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Applications (14)
- Database Clusters - Scale up & Increase availability for Mission critical databases
- Telecommuting technologies that enable people to work from home
- Can Online PHR - Patient Health Records help us manage health info better?
- Hadoop - Create Distributed Computing and Scalable Storage with entry level Servers
- How about 'Predictive Analytics' for IT System failure alerts, before they actually happen?
- What stops organizations from adopting Open Office/Libre Office Office productivity suites?
- Google Docs – Ten reasons why your organization might want to take documents to the cloud
- How about Virtual (Online) 3D Meeting/Collaboration with remote team members?
- Advantages & Disadvantages of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Systems
- Telemedicine over IP Networks - Introduction & Applications
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - What is it, Why is it required, Advantages & Disadvantages of CRM
- Door Access Control Systems can now communicate over IP!
- Access another Computer from anywhere with Remote Desktop Software
- Why are Proxy Servers required in a network?
Bandwidth (13)
- What is 95th Percentile billing & how it offers burstable bandwidth rates
- What are the advantages/ benefits of Business Broadband?
- Accessing Internet over Power Lines
- A short note on 3.9G/4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) Mobile broadband networks
- You could implement Global MPLS to connect International branches
- Enterprise Internet (WAN) Link Connectivity - Redundancy and Load Balancing
- Centralized/ De-Centralized Internet Access and Inter-branch WAN Connectivity for Enterprises
- Various ways to connect and access broadband Internet
- Salient Points and Applications of ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
- Advantages of VSAT - Why Satellite Networks make a good choice for WAN and Internet connectivity
- Advantages of MPLS VPN Network over Point to Point Leased Lines for WAN Connectivity
- What is a PRI Line, what are the advantages and limitations of PRI circuits
- Advantages of Internet Leased Lines over Broadband for Internet Connectivity
Network Optimization (14)
- An Introduction to IEEE 802.3az - Energy Efficient Ethernet
- WAN Virtualization, anyone?
- You need to know about Virtual Application Delivery Controllers
- What is a Content Delivery Network (CDN)?
- Why DDI (DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management) is critical for distributed organizations
- An overview of Electronic Document Management System
- What is SSL and what are the benefits of SSL Offloading?
- Role of Application Delivery Controllers
- Basics of Application Load Balancers
- Write with a digital pen!
- Bandwidth categorization, analysis and optimization in WAN links
- What is a Link Load Balancer in Wide Area Networking?
- Caching, Types of Caching, Challenges faced by Caching solutions in WAN Optimization
- Introduction to WAN Optimization Techniques
Network Security (29)
- Botnets - What are botnets, what can they do & how to protect against them
- What are Network/ Internet Worms & A short story of Stuxnet
- What is a Trojan Horse in Computer Networks and how to protect yourself from it?
- What is - MAC Address, MAC Filtering, MAC Spoofing
- Why is an SSL Certificate required?
- What do you think of accessing blocked sites & hiding IP address using personal VPN services?
- What are Database Firewalls, why are they required & how do they protect databases?
- What is a Web Application Firewall?
- DLP - Data Loss Prevention : What & How Data Loss is Prevented?
- Two Factor Authentication with USB Tokens
- An Introduction to DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service attack
- You can use OTP - One Time Password for stronger authentication
- An illustration of DMZ : De-Militarized Zone in Computer Networking through Infographics
- Subdivide your Physical Firewall into multiple Virtual Firewall instances
- An Introduction to SIEM - Security Information & Event Management
- An Overview of Enterprise VPN - Virtual Private Network
- Snort - Open Source Intrusion Detection System
- An overview of IPS - Intrusion Prevention System and types of Network Threats
- Hardware Vs Sofware UTM and Open Source UTM
- An Introduction to Unified Threat Management in Network Security
- An overview of socially engineered deceptive internet threats
- Host Integrity Check for Endpoint and Network Security
- Types of DoS attacks and how they are mitigated
- Why is URL Filtering required and how it is accomplished
- Options available for securing Enterprise Email
- Securing and Monitoring portable USB based devices
- What is a Phishing threat and how users can be safeguarded
- What are: Packet filtering, Circuit level, Application Level and Stateful Multilayer inspection Firewalls
- An introduction and overview of enterprise network security
Network-Active (23)
- VxLAN - Think beyond VLAN for the Cloud!
- Fanless Network Switches - Would you need them?
- Virtual Chassis Technology : Stack/Combine Access Switches across a Campus
- An introduction to Quality of Service (QoS) in Wired Networks
- A Simple Introduction to DNS & DDNS and Why your organization might need them
- What is a Public IP Address & Do you need one?
- Why are Subnets required & Subnet vs VLAN
- Intelligent Building Management Systems over IP Networks
- An introduction to Layer-3 Network Switches
- How Stacking Multiple Network Switches helps to build a more resilient LAN
- Why not use Link Aggregation to extend your Network?
- What is a Converged IP Network?
- Need, Standards, Salient points and Challenges for 10GE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) adpotion
- Why Manageable Switches are required even and especially at the Network Edge
- What are the various ways to extend a Local Area Network (LAN)
- Performance Monitoring of Enterprise Networks
- What is NAT and why is NAT Traversal required?
- Options for High Availability in Network Switches
- What are: DNS, DHCP, IP Addresses and Subnet Mask
- Port Mirroring in Switches and In-line network taps
- Salient points you need to know about Virtual LAN (VLAN)
- Interconnecting Technologies for High Performance Computing
- An overview of active components in an IP Network
Network-Passive (17)
- POE+ (IEEE 802.3at) powers network devices that require higher power
- What is an Intelligent Patch Panel & What are its advantages?
- You can use Optical Taps to monitor Fiber Cables/ Optical Network
- What is FTTH - Fiber To The Home & Advantages of P2P vs P2M/PON Architectures
- Universal Power Over Ethernet (UPoE) technology delivers up to 60W of Power per port
- Why not use Bend Insensitive (BI) Fiber Cables for enterprise applications?
- What you need to know about Optical Fiber Splicing
- Basic Info on Network Racks - Wall Mounted, Floor Standing & Accessories
- You can use an OTDR Tester to identify Optical Fiber Cabling faults
- Advantages and Limitations of Optical Fiber Cable/ Communication
- Know your Cat 5-6-7 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Network Cables
- An introduction to Network Patch Panel
- Advantages and Dis-advantages of HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface
- Power Over Ethernet (POE) and POE Injectors
- Can you create a LAN IP network using telephone cables?
- An Overview of IP KVM Switches
- An overview of passive components in a Local Area Network
Office Automation (19)
- What is a Photo ID Printer and should your organization own one?
- SOHO Multifunction Printers - Ten factors you ought to consider before buying one
- Lighting Control options for Enterprise Companies
- Components of Digital Cinema
- Digital Cinema - Advantages and Limitations
- Pico Projectors - The smallest projectors
- Choosing between a Dedicated PC or Media Player appliance in Digital Signage
- Components that make a Digital Signage Solution
- Overview of Audio/Video Control Systems for Boardrooms
- What are Audio/Video Matrix Switchers?
- What is a Video Wall Controller?
- Plasma display terminals : See the big picture
- Useful features of Business Projectors
- What you need to know about Wireless LCD Projectors
- What is a Document Camera?
- Which is better: LCD or DLP Projectors?
- What is a Video wall and what are its components?
- Advantages of LED Illumination for rear projection Control room Video Walls
- Overview of display units for Video Conferencing systems
Protocols (23)
- Neighbor Discovery Protocol in IPv6 - An Introduction
- What are: Network Ports, TCP & UDP
- VRRP - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol provides Network failover/redundancy
- What is: ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), ARP Cache Table, ARP Poisoning/ Broadcast Storm
- DHCP - Dynamic Host Control Protocol
- You should know about a new and upcoming Networking protocol called Openflow
- NTP - Network Time Protocol
- A Conceptual Introduction to Static Routing, RIP & OSPF
- BGP - Border Gateway Protocol Simplified
- Understanding Spanning Tree Protocols - STP, RSTP, MSTP
- What you ought to know before deploying an 802.11n Wireless Network
- What you need to know about SIP - Session Initiation Protocol
- How IEEE 802.1x secures the Network edge
- Advantages and limitations of using sFlow for Network monitoring
- sFlow and its Applications for Network Monitoring
- An overview of SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
- What is a RADIUS server?
- An Overview of Syslog and Syslog Server
- Quality of Service in Wireless Networks - WMM and WMM-SA
- What is LDAP and why is it required for an organization?
- What is IPv6, what are its Conventions, Features and Advantages
- What is IEEE 802.11n, what are the advantages and challenges for 802.11n in Wi-Fi networks
- Infiniband, IBoE and their advantages in High Performance Computing
Server Tech (11)
- Advantages of Modular Data Centers - Whole Data Center in a Box!
- What are Micro-Servers?
- SME Server - Linux based Open Source Network & Communications Server
- Server Adapter Teaming & Link Aggregation
- What is a Reverse Proxy server?
- A note on Server Memory - DDR3 SDRAM
- Server Processor basics - Multi Processors Multi Cores and Multi Threads
- Server Colocation - Advantages, disadvantages & Alternatives
- Expand your Server Storage with JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks
- A note on Server Storage - SAS (Serial Attached SCSI), SAS Controllers & SAS Drives
- Why Blade Servers are popular in Large Server Deployments
Storage (14)
- What is a RAID Controller & Salient points you need to know about RAID Controllers
- Data De-duplication can help you reduce a lot of storage space
- Advantages of File level storage (vs) Advantages of Block level Storage
- Advantages of a NAS Box over External Hard-disk drive for Storage/Backup in SOHO/SMB
- RAID Basics & RAID Recovery
- Should you use self encrypting hard disk drives?
- What is a Converged Network Adapter (CNA)?
- Why you need to implement a Storage Area Network using iSCSI over an IP Network
- Storage/Network Convergence with FCOE: Fiber Channel Over Ethernet - Need, Advantages & Limitations
- What is Bare Metal Recovery and what are its Advantages/ Limitations?
- Are we moving towards Solid State Disks/Drives for Storage?
- NAS - Advantages, Limitations & Recommendations for Ethernet Storage over TCP/IP Networks
- Introducing Continuous Data Protection (CDP) as a viable back-up strategy
- Email Archiving
Video over IP (29)
- Bandwidth Considerations for IP Surveillance Cameras & How to reduce the bandwidth occupied by them
- How about Solar powered Wireless IP Surveillance Cameras?
- A Note on Quality parameters in Video Surveillance - Resolution, Frame Rate, Compression & HD
- Applications of Intelligent Video Analytics in IP Cameras
- Would you go for Telepresence over Video Conference?
- Video Conferencing over ISDN (vs) Video Conferencing over IP - Which is better?
- Some IP Network Cameras come with upto 35x - 36x Optical Zoom!
- Advantages & Dis-advantages of Wireless IP Surveillance Cameras
- What you need to know about Night Vision in IP Surveillance Cameras
- Why the new H.264-SVC Scalable Video Coding is exciting!
- Why H.264 AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10) Video Codec is critical for Video Transmission
- Different ways to do a Video Conference - Personal and Professional
- Types and Features of IP Surveillance Cameras
- Video Encoders - Enabling Video Surveillance over IP without replacing Analog Cameras
- What is Unified Communications?
- Advantages of IP Video Surveillance over DVR Surveillance
- What is Telepresence and what are its components?
- How total digital functionality is enabled by IP Video Surveillance
- An Overview of Audio Conferencing Systems
- What is High Definition (HD) Video Conferencing?
- An overview of Video Multi-Conference Units (MCU)
- Recording and Streaming of Video Conference sessions
- Video phones and features supported by them
- Options available for displaying content in Video Conferencing along with video
- PC based personal Video Conferencing systems
- Voice activated camera/ multipoint switching and Camera preset settings in Video Conferencing systems
- Bandwidth requirements and types of connectivity for video conferencing
- An overview of Video Conferencing solutions over IP
Virtualization (11)
- An overview of Server Input-Output Virtualization (IOV)
- Why Cloud Computing is an excellent option for Disaster Recovery (DR)
- What is a Private Cloud & Difference between a Private Cloud and Server Virtualization
- Would you go for a Thin-Client / DV based Set-up for a Greenfield project?
- Importance of Virtual Machine Migration in Server Virtualization
- Virtualize your desktop hardware - Create multiple desktops by adding monitor keyboard & mouse
- You can run multiple Virtual OS instances from within a Host OS using Virtual Box
- Networking concepts in Virtual Servers
- What is Application Virtualization?
- What is Server Virtualization?
- Understanding Desktop Virtualization - Advantages & Disadvantages
Voice over IP (33)
- What are PRI Cards & Analog Interface Cards - Connectivity & Architecture Diagram
- Telephone Trunk Lines: What is a SIP Trunk?
- IP PBX vs Traditional PBX : Advantages of IP PBX over Analog/Digital PBX
- Receive your PBX land line calls through SIP clients on Wi-Fi enabled Cell phones
- CENTREX and Hosted IP PBX
- IP Phones - Advantages & Disadvantages (In comparison with Analog/Digital Phones)
- VOIP Softphones might be a better option than IP Hardphones for some applications
- Licenced & Open Source Voice Codecs in IP Telephony (VOIP) - A brief Introduction
- Can Open Source PBX be scaled to carrier grade?
- Factors that affect VOIP Call quality
- Options for Call Detail Recording(CDR) and Call budgeting in PBX
- What an enterprise company should know about a Contact Center
- What is so different about an IP Fax?
- How Skills based Routing in done in Call Centres
- Speech Recognition with Enterprise PBX and its applications
- Call Centre: What is a Dialer and what are the types of Dialers
- How VOIP helps to reduce long distance charges for enterprise companies
- Some call center functionalities that can be built into an IP PBX
- Sending Interactive/bulk SMS Messages
- What is Fixed Cellular Terminal (FCT) and Fixed Wireless Terminal (FWT)
- Advantages of a IP Soft Switch over IP PBX in VOIP
- IVR - Interactive Voice Response and MOH - Music on Hold in an IP PBX
- How does an IP PBX handle your calls when you are not there?
- What type of attacks are VOIP Systems prone to?
- Introduction to and advantages of Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC)
- Options available for call handling through PC for the users of IP PBX
- API and its applications for IP PBX
- Call recording/ call logging using an IP PBX
- How IP PBX enables Meet Me conference
- Differences between IP PBX - Softswitch and Analog/Mixed type PBX
- Advantages and disadvantages of VOIP/IP PBX - What they say and what they don't
- An overview of Voice Communications over IP
Wireless Network (30)
- NFC - Near Field Communication & Its Applications
- IEEE 802.11ac & IEEE 802.11ad Wireless Technologies - Think beyond 802.11n!
- An introduction to Zigbee / IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Network
- How secure is your Wireless Access Point?
- WiFi Adhoc Networks - What they are & how to mitigate the threats posed by them
- Can a Wireless Network eliminate a Wired Network completely?
- An overview of bluetooth technology and its enterprise applications
- Why Wireless Interference is an important consideration in Wi-Fi networks
- Why a Site Survey is crucial before implementing a Wi-Fi network
- Honeypot & Man In the Middle (MITM) Attacks on Wireless Networks
- What are Rogue Access Points and how Rogue Access Points are detected & blocked
- Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) Deployment Architectures - Overlay, Integrated & Hybrid
- Six security tips for securing your Wi-Fi Access Point/Router at Home/SOHO
- Why is a Controller required in a wireless network
- Using Directional and Omni-Directional Antennas in Wireless Networks
- Managing multi-vendor wireless access points in Wi-Fi networks
- Difference between Stand Alone Access points and Controller based Access points
- Location Tracking using Wi-Fi based RFID Tags
- Guest Access in Wireless LAN
- Advantages and dis-advantages of having wireless (Wi-Fi) as primary network
- Does having a "No-Wireless" Policy make your organization secure?
- What are Femtocells and what are their advantages and disadvantages
- Security threats in a Wi-Fi Network
- What is Wi-Max and how does it compare with Wi-Fi
- Wireless Mesh Networks
- Setting up a Wireless network at home
- Why is RF Spectrum Management/ Radio management important in Wireless networks?
- Network Access Control in Wi-Fi (Wireless) Controller based solution
- Types and features of wireless Access Points
- Introduction, basics and standards for Wi-Fi Networks
Xip Blog (33)
- IPv6 transition – Pros & Cons
- Libre Office needs you - Join the Libre Office Bug hunting session on Dec 28/29
- Are Annual Maintenance Contracts for Network equipments an Overkill?
- What is GPS & Applications of Global Positioning System
- Handling CRM Processes in Large Organizations
- 15 Factors to Consider - Hosting email Servers In-house vs Service Providers
- Computer Networking blog - excITingIP.com
- Funny Sunday Video: Hitler & Computer Networking tutorial
- Video: Testing Routers for Physical Durability - Oh! :)
- Libre Office Conference in Paris & First Anniversary Celebrations - Oct 13 to 15, 2011
- Will IP video explosion cause a catastrophe?
- Can Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) benefit from full duplex wireless technology?
- You can follow me in Google+ if you work in Computer Networking Domain
- Mobile Device Management (MDM) Software – Centralized Management for Multiple Mobile Platforms/OS
- Telecom Trunk Lines - Difference between Analog line, PRI/E1/T1 Digital Line & GSM Gateway
- Today is World IPv6 day! (June 8, 2011)
- Twelve interesting applications for iphone in your Office!
- A quick update on Libre Office
- Can we manage without a Computer Network?
- Libre Office Writer (Word processor) - Ten interesting features you could use while creating a document
- Libre Office Calc - Ten interesting features you could use while creating Spreadsheets
- Libre Office Impress - Ten impressive features that you could use while making presentations
- Why you should implement Libre Office in your Organization
- Are Gigabit Switches (1 Gb Ports) required for the Desktop?
- New to Linux? Try Linux Mint
- Would you like to write an article on www.excitingip.com
- Please vote for www.excitingip.com in Avant Garde Bloggie Awards
- Open source technologies that help build and manage network infrastructure
- Details about the Denial of Service attack that disabled Twitter access
- You can get email updates when new articles are published in excITingIP.com
- Focus Startupcity: Ennovasys
- Focus Startupcity: Mymo Wireless
- SiliconIndia Startup City 09 event at Bangalore - Get to know Cool startups on 6th June
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