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	Cisco defending base against HP, Juniper Cisco says it is effectively fending off HP and Juniper as it grapples with a significant product transition in Ethernet switching. The transition, in which customers are opting for new lower margin, higher performing Catalyst and Nexus switches over older ones, are impacting Cisco's profits and revenue share, but not necessarily its port share, says Rob Soderbery, senior vice president and general... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Remote Support for PCs, Macs, Tablets and Smartphones Provide instant, on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue. Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs and smartphones anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try Rescue free, today. In this Issue Online Social Security Statement in limbo as agency adjusts for future The 2011 Application and Service Delivery Handbook Anti-rantifesto: Why free software and free culture aren't the same Who are all these hacker groups? A conversation with Jayshree Ullal CEO, Arista Networks Polycom unveils videoconferencing system that supports Lync F5 releases two new storage virtualization appliances Top tech industry news stories of 2011 -- so far WHITE PAPER: F5 Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches How to make a ''firewall sandwich''. Read now. Learn More! Online Social Security Statement in limbo as agency adjusts for future While the debate over Social Security benefits is heating up in Congress one of the most basic ways everyone interacts with the agency - the yearly Social Security Statement - is in limbo as the agency struggles to move it online. Read More The 2011 Application and Service Delivery Handbook When we published the first application delivery handbook in 2007 one of the primary goals of the document was to help IT organizations understand that successful application delivery involves more than just making sure that protocols such as TCP and CIFS run well over the WAN.  Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Eliminate Network Finger-Pointing Cascade Demo: With Cascade, you get visibility into network optimization and analysis, application performance management, IT consolidation, and security. Watch as Jack, the manager of the network team, deals with user complaints about application performance. See how he uses Riverbed Cascade to solve them. Learn more! Anti-rantifesto: Why free software and free culture aren't the same Nina Paley, a professional illustrator and animator, has produced a fairly energetic rantifesto arguing that the "four freedoms" of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) should apply to free cultural works as well. While that might be nice, I think Paley is way off base. Read More Who are all these hacker groups? Hacker groups that attack or steal—some estimates say there are as many as 6,000 of such groups online with about 50,000 "bad actors" around the world drifting in and out of them—are a threat, but the goals, methods, effectiveness of these groups varies widely. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya The Next Phase in Customer Service A huge shift in customer service is underway – one that must support new forms of communication and interaction including social media. This paper discusses how a SIP/SOA /Web Services architecture meets this next -generation customer contact by delivering context-based experience management across any media. Read Now A conversation with Jayshree Ullal CEO, Arista Networks I decided to reach out to a few CEO beginning with Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks. I appreciate that she took the time to answer my questions. I hope it provides some perspective on the market, company and the CEO herself. Read More Polycom unveils videoconferencing system that supports Lync Polycom today unveiled a $10,000 room-size videoconferencing system that integrates with Microsoft's Lync collaboration tools. Read More F5 releases two new storage virtualization appliances F5 Networks announced two new storage virtualization appliances that are designed for entry-level and midrange businesses. Read More Top tech industry news stories of 2011 -- so far Apple, AT&T, Microsoft, Google and others are givens for being among the top newsmakers of 2011. Others will no doubt surprise us as we go along. Read More
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