Ethernet switch leader Cisco challenged in Layer 4-7

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	Ethernet switch leader Cisco challenged in Layer 4-7 The Ethernet switch market grew 35% in the second quarter from last year, and 1% from Q1 to $5.2 billion, according to investment firm UBS. Cisco maintained its dominant share of the Layer 2-3 sector with 72%, while Juniper continued to gain - Cisco's rival now has just under 2% share, up from 1.5% in Q1 and 1.3% a year ago. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco Data Center Architecture Event Join us Sept. 14, 2010, 9-10 a.m. PT for this online event to learn how Cisco's new architectural vision for the data center helps companies evolve their data center and cloud computing needs to easily respond and adapt to the changing needs of the dynamic networked organization. Click to continue In this Issue Measuring the Supply Side of the Networking Job Market VAST: The Unified Communications Security Testing Suite Feedback on The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace WAN Transformation is a Go! How to guide: Cisco ASA SSLVPN using Certificates for 2-factor Auth How to get tough with your tech vendors WHITE PAPER: Xerox Cutting through complexity at Reuters Reuters, the world's largest news agency, implemented managed print services that reduced the total cost of their printer fleet by up to 19% per year while increasing user satisfaction and productivity. Read Now. Measuring the Supply Side of the Networking Job Market I hear you loud and clear: the overwhelming reason to go for your next Cisco cert is to help you get the next job. Our survey from last week currently shows an overwhelming 75% claiming that they will choose their next Cisco cert for the purpose of helping them get their next job. It's not what's interesting, or what's best for the long term career, it's what gets you the job now. Read More VAST: The Unified Communications Security Testing Suite VAST is a Linux distribution built on Ubuntu that offers a suit of UC security testing tools for penetration testers and security auditors. This article highlights a couple of the most useful tools, UCSniff and VideoJak both of which will become a welcome addition to your testing arsenal. Read More WHITE PAPER: RIM The CIO's Guide to Mobile Unified Communications Unified Communications (UC) integrates multiple communications modalities and adds presence features to allow workers to communicate and collaborate more effectively with co-workers, customers and suppliers. Learn about the cost, productivity and reachability issues. Read Now. Feedback on The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace Anyone remotely interested in identity management should definitely download a copy of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) document. It can be found at this link: http://www.nstic.ideascale.com/. Read More WAN Transformation is a Go! If you look back to when I started writing this blog over 3 years ago, I wrote a series of blogs on how we had built our current wide area network: Making BGP Our Core Enterprise Routing Protocol Using BGP to Make Our Internet Access Dynamic Using BGP to Build a Separate Lab Network Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Economics of Cooperative Control: Protocols are Free Inter-AP protocols are free, but controllers are not. Aerohive's Cooperative Control controller-less WLAN architecture delivers an immediate and extremely significant CAPEX decrease. This paper explores the expansive economic benefits of Aerohive's unique approach. Read now! How to guide: Cisco ASA SSLVPN using Certificates for 2-factor Auth I have seen a big shift over the past year towards using digital certificates for 2-factor authentication. Sure tokens are still the market share leader for this function but certificates are gaining due to their inexpensive cost and advancements in ease of management and deployment. The Cisco ASA has supported certificates for a long time now, but it is only this past year that I see mainstream... Read More How to get tough with your tech vendors InfoWorld's guide to driving a hard, smart IT bargain in a tough economy Read More
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