| Management vision of Cisco CEO John Chambers under fire
Ben Worthen of The Wall Street Journal wrote a very revealing article this week on the Cisco management structure designed by Cisco CEO John Chambers. Whither the Cyber Security Coordinator?
While I was off on holiday last week, Melissa Hathaway resigned her post as Cybersecurity advisor to the Obama administration. Common wisdom suggests that this was a proactive move since Hathaway was unlikely to be appointed to the newly created role of Cybersecurity Coordinator. The birth of an activist FCC?
The latest news out of the normally sluggish FCC is quite a change of pace. Just three days after The New York Times ran a story on Apple refusing to carry Google Voice in the iTunes App Store for the iPhone the FCC started asking questions about it. Yes, the FCC was looking to dance without even waiting to be asked. I'm a bit worried for the toes of its reluctant dancing partners. Virtualization's Impact on Networks
I've often postulated that virtualization would require the network to change, dramatically. There are two main vectors to this argument, one technical, one business. Certifications -- Buy One, Get One Free!!
The validity of industry certifications has been a controversial topic for years - some say certifications are a reasonable measure of an individual's technical or non-technical skillset, whereas, others believe certifications prove that you can memorize and regurgitate information without truly understanding the material. Why is Passing CCNA so Difficult?
Almost every time I chat with someone new around the "so whatta ya do for work" question, my side of the conversation commonly comes around to the CCNA exam. And when the other person is an IT person who knows anything about CCNA, 4 times out of 5 - without any prompting from me - they comment about how it's a tough exam to pass. App Stores and Tyranny
I'm not sure we should be thinking of handsets as little PCs and trying to get a zillion applications running on them, but, OK, if we're going to run apps on our handsets, then what's the right model for distributing those apps? Six steps to optimize IT governance
When it comes to IT governance, the benefits are obvious: IT is aligned with the business and everyone is happier. But good governance is harder than herding cats. These six steps for success are written by a guest blogger from ISACA, the organization that offers COBIT. But they'll work no matter what governance framework you choose. When censorship goes too far, we cannot say Gar-ner anymore
I received a really nice email (if you want to call it that) from Gar-ner on Friday. If you are asking who is Gar-ner, well it's this company that put companies in a square divided into four sections. I received an email asking me to take down my blogs that contained this company's name. It's Really Only Partly Cloudy Out There
In the last couple blogs I listed some network issues I foresee with the coming Cloud Computing rush. Here are the five major areas I see as issues. Is Google Moving the Desktop to the Web?
Right now, it's just a netbook operating system, but Google makes no secret about the fact that it's designed the Chrome Operating System to work with people they way they work. 5 Reasons To Use SharePoint Instead Of Emailing Excel Files
In the SharePoint consulting I do, I try to look beyond just basic uses of SharePoint, where SharePoint acts as a basic replacement for shared folders on file servers. August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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