Keystone Computer Networking Whitepapers

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NETWORKING WHITE PAPERS

· Application Management Outsourcing versus Insourcing. “Outsourcing critical, but non-core, activities to focused specialists improves ROI, and represents an accelerating business trend. … Application management outsourcing offers technical depth, focus and experience that are significantly superior to that available and affordable to most businesses. By distributing the cost of this depth, focus and experience over multiple customers, application management service providers actually reduce costs while improving service, especially availability. As Cisco Vice-President Eugene Lee puts it, This is all about economies of skill, not scale.” Source: IBM

· Best Practice in Designing and Operating Infrastructure for Microsoft .NET. “The team that looks after these systems needs in depth knowledge of all the elements required to deploy and manage highly available systems. This requires a structured, proactive approach to system management and an integrated framework of people, processes and technologies to ensure that these services are taken on, provided and maintained at the correct level. This level of specialisation is difficult to achieve and needs an ongoing commitment to maintain a best practice environment.” Source: Attenda Ltd. & Microsoft

· Network Reengineering Process Overview. “Network re-engineering ensures the network remains fine-tuned to the needs of its users, which maximizes user productivity and cost savings.” Source: Wireless-Nets Ltd.

· A Practical Guide to the Right VPN (Virtual Private Network) Solution. “The range of VPN solutions frustrates customers trying to compare the solutions. This is especially true for customers in small and medium-sized businesses.” Source: The Applied Technologies Group, Inc.

· Home Network Technologies and Strategies. “Once you've decided to connect your home PCs to each other, the first step is to choose a network technology.” Source: Ziff Davis Media Inc.