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	Here we offer our viewpoints on various topics in our areas of expertise. These articles are intended to provide general information and insight into current technical issues that we hope you will find useful. We are updating this section all the time to present the most relevant and up to date materials, so check back often! Contact us to see how we can bring our experience, knowledge, and approach to your next project.
	Information Technology :: Considering Enterprise Applications for The Network The network exists solely to enable business applications. Therefore an understanding of application trends is a vital part of understanding network technology directions. Here we look briefly at the major trends toward Voice over IP (VoIP), streaming video, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), instant messaging (IM), collaboration, and thin client application architectures. PDF - 38kB - download :: Enterprise Computing Historically, computing trends have had a symbiotic relationship with other technologies and applications as well as our society’s corporate and popular lifestyle. From mainframe to personal computing with the move to ubiquitous connectivity and universal access to corporate applications, computing is constantly evolving and has almost completed its long journey to becoming a commodity. While computing power is constantly increasing (it is generally accepted that a computing device is obsolete by the time it reaches the market), organizations rarely invest in computing devices based on their capabilities alone, but instead view them as enablers of enterprise applications. PDF - 37kB - download :: Mobile Technologies Overview With evolution of network technologies and mobile user devices as well as decreasing service and equipment pricing, wireless data is quickly becoming a critical operational component for different organizations. META Group predicts that 50% of enterprises will have wireless e-mail in place within two or three years, which will spark a run on wireless application projects. However, most projects will concentrate on some form of extension of an existing environment, such as VPN access to corporate network, rather than general-purpose mobile infrastructure. Determining a suitable mobile technology service will impact the selection of the service provider, user hardware, and the overall cost of enabling wireless data applications. PDF - 55kB - download
	Telecommunications Topics :: Network Managment Overview Network management is defined as the set of operational procedures and supporting equipment (hardware and software) that enables the operation of a network at its maximum efficiency. Network management encompasses configuration management, fault management, performance management, accounting management, resource planning and design, and continuity management. Security management is sometimes also considered a part of network management, but is generally addressed separately. PDF - 38kB - download :: Network Security Overview Organizations are realizing that intrusion detection systems are expensive and don’t provide enough value. Deployment of a disparate set of point products for firewalls, antivirus blocking, and other network-centric security functions has also led to gaps in protection and lack of integration. A new generation of network security tools shifts its focus to intrusion prevention in the network infrastructure and at the host (workstation), as well as deep packet inspection. Furthermore, network security evolution is moving towards integrated network security platforms that blur the lines between infrastructure and host security and provide a comprehensive feature set for managing overall network security. PDF - 45kB - download :: Storage Area Networks Technologies The data storage market has become a hotbed of activity. Drivers include: (i) increasingly strict enterprise network and application availability and disaster recovery requirements, and (ii) advances in real-time infrastructures and storage and network technology. Vendor consolidation will create some market churn. PDF - 36kB - download
	Electrical Enginering Topics :: Participation in Utility Distributed Generation Program Distributed Generation scheme benefits utility customers by improving the overall power grid system reliability. Utilities maintain that data centers’ standby generator capacity can be put to a useful service by providing energy to help offset peak-load demands upon the Grid system during peak wholesale price periods. These periods usually occur during late afternoons, lasting for up to three hours. The utility will use standby energy to offset peak loads when their wholesale prices are at their maximum. PDF - 51kB - download

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