Juniper's estimates raised: good or bad for Cisco? Investment form UBS this week raised its estimates for Juniper Networks, citing improved visibility and order trends in the service provider market, and continuing traction in LAN switching. That means Cisco, too, is probably seeing the same trends; or that Juniper might be taking share from Cisco, as well as others. Low Rent Firmware Hacking I just like to hack stuff. It doesn't matter really what it is, I just enjoy the challenge of figuring out how stuff works and how to bypass certain controls. I am not trying to be a whank about it and post how to steal a case of Sundrop from a Dixie-Narco vending machine, I just want to know from an engineering stand point. When I see electronic firmware based stuff work I always wonder; "How did they figure that out?" And that's all it takes to get me started. Now my wife is not a fan of... Cisco Releases refreshed Security Best Practices Guide - SAFE Cisco’s SAFE Security Design and Implementation Guide is back. Cisco has given its SAFE Guide a complete makeover and brought it up-to-date with today’s threat environment. True to the legacy of the old SAFE Guide an updated version of the then popular SAFE Poster is available for your cube wall as well! In the early 2000’s, Cisco established a large customer following of its Safe Security Design Guide. Cisco 4Q: a hint of good news More than the impressive results in Q3 -- Cisco beat expectations in revenue and earnings per share, even though both were down markedly from last year -- it was Cisco's guidance for Q4 that prompts some mild optimism. Cisco said it expects Q4 to be down 17% to 20% from last year's fourth fiscal quarter. Cisco employee share-based compensation expense defies gravity Reese: For the first 9 months of FY09, Cisco employee share-based compensation expense defied gravity by climbing to $835 million (a $68 million increase). Obama tax plan bad for Cisco, other offshorers A couple of research firms have come to a predictable conclusion on Obama's plan to tax overseas profits: it will be a nuisance, at the very least, for companies that offshore operations, like Cisco and scores of others; at worst, it will disrupt operations and dissolve profits. Obama is proposing the U.S. tax the offshore profits of U.S. companies to raise over $200 billion. May Giveaways Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet are collectively giving away books on Google Apps Deciphered, the CCNA Security exam, an awesome SQL Server 2005/2008 training video and the grand prize, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500. Deadline for entries May 31. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. |
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