Unlocking the power of the xDB: Planning your technical infrastructure

The xDB is Sitecore’s new analytics database that drives the next-generation marketing features available in Sitecore 7.5 and 8. The xDB is based on MongoDB, a change in infrastructure to accommodate high-performing scaling of high volumes of collected experience data. Strategically, the xDB is the engine powering the Sitecore Experience Platform, empowering marketers to optimize experience based on data-driven insights and a 360-degree view of the customer. Tactically, the xDB is a key architectural component of Sitecore driving data collection of customer interactions, personalization, optimization and testing, campaigns and engagement plans.

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Building a Successful Cloud Infrastructure Security and Compliance Practice

whitePaper | September 6, 2022

Cloud security truly is a team sport that requires strong collaboration between security, IT and line of business teams. The dynamic nature of cloud is forcing information security teams to rethink how they operate and partner with other groups to address emerging security and compliance challenges their organizations face

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NEAT Evaluation for DXC: End-to-End Cloud Infrastructure Management Services

whitePaper | August 22, 2022

This is a custom report for DXC Technology (DXC) presenting the findings of the NelsonHall NEAT vendor evaluation for End-to-End Cloud Infrastructure Management Services in the Overall, Microsoft Azure Capabilities, and AWS Capabilities market segments. It contains the NEAT graphs of vendor performance, a summary vendor analysis of DXC for end-to-end cloud infrastructure management services, and the latest market analysis summary.

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Optimizing Performance with Frequent Server Replacements for Enterprises

whitePaper | November 8, 2022

Servers are the backbone of modern IT infrastructure. They support the computational requirements of the entire application portfolio of an enterprise organization. However, their life span is finite. A new generation of servers performs much better than its predecessors. Still, is this outperformance worth it?

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Forecasting the Future of Genomic Data Management

whitePaper | July 26, 2023

Genomics is the study of the complete set of DNA in a person or other organism. DNA underpins a large proportion of an individual's health and disease status, therefore a genomic medicine approach is increasingly being applied in clinical settings.

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Best Modern Practices for Cable Field Testing and Troubleshooting

whitePaper | September 30, 2022

To ensure both the cabling system and installation workmanship meet high-quality standards, cabling should be tested according to industry standards, such as international ISO/IEC, TIA (used in the Americas and some parts of Europe), or other regional standards. However, testing and configuration complexity, including testing parameters and new link models, can introduce challenges for field operators in obtaining warranty certification.

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Cisco ACI and F5 BIG-IP Design Guide

whitePaper | May 12, 2022

The document discusses load balancer design considerations and deployment options in Cisco ACI, specifically with F5 BIG-IP from three aspects: network design, F5 design, and multi-tenant design. This document covers features up to Cisco ACI Release 5.2. One of the key considerations of the network design with load balancer is to ensure incoming and return traffic go through the same load balancer (one exception is direct server return (DSR), which doesn't have this requirement). There are various options you can use to insert the load balancer. One way is to use the load balancer as a gateway for servers or as a routing next hop for routing instances. Another option is to use Source Network Address Translation (SNAT) on the load balancer or use ACI Policy-Based Redirect (PBR) to make the return traffic go back to the load balancer.

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