Cisco, others, sued for patent infringement over IPTV; Ex-Cisco engineer Randall out at Brocade

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	Cisco, others, sued for patent infringement over IPTV Cisco Subnet introduces our newest blogger, Michael Thompson. He writes: Thomas Simonian is not tilting against windmills in this Illinois district court. He brought a shotgun, and one of his targets on February 25 was Cisco Systems, along with six other corporations, accusing them all of patent infringement. Read More WHITE PAPER: Force10 Data Center Optimization Strategies Enhance the efficiency of your data center by improving power and cooling. Learn the strategies you can use to refine power efficiency, thereby boosting your TCO and lowering your budget. Read More In this Issue Ex-Cisco engineer Randall out at Brocade STP Lab Part II – Recalling All the Ways to Tweak the STP Topology IBM's Air Force Cloud: A worthwhile project Net Neutrality for Dummies Flipping for Cisco Cisco Announcement: More than the CRS-3 Post-Cisco CRS-3: What's Next? Cisco announcement follows Juniper, Verizon 100GE trial Fatal System Error: A MUST read for IT professionals, legislators, and law enforcement Sorry to say good-bye From Cisco Subnet WHITE PAPER: Websense Websense Security Labs State of Internet Security 2H09 Do you know just how adept Web adversaries have become in using the Internet to spread malware in their attacks? Understand where the true threats lie with this report which summarizes the significant findings of Websense researchers using the ThreatSeeker™ Network during the six-month period ending December 2009. Learn More Ex-Cisco engineer Randall out at Brocade Cisco Subnet blog: Ex-Cisco router engineer Marc Randall is out as Brocade's senior VP of Products following the company's disappointing quarter in Ethernet switching. Read More STP Lab Part II – Recalling All the Ways to Tweak the STP Topology Wendell Odom: CCNA requires that you understand various ways to tweak the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) topology. CCNP SWITCH requires that you master those features, plus other more advanced STP tools. Read More IBM's Air Force Cloud: A worthwhile project Jon Oltsik: In early February, IBM announced that it is working with the U.S. Air Force to design and develop a "mission-oriented cloud architecture for cyber security. 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 Net Neutrality for Dummies Michael Morris: Almost 5-years ago, I was sitting at a dinner in Las Vegas for Cisco's West Coast customers during Cisco Networkers. I made the case that I hadn't actually seen any problem yet as described by Net Neutrality. Read More Flipping for Cisco Cisco Subnet blog: Cisco is readying new Flip cameras, according to the blogosphere. Read More Cisco Announcement: More than the CRS-3 Jon Oltsik: Cisco is getting a lot of flack for billing its announcement as something that will "change the Internet forever." The router alone won't change the Internet but the underlying architecture? That's different. Read More WHITE PAPER: Actuate Selecting the Right Reporting Technology Today, dynamic reports have emerged as the most visual, widely used and impactful part of enterprise applications. In order to increase the usability and value of applications, ISVs must embed a technology into their products to add rich, interactive, Web 2.0 reporting and analytics to attract and retain customers. Learn more! Post-Cisco CRS-3: What's Next? Cisco Subnet blog: There's a tab on the Cisco site for next-generation Internet initiatives labeled "Mobile Internet." It suggests pretty strongly that this is the next phase of Cisco's "forever change the Internet" product rollout plan. Read More Cisco announcement follows Juniper, Verizon 100GE trial Cisco Subnet blog: Did Juniper attempt to steal Cisco's thunder again? Rival Juniper this week announced some 100G progress of its own. Read More Fatal System Error: A MUST read for IT professionals, legislators, and law enforcement Jon Oltsik: When I left home for the RSA Conference last Monday, I was already aware of the types of cyber threats we are up against. After speaking with security research leaders from Bluecoat, Symantec, and Trend at RSA, I am even more convinced that we are way behind the enemy and need to react quickly. Read More Sorry to say good-bye The editors here at Network World are sorry to say good-bye to Brad Reese and his popular On Cisco blog. 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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