Cisco seeks relief from development obligation

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	Cisco seeks relief from development obligation As it navigates some of the darkest waters of its 25+-year voyage, Cisco is looking to back out of a deal to develop 1 million square feet of land in Alviso, CA. The company is pressing San Jose city officials to amend an agreement between it and Cisco to build facilities on the land, just north of San Jose. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ultrium LTO A Comparative TCO Study: VTLs and Physical Tape This ESG study by Mark Peters evaluated a common industry-standard disk VTl deduplication system (with 15:1 reduction ratio) versus a tape library with LTO-5. In all circumstances, the TCO for VTL with deduplication ranged from about 2 to 4 times more expensive than the LTO-5 tape library TCO. Read now In this Issue I've got a new MPLS lab. Tell me how to play with it Firewall Administration Techniques and Tools Cloud computing and business critical applications Juniper's disappointing quarter not due to switching Data center startup Plexxi lands $20 million more A10 countersues Brocade over patents The IBM Selectric typewriter turns 50 WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! I've got a new MPLS lab. Tell me how to play with it I've just had Christmas in July. I've been given a whole list of lab equipment, so big that naming all the SIPs, SPAs, and line cards, would end up blowing my word count limit for one blog. So I'll just keep it at a high level. Read More Firewall Administration Techniques and Tools Firewalls can be difficult to manage. Often times rules lack granularity due to a lack of understanding of the application traffic or trying to keep up with the speed of business. Firewalls get more and more rules added to their policies to the point of becoming "Swiss cheese". Don't give up hope because there are methods and tools available to help you gain control of your firewall policies. Read... Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola Less Cost and Congestion. More Performance and Trust Giving brainpower to WLAN access points results in: • Intelligent direct routing • Network-aware access points that can easily reroute around overloaded components • Detection of RF interference • AP flexibility and options from AP 621 to AP 7181 Read now! Cloud computing and business critical applications In the last two newsletters we discussed some of the impact that virtualization is having on application delivery. In the next two newsletters we will discuss the impact that cloud computing is having on application delivery. With that in mind, this newsletter will discuss some of the issues associated with using a public cloud computing solution to support the delivery of business critical applications. Read More Juniper's disappointing quarter not due to switching No one can blame enterprise switching for Juniper's disappointing second-quarter results. Sales of Juniper's EX switches were up 18% year-over-year, switching overall was up 33%, and enterprise sales were up 9% due to strength in enterprise switching and routing products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Importance of Permanent Link Testing This white paper is the joint effort of 2 industry leaders of high speed infrastructure cabling and testing, Panduit and Fluke Networks. This technical paper provides a thorough analysis and review of different testing techniques and their associated benefits for high speed permanent links. Learn More Today! Data center startup Plexxi lands $20 million more Stealthy data center startup Plexxi has landed another $20 million in funding as it continues development of a network fabric to tie together applications, compute and storage. Read More A10 countersues Brocade over patents A10 Networks said it is countersuing Brocade for patent infringement and seeking to bar sales of its competitor's products in response to a motion filed this week by Brocade to bar sales of A10 products. Read More The IBM Selectric typewriter turns 50 It has been retired for 25 years but IBM will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the iconic Selectric typewriter on July 31. Read More
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