We’re in the midst of a most interesting conversation at Webtorials on the subject of “Wide Area Ethernet / VPLS – Ready for Prime Time?” This conversation features an in-depth online interview with ...

Demand for networking throughput is growing faster than the CPU clock speeds and memory bandwidth of servers that process data traffic. To keep up, IT managers are building new data center ...

Emerging network technologies such as 10G Ethernet and InfiniBand make it possible to link servers at high speeds, but for servers to fully benefit, network interfaces need to be replaced with a more ...

The bandwidth needed for VoIP transmission will depend on a few factors: the compression technology, packet overhead, network protocol used and whether silence suppression is used. This tip ...

The PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) multiplexing/demultiplexing discussed in RFC 3153 is designed to reduce the size of the PPP header to increase throughput. PPP ...

When working with applications, you will often want to know the memory allocation, garbage collection (GC) overhead, and throughput of the code. Your application might be slow, or it might be ...