VoIP
audio cast alert!
What
can your network handle?
Join
Kevin Tolly, President and CEO of Tolly Research/The Tolly Group,
Scott Hamilton, Senior VP of Operations, Tolly Research, and John Q.
Walker, Director of Network Development at NetIQ Corp., for an
upcoming Web audio cast on "Guaranteeing Your Network Can
Handle VoIP."
This
45-minute program, which airs April 25th at noon, will
focus on key measures of VoIP quality: how to conduct an initial
evaluation of your network, tips to improve your network's VoIP
support and expert advice on how to know when you're ready to deploy
VoIP.
Don't
miss out on the opportunity to participate in a 15-minute
question-and-answer session and to receive a free checklist of
network design tips.
To
register for this Web audio cast, go to:
http://www.netiq.com/voipaudiocast/
More
great advice from Kevin Tolly!
What
is a bad P/E ratio?
In
his recent Network World column, Kevin Tolly cautions readers
to take a closer look when purchasing NICs based on references to a
Performance-to-Efficiency (P/E) ratio — a way of interpreting the
relative efficiency of network interface cards.
To view the entire
column and to see how The Tolly Group calculates a P/E metric, go
to:
http://www.tolly.com/KT/NWW/columns/20010402PERatio.html
The
latest from Tolly Research …
Tolly
Research adds ITclarity wireless, secure networking tracks!
Tolly Research has added two new tracks to its ITclarity research
program, one focusing on Wireless Ethernet and the other on Secure
Networking!
Both new research tracks will deliver hands-on performance
testing data, architectural insights and deployment advice. The
Wireless Ethernet track will focus on LAN and internetwork wireless
issues. The Secure Networking track will venture into the impact of
VPNs, firewalls and other security-related technologies on network
performance.
ITclarity
tests uncover server backup drain on thin-client performance!
Researchers have discovered that hot backups clearly drain server
CPU reserves and impede application delivery in thin-client sessions
supported on the same server!
The
results, in Volume 2 of Tolly Research’s ITclarity
Thin-Client Networking track, show that server backups may slow
thin-client applications by up to 24%.
For
more information on the report, Managing Thin-Client Networks:
Application Performance and Data Backup, point your Web browser at:
http://www.tollyresearch.com/ResearchTarget.asp?TrackID=TCN&VolumeNumber=02&IssueNumber=01
Tolly
Research focuses on role of traffic shapers in VoIP!
ITclarity’s
IP telephony research track this month will explore the impact of
traffic shapers on optimizing VoIP services in enterprise networks!
Researchers
will examine the degree that traffic can be optimized on a converged
network without impacting voice quality. Specifically, Tolly
Research wishes to determine the impact that traffic shaping has on
bandwidth utilization, voice quality and latency - particularly when
traditional network traffic is permitted to burst into bandwidth
allocated for packet voice.
For
more information point your Web browser at:
http://www.tollyresearch.com/ResearchTarget.asp?TrackID=IPT&VolumeNumber=01&IssueNumber=06
Tests
confirm ‘TCP offload’ eases Win2K server load!
Tolly
Research reports in a recent issue of its ITclarity Windows 2000
Networking track that a representative TCP-offload NIC adapter
successfully diverted TCP bulk file-transfer operations from a
Windows 2000 server, resulting in significant server CPU utilization
savings!
Tests
did reveal one caveat – that the representative Alacritech 100
Series Dual-Port Server Adapter did not handle all TCP-based
application traffic with the same level of efficiency.
For
more information, point your Web browser at:
http://www.tollyresearch.com/ResearchTarget.asp?TrackID=W2N&VolumeNumber=01&IssueNumber=06
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