Cisco's Q4 indicates healthy enterprise IT spending

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	Cisco's Q4 indicates healthy enterprise IT spending So it appears enterprise IT spending is pretty healthy despite the challenges of some of Cisco's peers. Cisco itself doesn't appear to see any downturn, given the impressive results in its fiscal fourth quarter. 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! In this Issue Cisco adds carrier routing, switch share in Q2 Purdue's hefty switch discounts 'unusual,' Cisco says Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers Wireless "tattoo" monitors your health and could become electronic bandage I cannot sleep at night because I just got back from Black Hat Security rundown for week ending Aug. 12 In Texas heat, servers take dip to keep cool Google buys Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion Clemson IT team embraces call to be entrepreneurial WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Social Networking and Security Risks Each social networking tool comes with its own set of security concerns which can put your information systems and/or personal data at risk. This white paper will look at some of these risks and identify possible solutions to help protect you, your personal information and your company data. Read now! Cisco adds carrier routing, switch share in Q2 I know some of my Anon detractors will be thrilled with this news: I'm going on vacation for two weeks! So this will likely be the last post in "The Cisco Connection" until August 29. Enjoy the rest of the summer! I leave you with this -- the first in what is sure to be a slew of Q2 market numbers from the major market number crunchers. This one reviews the carrier routing and switch market, which... Read More Purdue's hefty switch discounts 'unusual,' Cisco says The steep discounts that Purdue University recently received on Cisco's Nexus 7000 switches are 'unusual' and based on factors that go beyond the purchase alone, Cisco says. Read More Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers New software from Xsigo Systems is designed to link all the servers in a data center virtually, allowing IT managers to reconfigure virtual machines and other resources without carrying out traditional networking tasks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed How to Improve Disaster Recovery for the Enterprise Ready to accelerate disaster recovery across your entire enterprise? Read this Taneja report to find out how you can increase WAN efficiency, overcome latency, and optimize IT performance for disaster recovery by deploying WAN optimization. Read Now. Wireless "tattoo" monitors your health and could become electronic bandage Researchers are touting a wireless skin-thin, microelectronic tattoo as an alternative to hard-wired electrodes for healthcare tests or monitoring and ultimately new applications such as electronic bandages. Read More I cannot sleep at night because I just got back from Black Hat I've attended the Black Hat Security conference in Las Vegas for many, many years now. It is by far the best security event each year and this year was no exception. Each year seems to go something like this for me: Read More Security rundown for week ending Aug. 12 Not unlike the week before, this past week saw hacking once again grab everyone's attention. This time it was an alleged threat from the shadowy group Anonymous to "kill" the social-networking site Facebook. The reason given? Anonymous supposedly thinks Facebook abuses people's privacy and cooperates with authoritarian governments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Visualization of an Intricate Network The Depository Trust & Clearing House required enhanced network visibility to support their custody and asset servicing valued at $40 trillion. See how Riverbed provided: • End-to-end visibility of encrypted traffic • Lower MTTR • Application and network activity analysis without requiring probes on every WAN link Learn more! In Texas heat, servers take dip to keep cool It may take a leap to believe that computers can function in fluid, but at the Texas Advanced Computing Center in Austin that's exactly what's being done. Read More Google buys Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion Google has entered into an agreement to acquire the mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, the company said on Monday. Read More Clemson IT team embraces call to be entrepreneurial Five years ago Clemson University named James Bottum chief information officer and gave him the mandate to overhaul the school's IT infrastructure and build out a high performance computing environment. The goal: catapult the school into a leading research university and help attract faculty and students. Read More
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