West Virginia auditor blasts Cisco, state for "oversized" router buy

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	West Virginia auditor blasts Cisco, state for "oversized" router buy West Virginia wasted millions in federal grant money when it purchased 1,164 Cisco routers for $24 million in 2010, a state audit concluded. A report issued this month by the West Virginia Legislative Auditor found the state used a "legally unauthorized purchasing process" when awarding the router contract, paid for with federal stimulus funds, to Cisco. The auditor also found Cisco "showed a wanton indifference to the interests of the public" in recommending the investment in its model 3945 branch routers, the majority of which were "oversized" for the requirements of the state agencies using them, the report stated. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 4 Ways WAN Optimization Can Benefit Your Organization WAN optimization has evolved into a complete system that optimizes traffic across a broad range of most popular applications while providing deep visibility into performance. Read Now In this Issue Entrusting Cisco could cost you When did you learn how to code? Cisco virtual router targets the cloud FTC: Identity theft retains its throne as No.1 worst scourge in Top 10 consumer complaint list CDN Value Predictor Hottest products at RSA Conference 2013 Juniper security products use device-fingerprinting as way to detect, block attacks Etsy gets crafty with big data WHITE PAPER: Ixia Anue The Evolving Visibility Challenge Network monitoring has become more complex over the last few years, due in large part to virtualization and convergence. Learn how a state-of-the-art monitoring system that maximizes your existing monitoring tool investment can help you attain greater visibility into your network without adding complexity. Say goodbye to virtual blind spots. Learn More Entrusting Cisco could cost you The State of West Virginia wasting millions by buying way more router capacity than needed; California State University saving $100 million through a competitive bid while San Jose State pays more for its own network than the entire university system through a non-bid contr Read More When did you learn how to code? "I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer - because it teaches you how to think." --Steve Jobs Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel Easing the Online Overload Many transaction processing systems have reached their capacity limits, so the time is right to consider the potential for running tier 1 mission-critical workloads on opens standards. This white paper highlights the key components of a properly structured and highly optmized SQL Server OLTP reference architecture. Read Now! Cisco virtual router targets the cloud The Cisco CSR 1000V router is designed for enterprise network managers who want to have a little piece of their Cisco infrastructure in the cloud. Read More FTC: Identity theft retains its throne as No.1 worst scourge in Top 10 consumer complaint list Identity theft has been the top consumer complaint to the Federal Trade Commission now for 13 years running. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed End-To-End Application Acceleration Technologies Download this 7-page survey-driven analysis by Forrester to learn how to overcome cloud-related performance issues by extending optimization to SaaS applications. Read now. CDN Value Predictor Any enterprise with a web audience in multiple locations can benefit from using a CDN, but if your users are likely to download lots of stuff from your website, play media files, and/or watch or listen to live broadcasts, you are likely to benefit most. The headline content types for CDN services are: Read More Hottest products at RSA Conference 2013 Our roundup of new security products on hand at this week's show. Read More Juniper security products use device-fingerprinting as way to detect, block attacks Juniper Networks today rolled out a battalion of security products and services to protect corporate networks, stating that when it comes to defensive measures, security attacks can be better prevented by determining device-fingerprinting rather than blocking attacks based on IP address. Read More Etsy gets crafty with big data Handmade marketplace Etsy has grown to 800,000 sellers and 40+ million monthly visitors. All that activity generates enormous quantities of data, which Etsy uses to drive site improvements. Read More
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