Does Cisco need to pick its security battlefront?

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	Does Cisco need to pick its security battlefront? Jon Oltsik: In general, I admire Cisco, but I'm not sure where it is going with security. I've written a few blogs about flat revenue, changing agendas, and product commitments in the past that I'm sure haven't played well in San Jose. The pushback I tend to get is that Cisco builds security into all of its products so individual security products aren't the right thing to focus on. Hmm, this may be so but in my humble opinion Cisco is fighting on two fronts and right now it can't win on either one. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. 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Learn more Cisco and Valley diverge on tech recovery Cisco Subnet: A report released this week by Silicon Valley nonprofits poured water on the notion shared by Cisco CEO John Chambers that tech might lead the recovery from the recession. Read More Cisco will be happy to hear that FCoE will drive adapter market Cisco Subnet: In a development we're sure Cisco will welcome, Dell'Oro Group found that FibreChannel over Ethernet will be a "major growth contributor" to the FibreChannel Host Bus Adapter and Ethernet adapter markets. Read More House Cybersecurity Bill Passes Jon Oltsik: Congress passed the Federal Data Breach Bill (H.R. 2221) earlier this year and just last week the House passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act. 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Read More The New ROUTE exam: More Difficult than the Old BSCI? Wendell Odom: The ROUTE exam looks a little narrower at first glance - quite a trick if you consider that it's moved from a 5-day BSCI course to a 5 day ROUTE course plus 7.5 hours of e-learning. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Cisco comes under more data center fire Cisco Subnet: More shots are being fired at Cisco in the data center. BLADE Network Technologies, perhaps Cisco's closest competitor in data center switching, this week unveiled its Unified Fabric Architecture. Read More The second-annual "The Larry Awards" for Best Interop Products and Presentation Larry Chaffin: Last year I introduced "The Larry Awards" for the best product presentation at Interop. This year, I plan to expand the awards. Read More Cisco IP phones praised in email to Sarah Palin Brad Reese: Praise was offered over the installation of new Cisco IP Phones in the Alaska Governor's Mansion. Read More People May Be the Weakest Link in the Server Virtualization Chain Jon Oltsik: A lack of virtualization skills prevents companies from using virtualization more, an informal poll found. Read More From Cisco Subnet This is Network World's Cisco Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Cisco Subnet, your daily source for Cisco news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Read More
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