QOS
QOS
In the fields of packet-switched networks and computer networking, the traffic engineering term Quality of Service (QoS, pronounced "Que-Oh-Es") refers to the probability of the telecommunication network meeting a given traffic contract, or in many cases is used informally to refer to the probability of a packet succeeding in passing between two points in the network./p>
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QOS Related Industry News
High-speed wireless begins its standardisation journey The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) will begin sifting through a record number of proposals for a high-speed amendment to the 802.11 standard next week, but wireless chip makers are already jumping the gun with pre-standard products.
802.11n is intended to more than triple the real throughput of wireless LAN (WLAN) by focussing on enhancements to the MAC (media access control) interface, rather than the physical l......
[more] AirMagnet Advances World's Best-Selling Wi-Fi Tools AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer 5.0 Builds on Years of Success; Offers Integrated Reporting for Easy SOX and HIPAA Compliance, New Security and Performance Alarms and Robust Vo-Fi Quality Management AirMagnet, Inc., the leader in wireless LAN (WLAN) security and performance solutions, today introduced the fifth generation of its AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer and related mobile solutions, which are relied upon by thousands of wireless network professional......
[more] AirMagnet Rolls Out Voice-Over-Wi-Fi Analysis Tool The network analysis tool helps network managers detect voice problems over wireless networks. AirMagnet today announced the AirMagnet VoFi Analyzer, a network analysis tool that helps network managers detect voice problems over wireless networks. The VoFi Analyzer detects problems in real time, includes alarms and real-time statistical analysis, and uncovers roots causes. Its includes quality of service (QoS) features for seamless roaming, jitt......
[more] Devices let admin staff fine-tune app delivery Blue Coat is upgrading its Mach5 application acceleration architecture for its SG series of WAN optimisation appliances. This will allow more granular bandwidth management to improve quality of service (QoS).Blue Coat vice-president Nigel Hawthorn said, "This gives IT managers the option to base prioritisation decisions on business processes rather than the normal recourse to servers and protocols."For instance, if users are running Oracl......
[more] Analysing voice on the wireless network AirMagnet, a provider of solutions in the wireless network assurance space, has recently announced the availability of the AirMagnet VoFi Analyzer. The software provides automatic analysis of encrypted voice being carried over a WiFi network. AT&T is one of the first customers to test the solution, with the company's networking engineering and performance analysis lab using the VoFi Analyzer to monitor Voice-over-IP (VoIP) traffic on the wireless netw......
[more] Weigh the pros and cons of VoIP over wireless Voice over IP (VoIP) technology allows companies to cut the telco cord and make phone calls over the internet. Now, with VoIP over wireless - also called VoW, VoWiFi, wVoIP, and a number of other acronyms - organisations can cut all the cords. Numerous vendors are offering Wi-Fi IP phones that operate on the same 802.11 technologies used for wireless networks.According to a study from Infonetics Research, sales of Wi-Fi IP phones will likely reach $3......
[more] Wireless Protocols Learning Guide Ensuring wireless security can still be a big hold-up to the actual deployment or the continued use of a wireless network in the enterprise. This section of the Wireless Protocols Learning Guide covers monitoring and security policies for a wireless network in addition to a discussion of available tools and configurations that enhance wireless security. WLAN technology deployments have increased, and federal regulations (such as HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley and Gramm-L......
[more] How to Approach Access Control in the Social Networking Age “Here comes trouble,” say John Yun and Jay Kelley from Juniper Networks. Trouble in this case means social networking. Like instant messaging and e-mail before it, social networking can cause worries to companies that haven’t learned to adapt - and real trouble to companies that haven’t learned how to manage it. Enterprises are beginning to adopt social networking applications. They’re doing it for the sam......
[more] How Does WAN Optimization Work? WAN optimization controllers (WOCs) can breathe new life into slow wide area network links, relieving congestion, speeding up file transfers and making applications more responsive. But how exactly do vendors like Riverbed Technology, Juniper Networks, Blue Coat Systems and Expand Networks get their devices to work their magic? To answer this question, consider the two fundamental problems that WAN links present: They have limited capacity, so they can beco......
[more] Palo Alto adds VPN gateway, traffic shaping to firewalls Palo Alto Networks is adding an SSL VPN gateway and traffic shaping to its firewalls, offering businesses another opportunity to reduce the number of devices they buy and maintain. While Palo Alto's previous software for its appliances supported site-to-site IPSec VPNs, it had no capacity to establish remote-access connections to individual users. PAN 3.0 software uploads SSL VPN agents to remote machines so they can establish VPNs with t......
[more] Ensuring Continuous Service in the Microsoft OCS 2007 Environment People use a variety of tools to communicate, from traditional landline, VoIP or mobile phones, to e-mail, instant messaging, audio/video conferencing, presence and new social networking sites. With each tool, end-user expectations regarding Quality of Service are high, as users expect ‘always up’ communications and consistent reliability. For example, when picking up the telephone, we expect to hear the dial tone wit......
[more] Check Point adds web app and widget control Soon businesses that run Check Point security tools will be able to understand how thousands of web applications and web 2.0 widgets are used, giving executives better control over what employees do with their computers at work. The company is developing a software blade that customers can buy to address use of social websites and web applications. Check Point has licensed extensive libraries from FaceTime that identify 4,500 web applications and more......
[more] Riverbed targets network admins with RiOS 6.5 update Riverbed Technology has unveiled an update for its RiOS wide area network (WAN) optimisation platform. The company said that the RiOS 6.5 update allows the company's WAN optimisation appliances to better identify different types of traffic, and manage network bandwidth access for various applications and processes. Nik Rouda, director of solutions marketing at Riverbed, told V3.co.uk that the Steelhead network appliances will be able to better......
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