How to cut network expenses Trimming network redundancy at the University of Connecticut's School of Business was certainly not COO Michael Vertefeuille's first choice to save money. However, as the college faces a 10% budget shortfall this year, falling on the heels of last year's 5% cutback, he's had to dig deep. Unleveling the Playing Field - Bad News for Cellular Customers I had a briefing with a new industry trade association on Friday that really gave me pause - and a lot of concern - about the nature of services that the carriers will offer as we transition from 3G to 4G. I don't want to overreact here, but it may be time, once again, for the policymakers and regulators to think about doing their jobs. PC makers show off two more netbooks running Android Two more netbooks running a version of Android have materialized in "unannounced" preview machines. One of the Android-based laptops was an unannounced version of Asustek Computer's Eee PC, while the other was a prototype by contract hardware maker Compal Electronics. These two join Dell. About two weeks ago, Dell showed off a prototype version of its Mini 10v using Android Cupcake. Cisco founder wants to go faster, farther Cisco founder Len Bosack can't wait to get to 200G. But it seems he might be alone in his anxiety. SaaS Benefits Governments Big and Small SaaS helps a small town during emergencies. Bing Goes Live, Some Bloggers Shocked to Find Porn Microsoft's new search engine Bing is now live, two days ahead of schedule, available for anyone to use. The world has already been taking the latest search engine for a test drive to see what they think of the successor to Live Search. So far the general consensus is Bing has a lot of interesting and helpful features to help improve your search experience like help finding airfares on the results page, instant answers to common questions, quick previews of Web content and more reliable health information. Broadband CFO pleads guilty to cooking the books A former chief financial officer and vice president of finance for Enron Broadband Services (EBS) has pleaded guilty to falsifying books and records for the defunct telecommunications division of the failed energy company. Forget Five-9s – Go for 100%! The criticality of networks is constantly increasing as the applications that utilize the infrastructure grow in importance. Instead of striving for five-9s of reliability (99.999%) why not just aim for 100% availability because that is what the requirements dictate. That begs the question, how would you design a data network if the goal was to achieve 100% availability? CCNA Security Job Market Well our time together this month is nearly over. I hope you have enjoyed the postings and that they have in some way either inspired or assisted you with your CCNA Security studies. Given the end goal of obtaining a new certification for many is to either gain employment or advancement, I thought I would focus this final post on the CCNA Security “job market”, if you will. |
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