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	Next phase of Cisco's Borderless Networks coming up Next week, Cisco is unveiling the "next phase" of its Borderless Networks strategy. The first phase was launched last October with the introduction of the ISR G2 branch routers, which are optimized for video and virtual services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performanc This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now In this Issue Penetration Test: Cisco's driving new markets and we all go along for the ride. Six Long-awaited satellite projects eye the sky Will Google Tip the Scale Toward OpenID? Cisco helps drive "record" Q4 SAN mkt. Cisco 9A5 emerges Cisco ASA Version 8.3 The Rise of Free -- and Fake -- Antivirus Software Slainte! Five St. Patricks Day apps for your iPhone 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. Penetration Test: Cisco's driving new markets and we all go along for the ride. It's no secret that the center of Cisco's business development strategy is M&A (mergers & acquisitions). Over the past decade, 2000-2009, they acquired 89 firms, (two of which they already had majority control over) across both the enterprise and consumer markets. Read More Six Long-awaited satellite projects eye the sky Hot satellites to beam superior GPS, communications bandwidth 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 Will Google Tip the Scale Toward OpenID? Last week, Google announced that it will support OpenID as a Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity standard in its Apps Marketplace. For the most part, this announcement flew under the radar of most people but it may be far more significant than a simple technology integration play for several reasons: 1. OpenID is an industry standard with good but not great support. With Google's muscle, OpenID... Read More Cisco helps drive "record" Q4 SAN mkt. The FibreChannel SAN market grew a record 15% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to Dell'Oro Group. Both the FibreChannel Switch and Host Bus Adapter segments of the market posted large increases, the firm found. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sunbelt Software ITIC Research Paper: VIPRE Takes Bite out of Bloatware The remedy to bloatware is a better, more efficient and economical product that is specifically engineered to scan, detect and remove myriad security threats without impacting performance. Read this white paper to learn how a new antivirus technology platform reduces bloat and high resource usage. Learn More Cisco 9A5 emerges Colleague Paul McNamara reports over on his Buzzblog that the director of the VPN Consortium has dug up some old schematics on some Cisco hardware from the days of Charles Lindbergh. It's worth a look and a trip down memory lane...As McNamara notes... Read More Cisco ASA Version 8.3 Last week Cisco recently released the latest version of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 firmware Version 8.3(1). It has been about 6 months since release 8.2(1) was released and a lot of effort has gone into this latest version. There are several new features and several enhancements with this new version that you are likely to take advantage of. This article covers the new features... Read More The Rise of Free -- and Fake -- Antivirus Software With the tremendous growth in malware. identity theft, and on-line scams, you'd think that every PC owner in the world would make Internet security software a "must have" before connecting to the Internet. Unfortunately, this assumption is dead wrong. Believe it or not, lots of industry research indicates two huge misconceptions still exist: 1. Many users believe that all of the public media... Read More Slainte! Five St. Patricks Day apps for your iPhone Read More
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