The Day VMware ate Cisco

	Vidyo offers free service to interconnect Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize and Microsoft Lync videoconferecing | Researcher creates proof-of-concept malware that infects BIOS, network cards
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	The Day VMware ate Cisco VMware has been eating away, little by little, at the value Cisco products offer in the Data Center, and VMware's acquisition of Nicira may have been the final strategic nail in the coffin of Cisco's current data center strategy. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Bring Your Own Mobile Devices to School In today's educational environments, more and more students, guests, and faculty are bringing in their own Wi-Fi devices into the school's network. This paper discusses the challenges and solutions IT administrators are facing and how to address the security and management of the multiple devices being introduced into the wireless/wired network. Learn more. In this Issue Vidyo offers free service to interconnect Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize and Microsoft Lync videoconferecing Researcher creates proof-of-concept malware that infects BIOS, network cards Europe's supply of IPv4 addresses nearing depletion Mexico hotel giant puts its IT in Texas Hosted IP telephony maturing for mainstream enterprise adoption WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. Vidyo offers free service to interconnect Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize and Microsoft Lync videoconferecing Vidyo has announced it will offer a free interconnectivity service called VidyoWay to support multi-vendor, business-quality videoconferencing that connects room systems like those provided by Cisco/Tandberg, Polycom and LifeSize to Microsoft Lync clients, mobile devices and telephones. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Traditional WLAN vs. ADTRAN's Virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) The substantial differences between a traditional hardware controller-based wireless LAN and ADTRAN's virtual wireless LAN (hypervisor-based) are detailed in ADTRAN's WLAN vs. vWLAN comparison chart. Learn more. Researcher creates proof-of-concept malware that infects BIOS, network cards A proof-of-concept hardware backdoor that was revealed at Black Hat replaces a computer's BIOS and writes its own network boot firmware to the computer's network card. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Cisco Bring Your Own Device This paper explores the challenges mobile devices create for IT, offers key considerations before adopting a BYOD strategy and highlights a comprehensive architecture from Cisco that enables freedom of choice for users while affording IT security and control. Learn more. Europe's supply of IPv4 addresses nearing depletion The European Internet registry is expected to exhaust its supply of IPv4 addresses as early as next week, putting more pressure on U.S.-based multinational corporations to deploy IPv6. Read More Mexico hotel giant puts its IT in Texas The U.S. has been shipping application development work offshore for years, but cloud computing may help make America a data center services exporter. Read More Hosted IP telephony maturing for mainstream enterprise adoption Hosetd VoIP vendors are starting to offer IP telephony as a stand-alone service rather than using it as a way to lure business customers into foregoing in-house unified communications. Read More
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