Cisco buys policy management vendor; Cisco expands in India with WiPro alliance

Cisco News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Surviving the IT Avalanche, Part II In part 2 of this Series, Mark Gibbs continues his conversation with Dave Evans, Chief Technologist of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) about new ways to interact with technology. Also, learn what businesses can do to prepare to harness the unprecedented levels of innovation and predictions for the future. Click here to listen now! Network World's Cisco News Alert, 11/05/07 Cisco to buy policy management vendor for $100 million , 11/01/07: Cisco this week announced an agreement to acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software for enterprises, for $100 million. Securent is privately held and based in Mountain View, Calif. The company’s distributed policy platform lets enterprises administer, enforce, and audit access to data, communications, and applications in heterogeneous IT application environments, Cisco says. Cisco expands in India with WiPro alliance, 10/31/07: Cisco today will announce a strategic alliance with Indian integrator Wipro to jointly develop networked IT systems for global markets. Cisco to spend $16B in China over next five years, 11/01/07: Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers announced on Thursday $16 billion in new investments in China, including manufacturing, investment and educational programs. NAC: A to Z From buying tips to peer discussions. From case studies to market trends. Network World's newly enhanced Network Access Control Buyer's Guide has everything you need to stay current, research technology, compare products and implement solutions - all in one convenient location. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. Upgraded Vyatta software attempts to make users think twice about Cisco, 11/01/07: Open source may have taken another step in becoming a considerable alternative to the old guard for enterprise routing. All you ever wanted to know about Cisco certifications, 10/31/07: Readers picked Wendell's brain about everything from which Cisco certifications to take for what jobs, to the importance of business skills to an IT professional, to whether network pros need to learn a programming language (short answer: no, but some scripting languages can help as there are some embedded in Cisco IOS). All about IP routing with Jeff Doyle : Got questions about IP routing, Internet scaling, NSF, NSR, IPv6, OSPF and BPG? Author and routing expert Jeff Doyle, celebrity blogger for Cisco Subnet, will answer all your questions on networking, routing and anything else you want to ask in a live chat on Wed. Nov. 7 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST. Today on Cisco Subnet: Cisco vows to plow $16 billion in China. This will include a new green data center and funding for green technologies. Plus, Cisco, Google and the U.N. will (try) to stop world poverty. And Brad Reese discusses how Cisco partners will make a grab at $7 billion in managed services. Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 12, subscribers to the HTML version of this newsletter will notice some enhancements to the layout that will provide you with easier and clearer access to a wider range of resources at Network World. We hope you enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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