Cisco CTO: Software integration will drive intelligent networks

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	Cisco CTO: Software integration will drive intelligent networks Networking giant Cisco plans to make software one of the company's "core competencies", with the aim of creating a networking operating system that is more intelligent and contextualised. Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Network Forensics 101: Finding the Needle in the Haystack With today's increasingly interconnected, always online workforce, business-critical issues are driving the need for post-incident analysis. Are you ready? This white paper defines network forensics, dispels some common misperceptions, and describes what you could and should be using it for. View Now In this Issue Cisco sued again by services company Steven Colbert avoids toilet controversy, just loves NASA to pieces! Anticipating the RSA Conference 2012 Super Bowl super bust: US seizes 307 websites; grabs $4.8M in fake NFL merchandise IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger F5 Shakes Up the Firewall Market Riverbed announces new Steelhead Platform in CX/EX and Product in Granite WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now Cisco sued again by services company Independent service organization Multiven this week filed another antitrust complaint against Cisco alleging again that the networking king abuses its dominant position in the market by denying opportunities for third-parties to service Cisco gear. Read More Steven Colbert avoids toilet controversy, just loves NASA to pieces! Stephen Colbert, host of the nightly 'The Colbert Report,' and NASA supporter says he loves space and loves it more now because of what research work NASA is doing with the International Space Station. In a public service announcement released today Colbert says: "I love looking up at the stars and wondering what distant planets are still out there and to be discovered and can we frack them for methane."... Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Migrating Your Legacy IBM Database Environment Download this guide to ensure a seamless migration and take advantage of reduced costs associated with extremely efficient day-to-day database administration. Learn More! Anticipating the RSA Conference 2012 It's now February although you'd never know it from the balmy winter here in Boston. Aside from Valentine's Day, February is significant because it is when security geeks from around the world get together in San Francisco for the RSA Conference. The show doesn't start until 2/27 but you can feel the anticipation in the air across the whole security community. That's a good thing since... Read More Super Bowl super bust: US seizes 307 websites; grabs $4.8M in fake NFL merchandise The piracy, counterfeit and copyright battle has moved to the Super Bowl. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger IT pros in Austin, Texas and Portland, Ore. saw the biggest salary gains, according to new data from Dice.com, a career site for technology and engineering professionals. Read More F5 Shakes Up the Firewall Market The high-end of the firewall market has really been dominated by two companies: Crossbeam Systems (with Check Point Software) and Juniper Networks. Over the past few years, these two firms won most of the high revenue/high margin enterprise and service provider deals. Of course, others took notice and wanted their own piece of the pie. Cisco came out with its ASA 5580 a few years back. Network... Read More Riverbed announces new Steelhead Platform in CX/EX and Product in Granite Today Riverbed is announcing what I think is their best product to date in Granite. They are also showing two other steelhead models today in the CX and EX. I had the chance to sit down and chat with Bob Gilbert of Riverbed to ask a few questions and learn a little more. Please tell us about your background at Riverbed and what your current position entails. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS The world's geekiest license plates This slideshow goes out to all those drivers who aren't afraid to say it loud: I'm a geek and I'm proud. It's filled with images of vanity plates so geeky that they prompted someone else to take a picture and post it on Flickr. Enjoy. CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 2 HTC Android phones can leak Wi-Fi passwords Cisco Ethernet switches make big leap to 40G/100G iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 31 13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about What Facebook's IPO means for users F5 shakes up the firewall market Apple forcing IT shops to 'adapt or die' Tech's original Great Satan calls out Google for being evil Can homeland security prevent a cybersecurity critical infrastructure disaster?
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