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	Cisco spices up unified communications for SMBs Cisco Subnet blog: Cisco this week sought to bring more unified communications capabilities to small and medium-sized businesses by unveiling enhancements to its managed services gateway, Wireless VPN Firewall, and Cisco 100 Unmanaged Switch. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. In this Issue Why Are There Still So Many Problems with The Federal Cybersecurity Effort? Giving up a VoIP deal to do the right thing WAN Carriers Need Better Bandwidth Pricing Models for Enterprises 2010 CCNP Lab Series – Overview TSHOOT Exam Trouble Tickets - How to Approach - Index Page ICND1 and ICND2 vs CCNA Cisco losing deals to rivals as product delays continue Very cool: Riverbed and Vyatta partner for all-in-one router, WAN appliance From Cisco Subnet WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More! Why Are There Still So Many Problems with The Federal Cybersecurity Effort? Jon Oltsik: On May 29th of 2009, President Obama declared: "It's now clear that this cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation." Read More Giving up a VoIP deal to do the right thing Larry Chaffin: I was put in a position with a school system in which they wanted to upgrade to VoIP and also upgrade the network. The school system was already cash strapped. Read More WAN Carriers Need Better Bandwidth Pricing Models for Enterprises Michael Morris: Two weeks ago I wrote a blog asking "should enterprise IT provide great Internet access?". Essentially, enterprise WANs usually give 3-10 Mbps to a field site and 100-200 users need to fit inside that bandwidth. Meanwhile, these users go home at get 20 Mbps for themselves via cable modem. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Server Virtualization: Breaking Performance Barriers Server virtualization reduces cost, increases availability and enhances business agility. But for many companies, a focus only on cost reduction can become a problem. Download this HP white paper to learn how to reap virtualization's additional benefits, including built-in, cost-effective high availability & disaster recovery. Learn More 2010 CCNP Lab Series – Overview Wendell Odom: Let's discuss things to consider when building a lab for CCNP study. Read More TSHOOT Exam Trouble Tickets - How to Approach - Index Page Wendell Odom: This blog post is an index page to the recent blog postings about how to approach the Trouble Ticket (TT) questions Cisco introduced with the new TSHOOT exam. Read More ICND1 and ICND2 vs CCNA Scott Honeycutt: What is the difference between taking the ICND1 & 2 exams against just taking the one CCNA exam? Not much. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Peace Corp: Creating a worldwide unified network Learn how the Peace Corp made its unified network a reality after selecting and deploying cost-effective WAN optimization gear. One of the key factors was selecting a platform that integrated with its existing network spanning 70 countries. The result is dramatically improved performance and significant cost savings. Learn More Cisco losing deals to rivals as product delays continue Cisco Subnet blog: Those longer lead times affecting delivery of Cisco products are biting the company in the backside. Some customers are opting for alternatives from competitors instead of waiting months for a Cisco switch or firewall. Read More Very cool: Riverbed and Vyatta partner for all-in-one router, WAN appliance Larry Chaffin: Since last summer, we have been combining Vyatta router software and Riverbed WAN acceleration for some of our customers, but now the two vendors announced a deal run Vyatta on the Riverbed Steelhead. Read More 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. Follow Cisco Subnet on Twitter @ciscosubnet. Read More
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