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	Cisco shutters offices in Tunisia Civil unrest forces closure to ensure worker safetyCisco has closed its offices in Tunisia in the wake of political unrest in that North African country. Cisco temporarily shut down its facilities in the region to protect its workers as street violence escalates from protests of government corruption, unemployment and suppression of freedoms. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Webcast: Is Virtualization Right for SMBs? You've heard that large companies embrace virtualization to consolidate their data centers, reduce costs, and improve operating efficiency and IT service levels. However, your data center only has tens of servers, not hundreds or thousands. Should you consider virtualization as well? View this webcast to learn more. Register now! In this Issue Getting Started Part 2: Primary CCNA Study Source Library system dumps MPLS with cheaper DSL, cable services FIB Suppression and Virtual Aggregation to Help the Internet Scale IBM will not be a networking company Networking Gets Faster, More Media-Savvy Broadband: How will faster wireless affect wireline? Stupid user tricks 5: IT's weakest link WEBCAST: Wildpackets 10G Analysis & Troubleshooting without Compromise You need to analyze and troubleshoot 10 Gig network traffic without suffering dropped packets or having to slice, filter and dissect your network segments. Learn how with a TimeLine appliance you can have real-time network performance, including VoIP statistics, while capturing all packets to disk. View Now Getting Started Part 2: Primary CCNA Study Source Books, Videos, Courses - Which Ones?Last week, we discussed in the blog, and confirmed in a poll, that CCNA is easily the most popular first step in Cisco certifications (CCENT and CCDA being the other options). This week, I'll take us to the next step, which is to consider the types of tools you will need as your primary study resource. I'll sprinkle some opinions, talk about categories of tools, and some strategies. Read More Library system dumps MPLS with cheaper DSL, cable services The Sno-Isle, Wash., public library system expects to save $400,000 this year by yanking its MPLS network and replacing it with multiple, less expensive broadband connections that include consumer DSL, cable service and even dark fiber. Read More WEBCAST: Aruba Networks Medical Center Shares Tips on Wi-Fi Application Assurance In this 15-min webinar, Rutland Regional discusses how they deliver reliable voice, video and medical device communications at the point of care. WLAN at Rutland was once a nice to have serving a select group & has now transitioned to what is deemed a utility serving a diverse group of users. Learn more now! FIB Suppression and Virtual Aggregation to Help the Internet Scale Another Good Article from IPJNow that I'm done with my MBA, it's back to business travel. Since a lot of my trips are from East coast to West coast, that gives me a lot of time to read on the flights. Last week, on my flight out to California, I got around to reading an old issue of Cisco's Internet Protocol Journal (IPJ). Read More IBM will not be a networking company One of the topics that we frequently wrote about in 2010 was the ongoing coalescence of the IT industry around a few key players. We are going to use this newsletter to provide more insight into how one of the players, IBM, is likely to leverage its acquisitions to position itself in the IT market. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Lower Costs with Oracle Database 11g Faced with static or shrinking budgets, IT organizations need to lower costs throughout the data center, while their business users demand a high quality of service – consistently fast response times, 24x7 availability, and comprehensive security. Register now! Networking Gets Faster, More Media-Savvy Home is where the network is: That's the mantra of networking vendors at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 in Las Vegas this week. Read More Broadband: How will faster wireless affect wireline? Several announcements in the last month got us to thinking about what effect faster wireless broadband speeds will have on wireline broadband. For example, could 4G/LTE broadband wireless substitute for wireline broadband access to the extent that wireless voice has replaced wired phone lines? Could 4G/LTE wireless broadband supplement wireline in cases of disaster recovery or in remote areas in lieu of a satellite broadband connection? Of will 4G/LTE hasten the move of cloud-based applications to mobile devices? Read More Stupid user tricks 5: IT's weakest link Flaming laptops, nosy mothers, and server racks sent tumbling down stairs -- seven more real-world tales of IT brain fail Read More
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