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	Cisco CEO Chambers: 'I did not want to compete against IBM and HP' Cisco CEO John Chambers on how the company is dealing with a whole slew of new partners and competitors 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's John Chambers answers his critics: What premium pricing? Cisco CEO says public and private clouds are what networking is all about Remembering the Cisco 9A5 FBI: Internet fraud losses more than doubled in 2009 Cyber ShockWave Illustrates Why the Federal Government Must Lead the Cybersecurity Charge Hosted VOIP Needs QoS Cisco tries to expand video calling with IME WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers According to the Robert Francis Group, power efficiency will be the number one issue for IT executives for the next decade, at least. Fortunately, the combination of IBM BladeCenter Systems with the new Intel® XeonÒ 5500 Series processors provide the best combination of value, performance, and reliability. Download the white paper to see how. Read More Cisco's John Chambers answers his critics: What premium pricing? Cisco CEO John Chambers addresses competitors' criticism of premium pricing, proprietary technology and circumventing IT when necessary. Read More Cisco CEO says public and private clouds are what networking is all about Cisco CEO John Chambers addresses competitors' criticism of premium pricing, proprietary technology and circumventing IT when necessary. Read More E-BOOK: Sybase 5 Key Mobile Management Must-Dos Discover the five steps you can take to realize comprehensive management of your mobile environment. This IDG Playbook will guide your strategy for managing and securing your booming mobile environment, regardless of the variety of hardware and operating systems. Read More Now Remembering the Cisco 9A5 Paul Hoffman, director of the VPN Consortium and an IETF regular, recently posted an item to his private blog that begins: Some early Cisco hardware I recently received the technical specs and schematics for the Cisco model 9A5. The Internet community might benefit from seeing the internals of this hardware, and I didn't see them online anywhere else. The hardware certainly seems more primitive than... Read More FBI: Internet fraud losses more than doubled in 2009 The Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual wide-ranging look at Internet crime found that online crime is indeed paying off - for the criminals as it cost users $559.7 million, up from $265 million in 2008. Read More WEBCAST: St. Bernard Get the Instruments You Need to Become an IT Security Hero This online demo shows how you can quickly bullet-proof your internet security with the new iPrism 6.4 web filter, and you'll be entered to win one of the hottest music video games! Learn more Cyber ShockWave Illustrates Why the Federal Government Must Lead the Cybersecurity Charge Last week I wrote a blog suggesting that IT professionals and legislators read the new book, "Fatal System Error," by Joseph Menn. This recommendation was based on my believe that most people don't understand the scope of sophistication of current cyber threats and we need more government and private sector action and cooperation immediately. Read More Hosted VOIP Needs QoS MegaPath, Inc. announced the release of its Duet hosted IP-PBX. The offering, aimed at SMBs (both single and multiple locations) is delivered over its fully managed MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN). It includes either T1 or Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) access service, with Ethernet coming soon. Solutions such as this help customers avoid having to add access capacity, as hosted solutions... Read More Cisco tries to expand video calling with IME Cisco Systems plans to extend unified communications beyond individual enterprises, introducing a new appliance and a protocol that the company hopes will become an industry standard. Read More
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