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	Cisco, HP rift grows HP has sided with Polycom in videoconferencing as the fissure with Cisco grows even wider. HP had relationships with both Polycom and Tandberg, which is being acquired by Cisco, but decided to move forward with Polycom only. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Server Virtualization: Breaking Performance Barriers Server virtualization reduces cost, increases availability and enhances business agility. But for many companies, a focus only on cost reduction can become a problem. Download this HP white paper to learn how to reap virtualization's additional benefits, including built-in, cost-effective high availability & disaster recovery. Learn More In this Issue Cisco wins the dry pee pee award Force10 offers competing data center plan to Cisco's Health care bill, networking and security Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries Ethernet switches, routers, Wi-Fi on the upswing FBI Leader's Strong Words About Cybercrime Lessons learned from a long IT career WHITE PAPER: Ipswitch The Value of Network Monitoring Even the most knowledgeable and capable network administrator is only as good as the network information that is visible, and that he or she can manage and act on. Administrators need to know what's happening on their networks at all times, and as this paper explains, that's where network monitoring comes in. Read now. Cisco wins the dry pee pee award Cisco is receiving an award for dry pee pee. The company's water conservation efforts, which include the campuswide installation of waterless urinals in San Jose, are being recognized locally in the Silicon Valley. Read More Force10 offers competing data center plan to Cisco's Force10 is pitching an alternative to Cisco's data center automation approach that the company says builds on the principle's of Ockham's Razor -- that "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity." Force10 prefers to automate data center operations through easily accessible scripting languages and partnerships that tie its network to the existing data center operations -- not the other way around.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Virtela Overcoming Single Provider MPLS Limitations Frost & Sullivan review the limitations associated with a single-provider approach to MPLS networks and its impact on the enterprise. They then examine Virtela's Global Service Fabric - a multi-carrier network approach that provides a best-of-breed global MPLS network solution. Read More! Health care bill, networking and security In 2009, the Federal government passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). The HITECH act invests $17 billion in information technology infrastructure and Medicare and Medicaid incentives to encourage doctors to adopt technologies for Electronic Health Records (EHR) and then elextronically share health data. The act also strengthens Federal privacy and... Read More Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries In the past month or so there has been a plethora of wicked cool discoveries coming from NASA satellites and space-watching missions across the globe. Never-before-seen photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Mars moon Phobos, black hole formation and a new exoplanet are just a few of the amazing images. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Top Five Benefits of Video Conferencing From obvious benefits, like reduced travel costs, to a few less apparent advantages, see what Polycom customers, resellers and industry analysts are saying about the power of video conferencing. Read More Ethernet switches, routers, Wi-Fi on the upswing Sales of Ethernet switches, enterprise routers and wireless LAN equipment are expected to rise this year and beyond coming out of the recession, according to Infonetics Research. Read More FBI Leader's Strong Words About Cybercrime Here at the FOSE show in Washington DC, cybersecurity and cybercrime are a hot topic of conversation. I attended a keynote presentation by Steven R. Chabinsky, Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division of the FBI yesterday. Mr. Chabinsky did not soft sell cybersecurity and cybercrime, rather he described the current situation in very stark terms. First, he stated that cybercrime is one of the... Read More Lessons learned from a long IT career In a career that has, so far, spanned about 30 years, I've watched IP and networking change significantly over the years. A few readers have asked me about my background, pointing out that my glib biography posted to the right seems thin. Fair enough … the bio is thin, the experience is not. In part one, I documented my history beginning with my first encounter with a computer at age 7,... Read More
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