Cisco opposes Buy America provisions; Cisco lands second big ASR 9000 customer

Cisco opposes Buy America provisions of the $7.2B broadband stimulus fund Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Dell HotSchedules Video Ray Pawlikowski, President of HotSchedules, discusses how virtualization services have helped HotSchedules scale their business while reducing power consumption and floor space costs. Spotlight Story This is Network World's Cisco Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Cisco Subnet, your daily source for Cisco news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Cisco opposes Buy America provisions of the $7.2B broadband stimulus fund Cisco has been in talks with the U.S. commerce department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration to lobby against the "Buy America" provisions of the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus fund, reports Brad Reese. "... as a purely practical matter, much of the technology industry's supply chain has for decades been global in nature," a Cisco spokesperson said. Related News: More top picks from the week From our bloggers: Cisco lands second big ASR 9000 router customer Cisco spilling beans on Unifed Computing System pricing Cisco to make splash at RSA Conference Cisco scammers coming out of the woodwork H.323 and SiP Dial Peer Configuration Jimmy Ray Purser: Networking Geek to Geek: Practicing Safe HEX I teach an Internet Safety class to parents. One of the dudes came up to me and asked if it is possible to see what images their employees are actually looking at online. Possible sure, but you have to enjoy hex. He thought I was a perv and ran out of there. Jamey Heary: Cisco Security Expert: Cisco NAC leads industry, says Gartner Gartner released its latest Network Access Control (NAC) magic quadrant results for 2009. Cisco’s NAC solution came out on top in both the completeness of vision category and the ability to execute category. Michael Morris: From the Field: Mining free Webtorials for great information Good content isn't a problem in the age of Google and targeted marketing programs. However, instead of having to search, having a single repository of a huge amount of whitepapers would be a simple, valuable resource. Enter Webtorials. Wendell Odom's Cisco Cert Zone: What CCNA Lab Would You Buy for $100? $200? So we've looked at prices for routers and switches here of late. Now it's time to consider how to build a cheap CCNA lab with real gear - no Sims, no Dynamips.For today at least, cheap is king, the goal is CCNA prep. Anthony Sequeira: Cisco Certified Voice Professional: “Expanded” Tips for Passing the CCIE Lab Exam, Part 2 of 3 Do each question as a unit, Troubleshoot using the tools available and make notes on configurations and stay tuned for more details on these tips and even more tips to make sure you pass that exam. Scott Hogg: Core Networking and Security: High Expectations of Network Availability Are organizations placing continuously higher expectations on the availability of their networks? The past few weeks I have been helping an organization prepare for a network change window that was only going to be two hours long. I had 60-some pages of changes that all needed to happen without any mistakes. Dennis Hartmann on Cisco Unified Communications: Cisco IOS Dial-Peers in H.323 and SIP Gateways Dennis explores a North American numbering plan (NANP) PSTN dial plan that can be used on either SIP or H.323 gateways and configures the dial plan to allow the five main types of calls. Larry Chaffin: Putting Realism Into Your Network: The Cisco SPA525G IP Phone: you'll like it more than a 7975G This is a follow up to a blog I wrote some time ago about the Cisco SPA525G IP Phone. Just like everyone I ordered the phone as soon as I had a skew for it from Cisco. The options and the setup of the SPA525G were very easy; you could make changes on the phone. Avnar Izhar: Cisco Knowledge Share: Taking a stab, and giving up, at open source IP Telephony After seriously reviewing and installing AsteriskNOW, TrixBox and Elastix in the hopes of finding a great SMB IP telephony solution, I concluded this is a good thing to play with (and we can always use our cells), but for a business, not so sure. Brad Reese on Cisco: Cisco may be experiencing some near-term delays with its MDS storage switch refresh In his research note this week, RBC Capital Markets Managing Director - Mark Sue is concerned that Cisco may be experiencing some near-term delays with its MDS storage switch refresh, providing Brocade with an incremental share gain window of opportunity. Hot discussions among Cisco Subnet readers: Cisco against Buy America provisions Taking a stab at open source IP Telephony Cisco phone inadvertently featured onboard Air Force One Cisco.com domain name about to expire soon What CCNA Lab Would You Buy for $100? $200? Need a bigger security budget? Star in your own hacking video! New training and book giveaways 1. This month's training giveaway is sponsored by Global Knowledge and is worth up to $3,495 to one lucky reader. 2. We 15 copies of a great new book title up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference. Visit the Cisco Subnet home page for links to the entry forms. Plus, view our library of exclusive Cisco Press book chapters here and rate your favorite Cisco Press books/exclusive chapters here. Eye-catching gadgets at CTIA From WiMAX hotspots to $2,000 cell phones, a look at what caught our attention at CTIA Wireless. Are you an IT geezer? Sure, the new generation knows Facebook, Android and Twitter. But what about ISDN, SNA and X.25? Take the quiz! Sponsored by Dell HotSchedules Video Ray Pawlikowski, President of HotSchedules, discusses how virtualization services have helped HotSchedules scale their business while reducing power consumption and floor space costs. Network World's IT Resource Library Whether you're looking to gear up on one specific topic or you're trying to stay current on several areas, Network World's resource library has what you're looking for. Our comprehensive collection of resources will make your job easier. 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