One of the ways to optimize WAN traffic from the branches to a consolidated data centre is to manage and optimize the bandwidth according to the needs and observed parameters...
We all have heard a lot about the RADIUS server. We know it is sitting somewhere in the network, authenticating all the users. What exactly is this RADIUS server? How...
This article explains what a link load balancer is, in the context of wide area networking and how it gives a central management interface to all the links coming in...
This article gives an introduction to Matrix Switchers with respect to the Audio/Video industry. We see what are matrix switchers, why they are required and what inputs/outputs they support. We...
Caching is a process of storing important and frequently accessed data locally in a easily accessible location, so that they need not be retrieved from the original source every time....
Ever wondered why WAN optimization is required in consolidated data centre scenarios? Or how much difference WAN optimization makes in such situations? This article gives an overview of the techniques...
The communications industry, video conferencing industry, contact center industry – all of them are so excited about UC – Unified Communications. Let us see the various components/features of Unified Communications...
Did you know that a video conferencing application needs a latency less than 300 ms to give a good quality video images in your IP Network? There are other real...
Cost cutting, especially those that recur every month, seems to be the priority of companies these days. One thing that the companies can look in to, is reducing the calls...
This article gives an introduction to the Video Wall Controller, elucidates the capabilities of the video wall control software, hardware architecture and configuration of the video wall controller. To understand...
This article gives an introduction to NAT – Network Address Translation, explains why NAT is required, gives an introduction to NAT Traversal (required for certain streams like SIP/H.323) and lists...
This article gives an introduction to Host Integrity Check mechanism that enables enterprises to enforce the connectivity of their endpoints (Laptops/Desktops) only if they comply to the security policies of...
Have you wondered how big a display device can be made? Did you think that a Plasma display terminal was the same as LCD display? You thought Plasma display units...
This article gives a short introduction to Syslog and Syslog server, how they help in monitoring of the network devices by storing and retrieving the logs generated by the network...