The Evolution of Federal IT Networks: Best Practices to Ensure Success

The demands of converged applications, geographically dispersed users, and OMB mandates (IPV6) have dictated technology upgrades to current Federal IT infrastructures. The complex interaction of all of these elements and their impact on network performance make it impossible to reliably predict successful delivery of services to all users.

Pre-deployment testing of systems and applications under real world scenarios mitigate this risk and ensure a higher degree of continuity of operations and end user satisfaction. An efficient and repeatable methodology must be leveraged to evaluate and validate potential solutions and to insure the best possible return on investments.

This overview will address the unique value proposition provided in the creation and operation of persistent lab environments dedicated to pre-deployment application testing. It will also incorporate both the potential hardware configurations and specific applications driven under load through real world network link performance.

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