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	Cisco boosted profit, sales in Q2 while cutting costs Cisco Systems posted year-over-year gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, reporting net sales up 10.8 percent to US$11.5 billion, and said it met a key cost-cutting goal one quarter early. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Planning for and Managing the Future of Your Network This white paper delivers best practices, from network design considerations to business needs, so you can build a solid network plan. No matter your skill level or experience, this white paper can help you plan for success. Download it today. Read now! In this Issue IT Networking Organizations In a State of Transition FBI opens thorny Steve Jobs 1991 investigation file IPv6 Week: This Brazilian party is for techies only The When, Where and How of Cisco versus Microsoft for Unified Communications IBM spins ultrasharp nanomanufacturing tool 100,000X smaller than a pencil tip Researchers claim 100-fold increase in data storage speed HP takes giant first step into OpenFlow WHITE PAPER: Solutionary Defending Against Advanced Persistent Threats Organizations of all sizes need to be aware of the risks posed by Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and take appropriate steps to protect data. This Solutionary white paper provides an overview of APTs, steps for defending against APTs and case studies detailing actual attacks. Learn more IT Networking Organizations In a State of Transition In a number of recent blogs, I've described an ESG thesis called data center networking discontinuity. Simply stated, data center networking discontinuity describes the growing gap between data center scale and complexity on one hand and legacy data center networking equipment and manual management and operations on the other. Read More FBI opens thorny Steve Jobs 1991 investigation file The FBI today released a background check it did on Apple's founder Steve Jobs founder when he was being considered for a position on George H.W. Bush to the President's Export Council in 1991. Read More WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! IPv6 Week: This Brazilian party is for techies only Forget Mardi Gras. Brazil is hosting a party for techies only this week to encourage deployment of IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol. Read More The When, Where and How of Cisco versus Microsoft for Unified Communications Earlier this week I was at a CIO conference in Europe and one of the big topics of conversation was Unified Communications. Remote working, collaboration initiatives and cost cutting have all made UC a more important topic over the past twelve months. There was lots of discussion about deployment issues, the ROI of UC, training issues, etc. but the biggest point of discussion was Cisco versus Microsoft... Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Big Data: Managing Explosive Growth Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now IBM spins ultrasharp nanomanufacturing tool 100,000X smaller than a pencil tip IBM says it has developed a silicon carbide tip for nanomanufacturing applications that it claims is a thousand times more wear-resistant than current tool bits and 100,000 times smaller than a pencil tip. IBM scientists say the the new tip can be used to fabricate all manner of bio sensors, for example for managing glucose levels in diabetic patients or monitoring pollution levels in water. Read More Researchers claim 100-fold increase in data storage speed European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred. Read More HP takes giant first step into OpenFlow HP this week said it is taking its first leap into OpenFlow-enabled network equipment, supporting the standard on 16 of its Ethernet switch products as it attempts to gain a foothold in a market likely to receive significant attention from competitors. Read More
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