Cisco looks to reboot its business model

	Cool Stuff about Cisco MediaNet | Rumours fly about massive Cisco layoffs
	Network World Cisco				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Cisco looks to reboot its business model As Cisco prepares to embark on the largest workforce reduction in its history, company watchers openly wonder if its business model is collapsing. Core markets like switching and routing, with their fat profit margins, were helping fund Cisco's incursions into its 30 or so market adjacencies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Foundations of Security Information Management This guide examines the details of each of these processes and provides best practices to build a foundation for SIM. Learn more. In this Issue Cool Stuff about Cisco MediaNet Rumours fly about massive Cisco layoffs Good News and Bad News On Obama Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal Letter DARPA takes aim at building iron-clad cloud services The Verdict: Either OpenFlow Matters a Lot, or Not at All A Couple of Interesting Uses of OpenFlow Anyconnect VPN client Start Before Login (SBL) tips Interop 2011: Superfast switches everywhere WHITE PAPER: Level 3 Evaluating the Benefits of a Converged Business Network By converging your networks, you can reap the advantages of business transformation through integration of network access, communications applications, and core business applications. Industry analyst firm IDC outlines the advantages of convergence and what to look for in your network service provider. Read More Today! Cool Stuff about Cisco MediaNet Robb and I were at Interop last week in Vegas taping a couple of episodes for TechWiseTV. (shameless plug: http://www.techwisetv.com) I haven't been to N+I in Vegas for five years. I went to N+I in India a few months back and that was the best show EVER! Yeah, I know it just called "Interop" but saying N+I makes me sound more old school cool. Kinda like; "Yeah me and Vint Cerf were chillin' at N+I... Read More Rumours fly about massive Cisco layoffs Cisco could be ramping up for its largest layoff ever, according to news reports flying around the Web today. The reports stem from Reuters, who asked four analysts how they think John Chambers will cut the promised $1 billion in expenses. Analysts answered that they think the company will kill 3,000 to 5,000 jobs. 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! Good News and Bad News On Obama Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal Letter When President Obama was a mere candidate, he promised that he would enact legislation and focus more attention on growing cyber security problems. The president followed through on this promise last week when the administration trasmitted a cybersecurity legislative proposal to Capital Hill. The 5-page document provides some high-level objectives like protecting the American people (online), protecting... Read More DARPA takes aim at building iron-clad cloud services Building highly-secure, vulnerability invulnerable cloud services is part of a new technology drive that will be announced by the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The cloud program, known as Mission-oriented Resilient Clouds will be detailed at a meeting in Arlington, Va., on May 26 and a Broad Agency Announcement will follow. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive A Practical approach to Wireless 2.0 Creating "Wi-Fi that works" is a tall order given the breadth of client and application types, the speed and complexity of 802.11n, high-density environments, etc., controller-based vendors cannot live up to their promises of Ethernet-like determinism. Read now! The Verdict: Either OpenFlow Matters a Lot, or Not at All Unsurprisingly, the opinions on OpenFlow from the vendors at Interop were all over the map. However, since I did ask a bunch of people at the show about OpenFlow, I figure it's worth a post to summarize some of the more interesting responses. For those of you who hang out in the blog space to discuss Cisco certs, note that OpenFlow will not impact the Cisco cert paths for several years, if ever. But... Read More A Couple of Interesting Uses of OpenFlow At the beginning of Interop, I wrote a post that introduced the basics of OpenFlow. I promised to ask around and find out what problems different vendors are trying to solve using OpenFlow. This post highlights two cases: one you can order today from NEC America, and the other a case that's been tested at Stanford. NEC America's ProgrammableFlow Switch Read More Anyconnect VPN client Start Before Login (SBL) tips This is going to be an add-on post to a documented procedure, which can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_example09186a00809f0d75.shtml When I needed to configure the same functionality that is described in this tech note, I ran into a few issues and thought it may help others if I share my knowledge around that. Read More Interop 2011: Superfast switches everywhere At Interop, I took a closer look at the HP optical backplane the HP Labs is working on and grew even more impressed. It was one of the biggest innovations I saw at the show this year. This will one day greatly speed up switches. Here's a video I took of the device (you will need to turn your volume up all the way to hear the video due to server noise on the floor at Interop). The gentleman from... Read More
	SURVEY: Future-proofing the cloud Where do you think cloud computing is headed? This survey enables you to share your views on some potential future events, trends and technology changes driven by cloud computing. By compiling the shared knowledge, opinions and insights of survey participants, everyone will get a clearer view on which changes and trends are more, or less, likely to actually occur. That knowledge will be invaluable in helping you shape your private, public and hybrid cloud strategy and plans for the future.Take the survey. GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS So you think you know networking? Network World has been around now for 25 years, and in that time the technology it covers has changed dramatically. It's been quite a ride. Here's a brief quiz to test your knowledge of some of what's been happening over that time. MOST-READ STORIES Thanks to ID thieves, your child may have more debt than you Microsoft's open source love-in expands with CentOS Linux support Bringing IT back home: 10 prime locations for onshore outsourcing Comcast rolls out metro Ethernet Chromebook: Are you really ready to marry Google? HP picks up USB 3.0 over Intel's Thunderbolt for desktops Is OpenFlow a go? Rumours fly about massive Cisco layoffs Cisco VoIP phones part of security weakness demo Microsoft kicks off Tech-Ed with license and virtualization upgrades
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_cisco_alert as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **