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	Cisco promises to open source Telepresence Interoperability Protocol Cisco Subnet blog: Cisco announced that it has completed its $3.4 billion acquisition of Tandberg. To celebrate, Cisco promised to open source the protocol that allows third-parties to create add-ons for Telepresence. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Live Security Panel – April 28th Join us on April 28th for a live virtual event that will provide candid, expert advice on top security challenges and issues – all from the comfort of your desktop. Get in on the discussion - from the unique challenges presented by cloud computing and virtualization to the mass adoption of social media. Attend and you may win a Kindle! In this Issue Juniper attempts to lure new customers with the old switcheroo It's Virtually Pain-Free: Netflow and Cisco's Nexus 1000V Is Network Security a Dead End Career? Interop 2010 Layer 3 Topologies for CCNP Prep McAfee Mishap: give them a break What would happen if Microsoft and Cisco took over? Hitachi, Microsoft joins ranks of those selling the "Cisco-less" data center Cisco's move to open-source its Telepresence is genius From Cisco Subnet WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. Juniper attempts to lure new customers with the old switcheroo Cisco Subnet blog: Juniper Networks announced a program to discount its EX Series branch offices switches by about 60 percent for new customers trading in old gear from "legacy" suppliers. Read More It's Virtually Pain-Free: Netflow and Cisco's Nexus 1000V Mike Thompson: Plixar's Mike Patterson gives us a tutorial on watching the bits fly by...virtually! Read More Is Network Security a Dead End Career? Jimmy Ray Purser: Hard to believe that I ever thought I would be sitting here wondering about the state of security as a viable career path. But lately I have been noticing a few things. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Interop 2010 Jon Oltsik: Like the RSA Security conference in March, Interop will likely offer non-stop hyperbole about all things related to cloud computing. Nevertheless, I expect a lot of additional and very useful dialogue around some other topics, too. Read More Layer 3 Topologies for CCNP Prep Wendell Odom: When it comes to CCNP prep, what do you really need in your lab? I'm not talking about what would be nice to have, or handy, or useful once in a while. Read More McAfee Mishap: give them a break Jon Oltsik: McAfee customers are understandably angry. Systems went off line resulting in lost productivity for users and major firefighting for IT. Read More E-GUIDE: BlackBerry Expert Guide: Crafting a Secure Mobility Strategy Securing mobile data in transit and at rest is a top IT concern. This eGuide offers expert advice on simplifying management and security of smartphones, improved fail-over for DR and control of enterprise application downloads and permissions. Read now and download a free license of BlackBerry Enterprise Express to manage up to 75 users. Read Now. What would happen if Microsoft and Cisco took over? Scott Honeycutt: What would happen if Microsoft and Cisco joined forces to rule the technology world and became the only technologies to be used. Read More Hitachi, Microsoft joins ranks of those selling the "Cisco-less" data center Microsoft Subnet blog: At the Microsoft Management Summit this week, Hitachi Data Systems demonstrated its soon-to-be released competitor to Cisco's Unified Computing System. Read More Cisco's move to open-source its Telepresence is genius Amy Vernon: Though Cisco was simply fulfilling a legal requirement when it announced this week it would release the code behind its Telepresence Interoperability Protocol as open source, it struck some as good business sense. 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 news, blogs, discussion items and giveaways. Follow Cisco Subnet on Twitter @ciscosubnet 15 copies of CompTIA A+ study kits up for grabs. Read More
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