30 events that shaped Cisco in 2011

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	30 events that shaped Cisco in 2011 2011 was a tumultuously transitional year for Cisco. The company came to the realization that its strategy for growth by entering new markets spread it too thin, distracted it from core markets and impacted profits. It cost thousands of employees their jobs. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Sorting Out the Alphabet Soup of VPN Solutions MPLS-based IP VPN technology has become the leading WAN solution for connectivity, minimal capex and advantageous pay-for-use pricing. But it's a cloudy alphabet soup of VPN acronyms: IP. MPLS. CoS. QoS. FR and ATM. IPSec. SSL. VoMPLS. View More In this Issue Cisco study finds kids just don't get it The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2011 Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2011 Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data center fabric Access to Social Networking Sites Increases the Risk of APTs Cybersecurity demands an ounce of prevention and a pound of cure Network World's Products of the Week 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 Cisco study finds kids just don't get it Seven out of 10 young employees frequently ignore IT policies, and one in four is a victim of identity theft before the age of 30, according to yet another study released by Cisco this week. Actually, this one is the final installation of a three-part Connected World Technology Report issued by the company. Read More The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2011 This year we find horses helping to build the Internet, Apple having all the money in the world and way more wackiness Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive Delivering Enterprise Applications Anywhere to Any Device Unprecedented adoption of wireless mobile devices, in the enterprise impacts every IT department as they must now deal with technologies that enable access to enterprise applications anywhere, anytime, from any device whether they be corporate issued or personally owned. Read now. Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2011 Scarlett Johansson, Justin Bieber, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga and Alec Baldwin all make tech news, voluntarily or not Read More Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data center fabric Alcatel-Lucent this week rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data center switches to help further its data center fabric strategy. Read More WEBCAST: IBM IBM InfoSphere MDM Solutions for Insurance Master data management helps make insurers smarter. MDM enables them to connect disparate pieces of customer information across policy systems, departments, and channels, into a single, actionable view that is customer-centric rather than policy-centric. View Now Access to Social Networking Sites Increases the Risk of APTs If you are reading this blog, you should also peruse Jim Duffy's blog about the security behavior of young adults. Jim highlights a Cisco research study that reveals the callous indifference of young people have for workplace IT and security policies. Read More Cybersecurity demands an ounce of prevention and a pound of cure What's the best way to protect against security incidents? Most security professionals would agree with the old colloquialism that, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The theory here is that if you lock down your IT infrastructure, applications, and sensitive data, you'll make it much harder for bad guys from the start. Read More Network World's Products of the Week Our round-up of intriguing new products from HBGary, SonicWall, Solarwinds among others. Read More
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