=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TechTarget | Network and Systems Management March 24, 2004 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: Free Download: Monitor Your Entire Infrastructure with ONE Solution http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,26810,00.htm?track=NL-314&ad=478940&argentsoftware
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIPS - Today's Featured Tip: Total print management - Supernetting - Three essential ingredients for network integrity 2. ESSENTIAL LINKS - Featured Topic: Bandwidth optimization - Face-off: Debating RFID - Chapter of the Week: Applications using the converged network - Article: Cisco launches new security, manageability tools ___________________________________________________________________ ****************>> Sponsored by Argent Software <<***************** Are you looking for a solution that can monitor your entire infrastructure and not cost you a fortune? The Argent Guardian monitors servers, applications, SNMP-compliant devices, and overall network health at a fraction of the cost of framework solutions. Using a patented Agent-Optional architecture, it is installed and monitoring in hours. To see why leading firms like AT&T and Nokia rely on the Argent Guardian, download a FREE copy today: http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,26810,00.htm?track=NL-314&ad=478940&argentsoftware ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TODAY'S FEATURED NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIP TOTAL PRINT MANAGEMENT By Barrie Sosinsky Many organizations spend a considerable amount of their annual budget on print resources, and those expenditures are often hard to quantify. An administrator may have no idea how many printers exist, how heavily they are used, and who is using them until a centralized management approach is applied to the problem. With a system in place large cost savings are often obtained, as well as better management of consumables and the implementation of a rational retirement and acquisition program. That's the idea behind the largest printer vendor's initiative, HP's Total Print Management Initiative. Find out about HP's plan and what you should look for from print management at http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci956447,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUPERNETTING | Barrie Sosinsky Subnetting an IP network to divide a set of addresses into groups is well known. Less well known is the ability to combine two or more Class C networks into larger consolidated logical networks, something called supernetting. Read more about supernetting: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci946129,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THREE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR NETWORK INTEGRITY | Eric Ogren Businesses depend on their applications and their networks, so it's obvious that network security should be a high priority -- and it is. Over the past few years, enterprises have invested heavily in a complex battery of perimeter defense systems that are updated daily, if not hourly, with new signatures. But today's security practices, with their emphasis on defense, have two important shortcomings. Read about them here: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci946976,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::::::::::::::::: ESSENTIAL LINKS :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION | Featured Topic Today's enterprise applications are demanding more and more network bandwidth. What's the best and most economical way to ensure you have enough bandwidth? And once you've got it, how do you manage it? Find out with these resources. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid7_gci955697,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEBATING RFID | FACE-OFF Editor Susan Fogarty says RFID "ignorance" could delay its many advantages, but Executive Editor Jim Connolly says the technology may be one big, expensive mess. Who's right? You decide! http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci955856,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= APPLICATIONS USING THE CONVERGED NETWORK | Chapter of the Week Is the real driving force behind the deployment of converged networks saving money, or the advanced capabilities convergence makes possible? The real driving force, says this chapter of Voice, Video, and Data Network Convergence, is the ability to deploy applications like converged, multichannel contact centers, unified messaging, and teleworking. Learn about these applications, as well as other features of the converged network such as presence, intelligent agents, and IP Centrex. http://www.searchNetworking.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci952108,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CISCO LAUNCHES NEW SECURITY, MANAGEABILITY TOOLS | Original News Cisco has released several new product upgrades and features as part of an effort to extend security and management functionality across the network. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci956121,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 MORE INFO: Cisco makes strong move on power over Ethernet http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci950939,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 Cisco incorporates security component into switch http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci852171,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 ___________________________________________________________________ **************** CONTACT SEARCHNETWORKING.COM ***************** E-mail us at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here for specific contact information and to meet our editorial team: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/meetEditorial/0,289131,sid7,00.html?track=NL-314&ad=478940 To sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter e-mail Gabrielle DeRussy, Director of Site Sales at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::::::: This e-newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. 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