Providing IT services to remote locations generally requires investment in local servers, storage, and networking. Even with all the equipment in place, supporting the branch is a whole different challenge. However, a new branch converged infrastructure approach allows IT to provide local access and performance, store data securely in the datacenter, and instantly recover branch […]
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Straight from our experts at VMware®, follow these technical tips for a successful and smooth implementation of VMware Horizon View™. From application requirements to end user expectations, reference these tips as you move to a virtual desktop infrastructure.
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From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today’s data centers. And along the way, they’re also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. A wide range of observers agree that data centers are now entering an era of “hyperconvergence” that will raise network […]
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The reality today is that organizations have to transition their data center environments in order to remain competitive in a highly dynamic global market. It will be important to understand that the network will play a critical role in determining the success or failure of this process. The bulk of the emerging trends outlined in […]
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Microsoft SharePoint is proliferating throughout enterprises in various deployment models (e.g., SaaS) for consistent data delivery and universal access. But distributed SharePoint implementations and distributed end-users could adversely affect the performance of accessing SharePoint over large corporate networks. This white paper analyzes the challenges of optimizing a web-based SharePoint environment and discusses how Riverbed IT […]
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WAN optimization technology has been an important part of networking for more than ten years, enabling productivity gains and cost savings of magnitudes sufficient to drive it to mainstream status for distributed, network-enabled organizations of all sizes. One important manifestation of this technology is mobile client software that can be installed on individual users’ workstations, […]
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Just what is cloud computing anyway? Skeptics might say it is nothing but industry hyperbole, visionaries might say it is the future of IT. In reality, both statements are true-cloud computing has been embellished by the tech industry, but it does hold real potential for new types of on-¬-demand dynamic IT services. This […]
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When it comes to cloud computing, WAN optimization isn’t an option; it’s a necessity. Read this technology brief to learn how addressing network limitations can make the difference between success and failure of a cloud-based system.
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In an effort to reduce costs and streamline operations, today’s large, distributed organizations are investing more in data center transformation, consolidation, and server virtualization. And yet many IT consolidation projects suffer from poor planning and implementation issues that ultimately impact application performance and user productivity. This technology brief investigates the processes and tools that are […]
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Today’s smart CIOs are assessing their workloads against business needs and analyzing where each should run—locally or in the public cloud. Read on to learn about the benefits of cloud computing, and why its success or failure is often dependent on WAN optimization.
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