In-Depth Research

VANTAGEPOINT 2010 Planning Guide: Network and Telecom Strategies 10/05/2009 Planning Guide VantagePoint 2008–2009: Network and Telecom Strategies 3/20/2008 Overview VantagePoint 2007–2008: Network and Telecom Strategies 3/01/2007 Overview VantagePoint 2005-2006: Network and Telecom Strategies 2/15/2005 TeleBriefing

WIRELESS AND MOBILITY Mobile Phone Expenses: Taming the Beast 1/06/2010 Quick Start Smartphone Security: A Modern Day Pandora’s Box 12/02/2009 Quick Start Securing WLANs in the Enterprise 10/15/2009 Methodologies & Best Practices 802.11n: The End of Ethernet? 9/14/2009 Report Demystifying Radio Management 6/22/2009 Overview Mobile Handheld Policies: Permissive or Restrictive? 5/26/2009 Methodologies & Best Practices Mobile Phone Service Futures: Femtocells or Wireless LANs? 4/14/2009 Report Enterprise Mobility at a Crossroads 3/12/2009 Overview Designing WLANs for Manageability 7/02/2008 Methodologies & Best Practices Real-Time Location: Where Are We Now? 6/16/2008 Overview Mobile Broadband: To 4G and Beyond! 6/06/2008 Report 802.11n: Enterprise Deployment Considerations 5/16/2008 Report Mobile WiMAX: Why the Fuss? 4/25/2008 Overview Smartphones: Ready for the Enterprise? 2/04/2008 Overview Wireless Mesh: Important or Irrelevant? 1/28/2008 Overview 802.11n: Beyond the Hype 7/05/2007 Report Fixed Mobile Convergence: Aggregation or Aggravation? 5/24/2007 Report Wireless LAN Systems: Ready for the Future? 4/09/2007 Report Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Technology: Unwiring the Last Mile 3/19/2007 Report Voice-Enabled WLANs: Is the Network Ready? 3/08/2007 Report The Wild World of WISPs 1/22/2007 Report Wireless LANs Standards: Where Are We Now? 11/13/2006 Report Bluetooth: Not Just a Flash in the PAN 3/20/2006 Report Mobile Application Gateways: Keeping the Connection 1/10/2006 Overview Mobile Broadband Wireless Access: Make It Quick 11/30/2005 Report Securing Wireless LANs: Good, Better, AES 12/30/2004 Overview

VOICE AND REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION Wideband Voice: The Sound of One Hand Clapping? 1/25/2010 Assessment (Single Instance Use Case) CEBP: UC ROI or Fool’s Gold? 12/10/2009 Quick Start SIP Trunking: More than Legacy PSTN Connection Replacement 9/29/2009 Report Cisco’s Unified Communications Strategy: Collaboration Is King 8/19/2009 Report Mobile Unified Communications 7/14/2009 Report Microsoft’s Telephony Strategy: A Work in Progress 4/02/2009 Report Videoconferencing: Good Business Value or a Mirage? 2/05/2009 Overview Enterprise Presence: Luxury or Necessity? 12/19/2008 Overview VoIP Security: A Reality Check 9/15/2008 Overview You’ve Got Voicemail!: E-Mail Vendor Strategies for Unified Messaging 9/03/2008 Report Telepresence: Beyond Videoconferencing 11/28/2007 Report Enterprise Voicemail: Preparing for Unified Communications 7/19/2007 Overview Beyond the Phone System: Converged Real-Time Communications for Enterprises 12/14/2006 Overview Preparing Your Network for IP Telephony 8/23/2006 Methodologies & Best Practices Carrier-Class IP-PBXs for the Enterprise 7/20/2006 Report Debunking the Hype About Skype 2/15/2006 Report IP Videoconferencing: The Closest Thing to Being There 12/15/2005 Report Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005: Bringing Telephony To Windows 10/26/2005 Report SIMPLE: Extending SIP for IM and Presence 6/10/2005 Report SIP: Unlocking the Promise of Open Communications 5/17/2005 Report Communications Convergence: The Power of Presence 11/22/2004 Report

WANS AND PROVIDER NETWORK SERVICES Remote Branch WAN Connectivity 10/29/2009 Overview Evaluating and Deploying WAN Performance Optimization 5/18/2009 Methodologies & Best Practices Provider-Neutral Meet Points/Co-Lo Facilities for Data Centers 1/26/2009 Methodologies & Best Practices IPv4 Address Exhaustion: An Inconvenient Truth 1/09/2009 Report The New Network Operator: Bit Hauler or Content Provider? 8/19/2008 Overview Optimizing WAN Performance 5/29/2008 Report Content Delivery Networks: Can Video Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? 4/11/2008 Report Enterprise WAN Capacity Planning 2/28/2008 Overview Internet Substitution: The Internet as the New Enterprise WAN 1/04/2008 Report Public or Private, Build or Buy: Who’s Building Your Enterprise Network? 9/26/2007 Methodologies & Best Practices Enterprise DNS Architectures and Best Practices 6/22/2007 Methodologies & Best Practices Secure Site-to-Site VPNs: Real Privacy for Data Networks 6/06/2007 Report Network Policy Matters: What Enterprises Need to Know 6/01/2007 Overview Autoconfiguration: Creating Networks That Simply Work 4/26/2007 Overview Satellite Networks: Getting Down to Earth 3/27/2007 Report IPv6 Technology Overview 2/07/2007 Overview Dynamic Multipoint VPNs and Related Solutions for the Enterprise 1/10/2007 Report Virtual Network Operators: Adapting to Reality 1/03/2007 Report Net Neutrality: Should the Internet Be Preserved? 9/15/2006 Overview Hook Me Up: Building the Multi-Carrier Enterprise WAN 7/26/2005 Report NAT Traversal by Peer-to-Peer Applications: Addressing Variable Behaviors 12/08/2004 Overview Riding the Light: Enterprise Wave Division Multiplexing 11/17/2004 Report VPLS: Ethernet WANs for the Enterprise 6/15/2004 Report MPLS-Based VPNs 3/16/2004 Report IP Multihoming: Reducing Internet Access Down Time 5/05/2003 Report SSL: An Alternative to VPNs 4/05/2002 Report Multiprotocol Label Switching 2/11/2002 Report

SITE AND DATA CENTER NETWORKS Networks for Dynamic Virtualized Data Centers 6/16/2009 Overview Converged Enhanced Ethernet: Weaving the Unified Fabric 6/11/2009 Overview Next-Generation Ethernet Switches 7/17/2008 Report Architecting the Data Center Front-End Network 9/21/2007 Methodologies & Best Practices Application Front-End Processors: Tying It All Together 6/21/2006 Report Branch-in-a-Box Networking: Features and Futures 11/17/2005 Report Carrier and Carrier-Neutral Collocation: Home Sweet Collo? 10/31/2005 Overview

NETWORK OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT Designing Applications for the WAN 8/05/2009 Methodologies & Best Practices Traffic Contention Management Technologies for Quality of Service 4/30/2009 Overview Using Network Management Platforms for Triage-based Incident Management 1/14/2009 Methodologies & Best Practices Quality of Service (QoS) Alternatives 12/11/2008 Methodologies & Best Practices 802.11n: Impact on WLAN Management 9/22/2008 Overview Key Performance Indicators for Network Technical Performance 9/10/2008 Methodologies & Best Practices Measuring and Diagnosing VoIP Voice Quality 7/22/2008 Report A Framework for Network Incident Management 6/12/2008 Methodologies & Best Practices Network Tracing Tools 5/13/2008 Overview Network Topology Discovery 3/06/2008 Overview Network Management Architecture and Platforms 1/21/2008 Overview Organizational Issues: From Voice to Unified Communications 10/08/2007 Methodologies & Best Practices Network Management Dashboards 6/14/2007 Overview Network Performance Impacts of Microsoft Windows Vista 3/14/2007 Report Measuring Performance of Networks and Applications 2/20/2007 Report Measuring and Diagnosing Video Quality 10/10/2006 Overview Security Architectures: What’s the Network’s Role? 6/08/2006 Report IP Address Management: DNS Renumbered! 4/17/2006 Report Standards for Network Device Management in the Enterprise 3/31/2006 Overview Correlation for Network Management and Incident Diagnosis: Getting to the Root of the Problem 1/16/2006 Overview Cisco’s Vision for Networking: Is More Network Intelligence Smart? 12/19/2005 Report Architectural Overview of Network Management 10/17/2005 Overview The Thin LAN Line: VLANs, Traffic Isolation, and Security 5/05/2005 Methodologies & Best Practices Carrier Confidential: The Truth Behind Service Level Agreements 2/23/2005 Methodologies & Best Practices Putting Spam Back in the Can: SPF, Sender-ID, and the Battle to Stop Spam 1/27/2005 Report Developing an Enterprise Network Architecture 8/24/2001 Methodologies & Best Practices

Quality of Service	7/1/2009
IP Telephony	5/11/2009
Internet Access	11/11/2008
Availability and Resiliency	10/27/2008
Routing Protocols	10/7/2008
IP Addressing and Name Resolution	8/27/2008
Network Protocols	4/16/2008
Wireless Local Area Networks	4/4/2008
WAN Performance Optimization	7/26/2007
WAN/MAN Services	4/18/2007
Network Management Instrumentation	4/4/2007
Local Area Networks	9/13/2005
Building Wiring	8/31/2005
Remote Network Access	3/3/2005
IP Multicast	2/2/2005
Switching and Routing	3/29/2004
SNA Integration	1/17/2002

Data Center Network	11/4/2009
NTS Root Template	3/13/2009
Data Center Model	9/17/2008
Data Center Inline Firewalls Configuration (sub-template)	1/15/2008
Data Center Replicated Switched Configuration (sub-template)	1/15/2008
Data Center Reusable Switched Configuration (sub-template)	1/15/2008
Smaller Site: Internet VPN, Split Tunnel	1/15/2008
Smaller Site: Private/Network VPN, Forced Backhaul	1/15/2008
Smaller Site: Internet VPN, Forced Backhaul	1/15/2008
Larger Site: Internet VPN, Forced Backhaul	1/15/2008
Larger Site: Internet VPN, Split Tunnel	1/15/2008
Larger Site: Private/Network VPN, Split Tunnel	1/15/2008
Larger Site: Private/Network VPN, Forced Backhaul	1/15/2008
SOHO Site	1/15/2008
Smaller Site: Private/Network VPN, Split Tunnel	1/15/2008

Mobile UC: Vendor Hype or Essential Tool?	12/7/2009
NTS Planning Guide	10/7/2009
Cost-Effective Telecom: Potential Savings Areas	8/17/2009
Cost Savings Through WAN Optimization	6/17/2009
Mobile Handheld Policies: Permissive or Restrictive?	4/22/2009
Mobile Phone Service Futures: Femtocells or WLANs?	3/11/2009
Mobility in the Enterprise: Experiences and Trends	1/23/2009
IPv4 Address Exhaustion: An Inconvenient Truth	11/25/2008
Key Performance Indicators for the Enterprise	10/9/2008
Next Generation Ethernet Switches	8/28/2008
The Best of NTS at Catalyst 2008 - Wireless Everything: NTS Keynote Presentation	7/15/2008
Designing WLANS as a Service	5/21/2008
Content Delivery Networking: New Look at an Old Technology	4/10/2008
WLAN Security is NOT an oxymoron	2/27/2008
NTS VantagePoint 2008	1/17/2008
New Reference Architecture Templates: Securing the Network	11/14/2007
The In's and Out's of Outsourcing the Enterprise Network	9/26/2007
WLAN System Architecture: Why Should You Care?	8/15/2007
Pre-Plan your Next Meltdown	7/10/2007
Secure VPNs: IPSec vs. SSL	5/16/2007
Is MPLS Dead?	4/11/2007
Voice over Wireless LANs – Are You Ready?	3/7/2007
NTS VantagePoint 2007: Network and Telecom Strategies	2/2/2007
The Wild World of WISPs	12/13/2006
Optimizing Performance over the WAN	11/22/2006
Organizational Convergence: Avoiding the Train Wreck	10/18/2006
Net Neutrality: Should the Internet be Saved?	9/20/2006
Wireless LAN Management Tools: Filling the Gaps	8/16/2006
Bluetooth: Not Just a Flash in the PAN	7/19/2006
Video Conferencing in the Age of IP	6/26/2006
Establishing an Enterprise-Wide Measurement Infrastructure	5/17/2006
Mobile Data Services: So Many Choices, So Little Time	4/19/2006
Cisco’s Vision for Networking: Is More Network Intelligence Smart?	3/22/2006
The Hype About Skype	2/22/2006
NTS VantagePoint 2006	1/18/2006
IPv6 – Opposing Views	12/21/2005
WAN Performance Optimization: The Market Speeds Up	11/16/2005
Branch in a Box Routers: Against the Tide	10/19/2005
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 – Is This Your Next IP PBX?	10/14/2005
Building Wiring and LANs Update	9/22/2005
The IT Infrastructure Library: A Service Perspective	9/19/2005
Wireless LAN Security	8/17/2005
Service Provider Challenges: Surviving the Disruptive Effects of IP	7/15/2005
Optimizing Applications for Great WAN Performance	6/17/2005
RFID and the Enterprise Network	5/18/2005
NAT Traversal by VoIP and Other Peer-to-Peer Applications	4/20/2005
IP Addressing and Name Resolutions	3/16/2005
VantagePoint 2005-2006: Network and Telecom Strategies	2/18/2005
Communications Convergence: The Power of Presence	1/28/2005

Securing WLANs in the Enterprise	10/15/2009
Designing Applications for the WAN	8/5/2009
Mobile Handheld Policies: Permissive or Restrictive?	5/26/2009
Evaluating and Deploying WAN Performance Optimization	5/18/2009
Provider-Neutral Meet Points/Co-Lo Facilities for Data Centers	1/26/2009
Using Network Management Platforms for Triage-based Incident Management	1/14/2009
Quality of Service (QoS) Alternatives	12/11/2008
Key Performance Indicators for Network Technical Performance	9/10/2008
Designing WLANs for Manageability	7/2/2008
A Framework for Network Incident Management	6/12/2008
Organizational Issues: From Voice to Unified Communications	10/8/2007
Public or Private, Build or Buy: Who’s Building Your Enterprise Network?	9/26/2007
Architecting the Data Center Front-End Network	9/21/2007
Enterprise DNS Architectures and Best Practices	6/22/2007
Preparing Your Network for IP Telephony	8/23/2006
The Thin LAN Line: VLANs, Traffic Isolation, and Security	5/5/2005
Carrier Confidential: The Truth Behind Service Level Agreements	2/23/2005
Scalable Interior Gateway Protocol Architectures	2/6/2004
Developing an Enterprise Network Architecture	8/24/2001