CCIE turns 20: How Cisco transformed itself and the IT world

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	CCIE turns 20: How Cisco transformed itself and the IT world Let's roll back the clock 20 years and remember what was happening. Mark Zuckerberg was nine years old and learning to code on an Atari computer. Incidentally, I was a big Atari buff, but didn't monetize it quite like the future Facebook founder. Whitney Houston held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard music charts with "I will always love you," and Schindler's List won the Oscar for best picture. Also in 1993, Cisco introduced its Cisco Certified Internetworking Engineer (CCIE) certification to the world to create a high-level, elite certification for networking professionals. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Unleash the full potential of BYOD with confidence Growing numbers of smartphones and tablets are pushing enterprise networks to the limit and creating security and management challenges for IT organizations. This white paper reviews BYOD administration, performance, and security implications, and describes how the HP BYOD solution lets you realize all the benefits of BYOD, with confidence. Learn more. In this Issue 5 big things to watch for at VMworld HP replaces enterprise chief, posts Q3 sales drop When it comes to trouble shooting and threat detection, NetFlow wins over packet capture With worker retirements looming, IT starts to prepare for a workforce exodus IT security experts share their tips for managing vendors Can the U.S. Postal Service find a future running a gov't cloud-based authentication service? Groklaw shutdown shows 'chilling effect' of NSA surveillance 5 steps Microsoft can take to beef up Windows Phone 8 market share Predictive analytics help solve intractable problems WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network Driven by the rapid evolution of mobile devices, the move to cloud-based applications and data, and the continued development of new wireless technologies, Wi-Fi has become the network of choice for connectivity. Most new devices no longer have wired connectivity. IT managers now count Wi-Fi as an essential business facility. Learn more. 5 big things to watch for at VMworld For about the last decade VMware has been one of the pre-eminent companies ushering in a new era of computing related to server virtualization. Now, the company is hoping to extend the shift beyond just server virtualization to include the cloud, plus network and storage virtualization. The vision is encapsulated in what VMware executives call its Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) strategy, which will be on full display at the company's annual VMworld conference next week in San Francisco. Read More HP replaces enterprise chief, posts Q3 sales drop Hewlett-Packard reassigned Enterprise Group chief Dave Donatelli on Wednesday as it reported an 8 percent decline in revenue for its fiscal third quarter, saying all of its major divisions except software brought in less money than a year earlier. Read More When it comes to trouble shooting and threat detection, NetFlow wins over packet capture With Internet connections to cloud services growing rapidly and cyber attacks becoming craftier and more sinister, the need for improved traffic visibility is in high demand. In the past, both layer 7 application awareness and malware detection capabilities have been major separators when choosing between flow capture and packet capture for traffic analysis, but today the decision is most often NetFlow in lieu of packet capture. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks 10 Steps to Improving the Mobile User Experience This paper will outline the essential network infrastructure and support best practices necessary to deliver an optimized mobile end-user experience, and offer 10 recommended steps that lead to higher end-user satisfaction. Learn more. With worker retirements looming, IT starts to prepare for a workforce exodus With 10,000 U.S. baby boomers turning 65 every day until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its workforce will be impacted when these employees eventually retire. Read More IT security experts share their tips for managing vendors Have you ever thought about asking a vendor what their solution doesn't do well? This isn't a trick question, but it is a way to see how honest a potential new vendor is willing to be with you. Members of the Wisegate professional networking group offer their tips on how to manage vendors to your benefit. Read More Can the U.S. Postal Service find a future running a gov't cloud-based authentication service? Can the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) find a new future running a cloud-based authentication service for the government? The USPS intends to try and do just that under a three-year $15.12 million contract awarded to SecureKey Technologies today for some foundation technology to build a cloud-based authentication exchange. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Wi-Fi Challenge NWW Jun-Aug13 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Whether you are in retail, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, or another industry, keeping and attracting customers is crucial to the success of your organization. Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences can help you improve customer loyalty and increase revenue. Learn more. Groklaw shutdown shows 'chilling effect' of NSA surveillance Groklaw going dark because of privacy concerns is not the first -- nor the the last, likely. Lavabit, Silent Circle also shut down this month. Read More 5 steps Microsoft can take to beef up Windows Phone 8 market share A little over a year and half ago, I wrote about an IHS and iSuppli smartphone market report, which claimed that Windows Phone would surpass iOS in market share by 2015, due in part to Nokia's aggressive push into the space and Microsoft's huge marketing blitz. Read More Predictive analytics help solve intractable problems Predictive analytics can discover and provide the information to address application performance issues before they're even noticed. Read More
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