| From Cisco Subnet 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. More top picks from the week New features can open up Cisco IOS to hackers Cisco lands another smart grid partner Cisco WAAS rival Riverbed looking to buy? BGP vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Cisco official named Internet Society trustee From our bloggers: Cisco Q4 beats estimates Cisco Subnet blog: Cisco posted revenue of $8.54 billion in its Q4 -- $20 million to $40 million better than Wall Street expected -- and earnings per share of $.31, two cents better than consensus estimates. Cisco says there's no CCIE amnesty program Brad Reese: Last month I noticed that a CCIE amnesty program was being promoted all over the Internet. So I contacted Cisco to learn more about the program and received an official Cisco response. Management vision of Cisco CEO John Chambers under fire Brad Reese: 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. Today, Cisco makes 70% of its decisions collaboratively. Certifications, more isn't better Ryan Trost: 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? Wendell Odom: Most IT people who know anything about the CCNA will comment about how it's a tough exam to pass. Is your resume being sold by recruiters to other recruiters or companies? Larry Chaffin: I was given a tip about the problem of recruiters posting fake jobs; this was just to get a 1000 or more resumes to sell. To see what would happen we made up three resumes of fake people. Why would I use a Cisco 7900 phone on CUCM using SIP? Dennis Hartmann: There's not much of a compelling reason to use the SIP binary image on the Cisco 7900 series phones if you're using Cisco Unified Communications Manger with the phones. SIP Third Party Phone Configuration Dennis Hartmann: Cisco SCCP phones register with Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) via their MAC address where SIP third party phones use digest authentication. 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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