Archive for the 'IT' Category

Use the right pipes in your network’s plumbing

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Wiring in a network is like plumbing in a house. Just as pipes form the pathways through which water flows to and from your plumbing fixtures, a network’s wiring provides the pathways through which computers transmit data using electrical signals. The amount of data that computers can move through a wiring system at any one  […]

The deal with IPv6

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The new kid on the netblock is IPv6, the designated successor to IPv4 and touted as the next best thing.
Primary improvements provided in IPv6 include a much larger (128-bit) address space capable of addressing 2128 unique hosts, eliminating stopgap measures to deal with IPv4 address space limitations and enhancing security and mobility for networked computers. […]

VoIP Telephony and Infrastructure IV Power Suplay

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Power-Supply Infrastructure
Often overlooked as part of the infrastructure required for secure VoIP is how power issues will be addressed. PBX and PSTN phones run on a common battery system that provides availability for free in the face of a power outage, but VoIP phones and the infrastructure that powers them must be carefully designed to […]