The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league clubs in Australia and New Zealand. With the relocation of its Sydney headquarters, they wanted to replace their aging analog phone system to support mobile workers and a new outbound call centre to drive club membership. This paper looks at how a ...

The introduction of innovative new form factors, software infrastructure and cloud services is reshaping enterprise video collaboration. The following vendors offer potential for greater reach, scale and interoperability while addressing the most critical video use cases. Subscribe to the Daily Tech Insider Newsletter Stay up to date on the latest in technology with Daily Tech ...

This e-book describes a hypothetical company, referred to as NeedToChange, which has a traditional approach to WAN design. It then presents Cisco’s response to how NeedToChange should evolve its WAN. This e-book includes a summary of the key components of some of the emerging approaches to WAN architecture and design and concludes with a call ...

The participation of service providers in the identification of DDoS attacks can help to mitigate threats at (or very near) their point of origin. Collaboration between service providers and DDoS mitigation providers can help identify the signs of a pending DDoS attack, bringing customers closer to the ever-elusive “predictive” protections that are important for defense ...

Historically, the speed of a wired connection at the access edge has always been faster than that of a wireless connection. This means workers had to choose between the performance of wired connectivity and the convenience of a wireless connection. Consequently, workers often had to modify the way they worked—first, finding a wired port to ...

Imagine being able to see, measure, and manage the energy usage of all the devices in your IT network. How much could you save, for example, if every server, router, switch, laptop, monitor, IP phone, wireless access point, and printer in the enterprise automatically powered up and down based on productivity? Subscribe to the Developer ...

Wi-Fi is about to get a reboot. New 802.11ac Wave 2 products will make it possible to deliver LAN-like multigigabit speeds over the wireless network for the first time, enabling previously unimagined scale and flexibility in the enterprise workspace. But how will businesses capitalize on this new capacity when most current Ethernet access cabling maxes ...

Miercom was engaged to conduct a comparative testing of two high-capacity L2 and L3 network switches: the popular Cisco Catalyst 4500E, and a comparably configured, competitive switch, the FastIron SX 1600, from Brocade Communications Systems. Miercom executed comprehensive hands-on testing and evaluated the performance of some widely deployed features that are critical for reliable functioning ...

It’s the difference between raw data, and information. The Miercom Business Decision Series combines the results of our hands-on testing, with insight on how particular features can positively impact the business bottom line. This report details some of the clear business advantages that the Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series delivers. Subscribe to the Developer Insider Newsletter ...

Cisco engaged Miercom to conduct a competitive analysis of its Catalyst 2960-X switch versus two comparable Hewlett-Packard switches from the 2920 and 5120 product families. Miercom executed comprehensive hands-on testing and evaluated the performance of some widely deployed features that are critical for reliable functioning of enterprise networks. The test methodology focused on specific areas ...