an entire UK branch office to thin clients running over a wide area network (WAN). The Wan Ray will work in a similar way but over a wide area network and does away with...
[January 23, 2004, 11:50]
