ZDNet UK


Skip to Main Content

  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Blogs
  4. Reviews
  5. Videos
  6. Jobs
  7. Resources
  8. Community

 

ZDNet UK RSS Feeds


Network management Toolkit

Download now

BNSF Railway Automates Change Management to Keep Business on Track

PublisherOpsware
Format PDFDate added16 Nov 2006
Topics LAN - WAN Standards, Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), Wireless LAN, Infrastructure Management, Wireless Internet, Mobile - Wireless Communications, Sarbanes-Oxley
Downloads86

In 2005, BNSF Railway became one of the first companies in the railroad industry to deploy an extensive wireless network and automate the management of its IT infrastructure. It's a strategic initiative that ultimately earned the company the 2006 Network World Enterprise All-Star Award. Download this case study to learn why BNSF chose the Opsware Network Automation System to manage its rapidly growing infrastructure and to learn how the solution has enabled the company to:

  • Double its wireless usage without increasing labor costs
  • Ensure that best practices for change management are consistently enforced
  • Simplify Sarbanes-Oxley reporting

Download now

Did you find this white paper useful?
21 out of 50 users found this white paper useful


  • Trackback
  • Clip Link

Related white papers

Practical Considerations for deploying 802.11n whitepaper

There is a lot of confusion surrounding the capabilities and status of the new 802.11n WiFi standard; understandable since the standard is very broad and has been slow to develop. There...


Laying the foundations for evolving eGovernment: Why next generation Ethernet technology holds the key

The UK Government has committed to transform the public sector by making truly e-enabled delivery of public services a reality.This whitepaper demonstrates with real-life examples of successful projects how next generation...


WBEMCrawler - The WBEM Management Application for the IPv6 Network

WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) is a set of new management standards. It integrates many various areas of both software and hardware management. WBEM defines its own environment architecture and allows...


Capacity, Coverage, and Deployment Considerations for IEEE 802.11g

802.11g is an exciting new technology that offers additional performance, while providing investment protection for 802.11b clients through backward compatibility. By using previous technologies and economies of scale, 802.11g devices...


Network Intrastructure: Getting Started with VoIP

IP/Ethernet networks are fast becoming an attractive and viable utility for supporting high-quality voice in a converged network. Bringing disparate voice and data systems together into a multi-service network can...


MPLS VPNs: Layer 2 or Layer 3? Understanding the Choice

Since there's been data networking, there's been a debate between switched and routed architectures - stated in OSI terms, between performing functions at Layer 3 or Layer 2. Today, we...


Enterprise Mobility – More than Connecting on the Go

It’s a surprising but very real statistic: 50 to 70 percent of office space is unoccupied during normal business hours. Whether elsewhere in the building, visiting another site, working at...


White Paper

Featured White Paper

Measuring the Pain: What is Fragmented Communications Costing Your Enterprise?

In this document, you will discover the results of the largest-ever survey of enterprise and contact center employees. Their workflows reveal the silent but staggering costs of fragmented communications. In fact enterprises with 1000 plus employees could be losing more than ?6 million a year.

Download Now

Other White Papers

High Level Best Practices in Software Configuration Management

When deploying new software configuration management (SCM) tools, implementers sometimes focus on...

Ten Things to Know About Grid Computing on Windows

This Oracle whitepaper offers insights into Oracle Grid. A grid allows a business to add capacity,...

See All White Papers