Monday, October 29, 2007

Despite Cisco's play, WiMAX has long way to go; Cisco certifications: Everything you need to know

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Cisco News Alert




Network World's Cisco News Alert, 10/29/07

Despite Cisco’s play, WiMAX has long way to go, 10/25/07: Cisco’s deal to acquire WiMAX equipment vendor Navini shines a bright light on this emerging technology. But for corporate network executives, the light is largely ornamental as there aren’t any WiMAX networks in the United States, at least on any scale, so the slowly growing inventory of WiMAX client cards or adapters or customer premises equipment are, in general, high-tech paperweight – at least for now.

Cisco certifications: Everything you need to know: With the Nov. 6 deadline looming, author and certification expert Wendell Odom answers readers' questions about Cisco technology, training and new certifications.

Another Linux router maker guns for Cisco: Admittedly, Cisco probably isn't (nor should it be) shaking in its boots over Linux router startups. Still another such player, ImageStream, is impressively strutting its stuff at Interop New York this week, notes blogger David Davis.

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Why WAN optimization should be integrated with branch office routers, Part 2, 10/25/07: In the last newsletter we began a discussion of the pros and cons of integrating WAN optimization with routers. We’ll continue the “pro” side of this discussion with more comments from Mark Weiner, director of product marketing, Cisco application networking services, with comments focusing on understanding security and VoIP benefits realized through router integrated WAN optimization.

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Senior Editor Jim Duffy covers Cisco for Network World.

Linda Leung edits Cisco Subnet.

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