Cisco UCS, Nexus 1000 virtual switches power VMworld labs A year after introducing the Nexus 1000 virtual switch, Cisco is using that switch and its unified computing system servers as a proving point at VMworld in San Francisco. A Cisco-based implementation that taps into both EMC and NetApp SANs is powering the show's lab sessions. Military spends $10M to build Web sites aimed at squelching anti-US messages Can a series of customized Web sites written in specific, strategic foreign languages actually influence how the world perceives our government's policies? And by-the-way help fight the war on terror? Sounds like a stretch but that is indeed the goal of the project known as the Trans Regional Web Initiative. Cisco, EMC in joint venture? Cisco and EMC won't confirm it of course, but there are numerous rumors and reports that the two are about to launch a jointly-funded joint venture under the code-name "Alpine." The joint venture is said to be a separate company chartered to integrate, sell and install new data center compute, networking, storage and virtualization products to enterprises and service providers. Close to Patch Tuesday, new flaw surfaces As Microsoft prepares to release patches, researchers said they've seen exploit code for a new flaw that puts organizations using Vista and Windows 7 at great risk. AT&T Responds to iPhone MMS Irritation AT&T's been catching a lot of flak since announcing its delayed launch of MMS support for the iPhone this week. In addition to missing its original (and self-set) "late summer" deadline for introducing the multimedia messaging service, the company has neglected to provide any update on the status of tethering -- another long-demanded feature made available by the iPhone 3.0 update but not yet offered to AT&T customers. Understanding Carrier Grade NAT Any general-use IP protocol stack that supports IPv6 also supports IPv4. That is, it is dual stack capable. "General-use" is an important qualifier here: Certainly there will be specialized devices that support only IPv6. But these devices until we get to some unspecified time in the future where IPv4 no longer exists function in "walled garden" applications such as sensor or control... Cisco Smart Business Architecture targets midmarket After introducing the Smart Business Architecture (SBA) program to partners at is channel conference last June in Boston, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) says the SBA is now in the field and is making a difference for partners in the competitive midmarket arena. The high cost of wide area networking Given the combination of the economic malaise and the sensationalism that surrounds topics such as cloud computing and server virtualization, it is possible to surmise that nothing of significance is happening in the networking space. Nothing could be further from the truth. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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