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	Together, Cisco and Juniper lost 10% of the worldwide router market in 2009 Network industry research firm - Infonetics, published this week its 2009 4th Quarter Service Provider Routers and Switches Forecast Report, revealing vendor market share standings for the quarter and 2009. According to Michael Howard - Infonetics co-founder and principal analyst: "The top two vendors in the service provider router space, Cisco and Juniper, together went from owning 69% of the... Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire A Holistic Approach to Compliance Makes Business Sense IT management has tremendous incentive to figure out a new, more effective and comprehensive approach to meeting information security and compliance goals. This webcast will explore those pain points, the solutions, and the best practices organizations should consider to make strategic information security an enabler of business value. Learn More! In this Issue Cisco-HP split may not be too painful for customers Want a job? Get a computer science degree Open Source Storage Options U.S. software engineer piloted plane in domestic terrorist attack on Austin, Texas Does McAfee's Sales Program Highlight A Morality Problem in the Cybersecurity Industry? U.S. software engineer piloted domestic terrorist attack on Austin, Texas 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-HP split may not be too painful for customers Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard probably won't force their mutual customers to take sides after the end of their partnership, though the vendors are deadly serious about competing against one another, analysts said on Friday. Read More Want a job? Get a computer science degree Here's a tip for incoming and current college students: If you want to have a high-paying job on graduation day, study computer science. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Escaping PCI Purgatory PCI compliance is a challenge for midsize and large companies alike, as there are four phases to meeting the PCI DSS requirements: assessment, remediation, compliance and maintenance. Read this white paper as IBM reveals five key 'sticking points' organizations have been facing on the path to PCI DSS compliance. Learn More Open Source Storage Options I have said it many times before in this and other forums that I believe data center technologies are THE career path to get in right now for the future. Especially, if your background is plumbing....routin' n switchin' Read More U.S. software engineer piloted plane in domestic terrorist attack on Austin, Texas Terrorist plane attacks are personal to Americans! And their especially personal to me, and why is that you may ask? Well, because during the Vietnam War I was fortunate to serve 2 years in the U.S. Army at The Pentagon and upon graduating college, I was fortunate to work in both World Trade Center Towers. These great buildings were my personal domain and I knew them like the back of my hand.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed WAN Optimization Can Multiply IT Efficiencies Data center consolidation, regulatory compliance and a more distributed environment are some of the IT initiatives making a comprehensive and robust disaster recovery plan more important than ever before. The Enterprise Strategy Group highlights trends in DR, the role of virtualization and the impact of WAN optimization. Learn more. Does McAfee's Sales Program Highlight A Morality Problem in the Cybersecurity Industry? In order to steal accounts from archrival Symantec, McAfee cooked up a new sales campaign recently called, "Bring McAfee to the Game." The description of the program which seems to pivot off the upcoming World Cup Soccer tournament reads as follows: "McAfee will pay partner sales reps $100 USD just for telling us about a Symantec 250+ node endpoint security renewal opportunity. Offer valid... Read More U.S. software engineer piloted domestic terrorist attack on Austin, Texas Terrorist plane attacks are personal to Americans! And their especially personal to me, and why is that you may ask? Well, because during the Vietnam War I was fortunate to serve 2 years in the U.S. Army at The Pentagon and upon graduating college, I was fortunate to work in both World Trade Center Towers. These great buildings were my personal domain and I knew them like the back of my hand.... Read More
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