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	Cisco girds for Huawei's US entry Analysts are upbeat on Cisco's fiscal Q1 results, which beat Wall Street estimates and served as proof positive that the company's restructuring is paying off. There were several highlights in the quarter, but there are also areas still in need of improvement. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC One Size Does Not Fit All: The Case for the Custom Cloud When it comes to cloud services, "semi-custom" goes a long way. "The Case for the Custom Cloud," shows you how users can configure their own customized cloud services from choices you dictate – and how you can deliver the resulting cloud services quickly and affordably. Read More! In this Issue David vs. Goliath: 15 Potential Tech Shake-Ups Federated Cloud Strategies: What CIOs Need to Know US intelligence group seeking cutting-edge, secure chip development Wall Street Beat: IT rebounds as Nvidia, Cisco shares rise FBI takes out $14M DNS malware operation Forrester to security pros: Think before rushing to fix security holes Chambers: Cisco's Q1 solid, but access routers, Nexus 7000 lagging WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now David vs. Goliath: 15 Potential Tech Shake-Ups Here are 15 'Davids' out to take down larger competitors. Read More Federated Cloud Strategies: What CIOs Need to Know As cloud computing adoption skyrockets and business functions increasingly look to external cloud providers to provision IT services, CIOs need to consider federated cloud strategies to integrate and manage this mixed bag of cloud computing environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems CVD program facilitates fast & reliable customer deployments The Cisco Validated Design program facilitates faster & more reliable customer deployments. Cisco Application Velocity is the Borderless Network Service that maximizes the user experience for any application, any time, on any device and provides application adaptability/survivability. Learn More US intelligence group seeking cutting-edge, secure chip development The cutting-edge intelligence research development arm of the government wants to take advantage of the world's semiconductor manufacturing capacity but make sure that US security and intellectual property protection is baked in. Read More Wall Street Beat: IT rebounds as Nvidia, Cisco shares rise With Nvidia and Cisco reporting results, there was some good news on the chip and networking front this week that, with the help of a successful debt offering by Italy that eased economic concerns, helped fuel a rise in IT vendors' shares Friday morning. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Customer Lifetime Value for IT With technology underpinning much of the customer experience, IT and marketing must adopt new technologies to innovate and grow revenues. Watch the video to learn how IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics enables marketers while reducing the burden on IT. View Now FBI takes out $14M DNS malware operation US law enforcement today said it had smashed what it called a massive, sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that injected malware in more than four million computers in over 100 countries while generating $14 million in illegitimate income. Of the computers infected with malware, at least 500,000 were in the United States, including computers belonging to U.S. government agencies, such as NASA. ... Read More Forrester to security pros: Think before rushing to fix security holes Forrester Research this week published a report that advises security professionals not to jump the gun on fixing security deficiencies immediately after a data breach is identified since that could destroy valuable evidence needed to prosecute cyber-criminals. Read More Chambers: Cisco's Q1 solid, but access routers, Nexus 7000 lagging Despite a solid quarter as evidence its turnaround plan is working, Cisco still has more work to do to get where it wants to be. Read More
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