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Service Providers' Competitive Response: The Why and How of Network, Services and Business Transformation
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: The telecom market will transform into an IP-based world, where the strategy for growth has to take into account media and Internet convergence. This paper presents a strategy to succeed in today's environment and anticipate tomorrow...
Posted: 10 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

Alcatel-Lucent

The Four Elements of IS-IS
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This informative guide discusses 4 key elements for the implementation of Intermediate System - Intermediate System (IS-IS).
Posted: 02 Apr 2014 | Published: 02 Apr 2014

Global Knowledge

More Scale at Lower Cost with Scalable Video Coding
sponsored by Polycom, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The demand for personal video for organizational communication is growing rapidly. By 2015, over 200 million workers globally will run corporate-supplied video conferencing from their desktops.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 | Published: 18 Oct 2011

Polycom, Inc.

Taking Control of IP Network Infrastructures
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the requirements of next-generation IP networks, the performance, availability, and scalability issues affecting existing networks and the benefits of Brocade IP Network Infrastructure Services.
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 | Published: 13 Dec 2011

Brocade

“How Will the Migration from IPv4 to IPv6 Impact Voice and Visual Communication?”
sponsored by Polycom, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the video solutions available today and provide a snapshot of the current video market.
Posted: 18 Oct 2011 | Published: 18 Oct 2011

Polycom, Inc.

Ensuring a Smooth Transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 12 Dec 2011

Brocade

Deploying Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches in Enterprise Data Centers
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches are specifically designed to improve network utilization, maximize application availability, increase scalability, and dramatically simplify network architecture in virtualized data centers.
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 | Published: 13 Dec 2011

Brocade

The New World of IP Multicasting
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER: This resource examines the complexity of IP multicasting and an approach to overcome these limitations – delivering new levels of performance, scalability and resiliency to IP multicasting.
Posted: 09 Sep 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Avaya

Integrating Applications in an IP Environment
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: There are many application related issues to consider before running "everything over IP". Read this paper to find out what there is to think about and how to approach implementing this type of converged network.
Posted: 22 Jan 2007 | Published: 12 Sep 2006

AT&T Corp

Interconnecting the Intelligent EDGE
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This paper will explore the changing networking environment and how this new design approach helps organizations improve business and technology performance while minimizing investment risk.
Posted: 06 Feb 2006 | Published: 01 Jan 2005

Hewlett Packard Enterprise