If the World Cup taught network administrators anything, it's that the demand for video is maxing out bandwidth, leaving them scrambling to better manage resources.

As your network grows, your organization changes or new technologies come and go, it becomes harder and harder to keep up with what's running on your infrastructure. You should rein in "the lost network" with a combination of Layer 2 and 3 discovery tools.

The good news is, there are a lot of great open source systems management offerings. But that's also the bad news, because narrowing your choices down will mean doing some homework.

XpressConnect simplifies access to your Wi-Fi network by providing easy-to-follow wizards that connect Linux, Windows, Mac and iPhone clients in a snap.

Our survey of nine wireless stumblers will help you plan, configure, troubleshoot and your Wi-Fi network without a lot of expense.

When it comes to handling unplanned outages, ITIL offers a lot of answers but few starting points. With six basic steps, however, you can put your organization on the path to better incident management.

With hundreds of thousands of passengers a day and thousands of end points to serve its system, the Denver Regional Transportation District had a challenge on its hands when it went virtual on its sprawling network.

Virtualization is great for "hiding the plumbing," but when you do want to see what is happening underneath, the same old tools won't do the trick.

Free tool makes it easier to quickly propose site-specific AP layouts, designed to meet coverage, signal, and data rate objectives.

When international law firm Troutman Sanders realized it wasn't getting the best information from its network, it turned to NetFlow and Scrutinizer from Plixer International.

Whether it's from an acquisition or organizational change, if you're ever in the position of integrating two networks remember that the cultural factors can matter as much as the technical ones.

With so many notions about what cloud computing even is, it's hard to cut through the hype. Charlie Schluting defines some terms and considers the arguments.

Considering a last-minute run to Interop Las Vegas? Our quick guide to the conference tells you where to drop in and where to dip out.

Going virtual isn't going to make your life easier overnight; but even if it does introduce its own challenges, the benefits outweigh the outweigh the learning curve and shift in admin focus.

Running a large network is never going to be cheap, but if you can cut unnecessary expense, you should. Here are 18 no-cost solutions, ranging from operating systems to hosted services that can help you pare costs without compromising on performance.