The Single-Vendor Network Vision is Blurry

It seems to me that a single vendor network might appear to offer a simplified architecture, delivering a lower cost of ownership compared to a multi-vendor networking infrastructure. However, customers always benefit from having choices.

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Flat Networks and the Challenges of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

I recently read Deep Dive: Flat Networks are the Future, from Network World, and it reminded me of another challenge with STP—network behavior when links fail.

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Public vs. Private Clouds – Comparison

Cloud computing and cloud computing solutions are still fairly new as technology trends go. Let’s take a quick look at three of the most common cloud computing options.

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4 Rules for Extreme Data Center Computing

Looking to get into extreme data center computing? Here are 4 rules that we feel you should follow to avoid IT pitfalls and take your data center to the next level.

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Congratulations to Spectra Logic – Our Disaster Recovery and Storage Partner

Spectra Logic, our disaster recovery and storage partner, recently announced record earnings for the first half of their FY 2011. Congratulations!!

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7 Steps to a Successful Linux and Open Source Migration – Part Three of Three

Here are the final 2 steps in our successful Linux and Open Source Migration; 6. Start the Production Rollout & 7. Transition to Continuous Process Improvement.

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