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WAN Optimization Disaster Stories
How can you make sure that your company doesn’t take a leading role in a WAN
optimization disaster story?
For every successful WAN optimization, there are many others that have less-than-desirable
results.
This white paper reviews some real-life WAN optimization failures, determines
the causes and offers concrete advice to help ensure a successful WAN optimization
project. 
WAN Optimization: reduce operational costs and boost application performance
Applications are the lifeblood of modern businesses and their performance has
an immediate impact on business productivity.
The centralization and consolidation of the business IT infrastructure has made the network increasingly important in application delivery. This focus on the network has turned the spotlight on WAN optimization as a mechanism to understand and control applications over the network and ultimately improve their performance.
The centralization and consolidation of the business IT infrastructure has made the network increasingly important in application delivery. This focus on the network has turned the spotlight on WAN optimization as a mechanism to understand and control applications over the network and ultimately improve their performance.
Satellite vs. Terrestrial: Which Network is Right for You?
There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to satellite communications.
Why More is Less: Justifying the Economics of Upgrading Your Network
Justify the economics of upgrading your network, outsourcing some of the challenges
it presents and deploying new services that can enhance productivity and reduce
costs – a key driver in a tough economic climate.
Ensuring your Communications Infrastructure Becomes Efficient and Effective
Many IT organizations are being asked to reduce operational expenses while competitive
pressures require an infrastructure that supports mission-critical applications
to fuel new initiatives. And time is money, so the sooner a new service is available,
the sooner its impact on revenue cost savings will be felt. In this paper, Orange
describes the specific approach it takes to helping customers solve this networking
strategy dilemma.
Security: the consolidation of Internet gateways
Just like the doors to your house, your Internet gateways are the one point where
you can see and decide what comes in and out of your network. As such, this area
is particularly exposed to all sorts of security threats. It is especially critical
that you define clear security rules for your gateways and deploy corresponding
processes to keep them up-to-date. The more points of contact that exist between
the Internet and a corporate WAN, the greater the risk of attack and impact on
business operations.
telephony
Navigating Your IP Telephony Islands
Charting a course through IP telephony islands and non-IP telephony solutions
to an enterprise-wide IP telephony implementation is a challenge, even for mid-sized
companies. For large multinationals, the challenges are even greater. This paper
examines the benefits and demands posed by an enterprise-wide solution, suggesting
ways to know when and how to combine your IPT deployments and maximize your returns.
SIP: Myth Versus Reality
It's a new world. Modern packet-based communications are sweeping away traditional telephony standards and changing the way businesses stay connected. SIP, the latest IP enabler to hit the market, is often portrayed as the key to implementing more sophisticated, flexible voice and unified communications.managed VoIP: more cost effective than you think
Companies are converging their IP VPNs at an ever increasing rate. Currently over 600 Orange Business Services customers use their VPNs to transport voice and data. Some use a do-it-yourself model, others use a fully managed model. If you're looking for value, however, the fully managed approach is the less costly and higher quality alternative. That's because of the costs and effort associated with the three major components of a convergence strategy.IP voice security: red herring or real risk?
In VoIP, voice is essentially an application on the data network that is finetuned to ensure voice-quality performance. VoIP equipment and end-point devices (e.g., IP phones) are computing devices and are becoming standardized and commoditized just like other data components, such as PCs and notebooks.using IP trunking to lower costs of IP telephony roll-outs while reducing risk
show to avoid the most common mistake in IP telephony roll-outssecurity
making the right user security choices
More than ever, the security of the end user is a hot topic. The central position of users within the company’s information system makes them particularly key players in terms of security, and this problem becomes more acute when the mobile user issue is added in. Protecting the enterprise from computer threats and operational and financial risks means relating to users and the data they handle. The issue, in short, is to cover all domains to ensure the most effective security, while balancing the needs for flexibility and cost.security and consolidation
This is the age of global commerce.Organizations have expanded to meet the needs of the global marketplace.
Expansion means they can service new markets and respond to opportunities in every part of the globe.
This expansion has been at a cost. As organizations acquire new companies and merged divisions, the IT infrastructure becomes more and more difficult to manage. Integrating these disparate parts is more and more challenging.
protecting
your business with embedded network security
IP voice security: red herring or real risk?
In VoIP, voice is essentially an application on the data network that is finetuned to ensure voice-quality performance. VoIP equipment and end-point devices (e.g., IP phones) are computing devices and are becoming standardized and commoditized just like other data components, such as PCs and notebooks.Security: the consolidation of Internet gateways
Just like the doors to your house, your Internet gateways are the one point where you can see and decide what comes in and out of your network. As such, this area is particularly exposed to all sorts of security threats. It is especially critical that you define clear security rules for your gateways and deploy corresponding processes to keep them up-to-date. The more points of contact that exist between the Internet and a corporate WAN, the greater the risk of attack and impact on business operations.One-Time Password Security Essentials
Today, most services can be accessed from a computer over the Internet. Usually, these services need to know (and check) the user’s identity, making user authentication absolutely essential. A one-time password is a single-use password constructed in a way that makes it valid only once, which provides strong authentication and security.Security Essentials - One-Time Password
Today, more and more services can be accessed from a computer over the Internet. Usually, these services need to know (and check) the user's identity. You can connect to your bank via the Internet, make on-line purchases, make travel reservations, or connect to your company's network to work remotely. This all makes user authentication absolutely essential.unified communications
Global Reach: Taking Your Business Forward
In this paper we look at real examples of mobility, videoconferencing and unified
communications integrated in the
work environment. The examples outline the technologies and show the business
benefits each has brought in terms of
increased productivity, cost savings,
better use of existing assets and improved return on investment.
Unified Communications, 2009 CIO Survey Results
This paper presents the results of a survey held during the second quarter of
2009 that assessed the awareness, usage
and barriers to effectively unifying communications within multinational
companies. We surveyed CxO-level decision
makers from 600 multinationals in 12 European countries, across various industry
sectors from financial services,
manufacturing and retail to transportation and health care.
Business Together with Microsoft
the unified communications and collaboration solution of Orange Business Services
and Microsoft
With the momentum of IP convergence and the movement toward an alldigital world,
professional communication systems combining telephony over IP, e-mail, instant
messaging and audio/video conferencing services are sparking serious interest
due to the benefits they offer in terms of increasing use value and cost rationalization.
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