Thursday | 8 January, 2009

Stories by: David Newman

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    Cisco Nexus 7000 aims for data center dominance 03/09/2008 09:50:00

    Building a big data center and looking for a switch to match? How do 256 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and nearly 1.7 terabits of capacity sound?
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    Juniper switch proves to be credible choice 15/07/2008 09:10:40

    Cisco take note: Juniper's new EX 4200 switch not only fills a hole in a leading competitor's product line, but also represents a credible alternative for enterprise access switching.
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    Unified communications: Is your network ready? 29/04/2008 09:32:08

    Here are five questions for enterprise network managers to bear in mind when considering UC deployment:
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    Still early in the game for unified communications 24/04/2008 08:27:45

    Unified communications offers the potential for anywhere, anytime connectivity between employees and the enterprise. But as the InteropLabs hotstage team found in piecing together more than a dozen commercial and open-source voice, data and messaging platforms, the technology is still at a relatively early stage, and today represents more promise than practice.
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    Scaling and securing VOIP 20/08/2007 08:00:11

    VoIP vendors say they deliver scalability and security. InteropLabs (iLabs) testing mostly proved them right in multivendor settings. But testing also revealed some implementation gotchas in both of those areas, and pinpointed a few missing pieces when it comes to key exchange for securing VoIP traffic.
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    A buyer's checklist for application acceleration 15/08/2007 09:46:14

    Faced with big bandwidth bills every month, it's tempting simply to buy the application with the best performance. Tempting, but not necessarily correct.
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    WideBand WB28GMPRO 30/10/2006 15:00:40

    Network managers driven by frugality, patriotism or both, might want to consider the WideBand WB28GMPRO, a low-cost managed Gigabit Ethernet switch made in the American heartland.
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    VoIP team ventures into new terrain 17/05/2006 12:30:55

    By now, basic interoperability is generally a given in multivendor VoIP settings. What happens, however, when VoIP devices go to work in decidedly unfriendly environments, such as through security devices and across wireless LANs?
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    Adtran serves up newest low-cost router 06/01/2005 07:47:33

    As long as Cisco Systems leads the router market, competitors will continue to come up with differentiators. With Adtran's new NetVanta 4305 access router, the differentiators are price, price, price.
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    Cisco's Catalyst 6500 raises the stakes 22/10/2003 13:10:29

    Cisco Systems might be a relative latecomer to 10G Ethernet switching, but it's hardly playing catch-up. Our exclusive lab tests show that new line cards and management modules for Cisco's Catalyst 6500 switches push the performance envelope in a number of ways:
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    Filtering dos and don'ts 14/07/2003 12:00:07

    Filters can permit or deny virtually any kind of traffic - up to a point. Here are some basic dos and don'ts for filter usage.
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