Cisco rival Brocade stabilizing its Ethernet biz

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	Cisco rival Brocade stabilizing its Ethernet biz Brocade's IP/Ethernet business appears to be stabilizing in its second quarter, according to a bulletin issued this week by investment firm Oppenheimer & Co. Based on interviews with 25 channel partners in the US and Europe, 80% believe Brocade remains competitive in IP/Ethernet and positive on the company's position despite disappointing first quarter sales. Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Cloud-Managed WiFi Learn how cloud-managed wireless access points can be self-configured and centrally managed over the web, provide secured access for employees and guests, be scalable for networks of all sizes, and provide a cost savings of up to 50% over traditional solutions. Click here. In this Issue The Grill: Padmasree Warrior CCIE Lab Changes, Deep vs. Wide 2010, and Other Shorts Another Security "Must Read" Lead times continue to plague Cisco 15 cloud companies to watch WHITE PAPER: BeyondTrust BeyondTrust 2009 Microsoft Vulnerability Analysis The results show that despite unpredictable and evolving attacks companies can greatly reduce risk, experience greater protection from zero-day threats and reduce the threat from vulnerabilities by removing administrator rights. Learn More The Grill: Padmasree Warrior Padmasree Warrior, chief technology officer at Cisco Systems Inc., joined the tech giant in 2007 after 23 years at Motorola Inc., where she held a number of positions, including CTO. An advocate for women and minorities in engineering fields, Warrior was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2007. No stranger to social media, Warrior has 1.4 million Twitter followers. And while her company might be better known for providing routing and switching for the largest organizations on the planet, Cisco has also invested in technologies that fit in your pocket, including the popular Flip line of video cameras. Warrior talked about Cisco's strategy, and why the company is betting on video. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! CCIE Lab Changes, Deep vs. Wide 2010, and Other Shorts We've been pushing through this rather long series on how to build a CCNP lab, and we're about half way through. It seemed like a good time for a week off from the lab details for some other topics. Long story short, I came up with a bunch of small things, so hopefully there's something for everyone. Today, a ramble: from CCIE lab changes, to the broad vs. deep discussion, some cool IOS CLI tips, and... Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! Another Security "Must Read" After finishing Joseph Menn's book, "Fatal System Error," a few months ago, I blogged about the book's value. This is a no-nonsense profile of the world of cybercrime that anyone associated with cybersecurity policy or practice should read. I've heard similar things about Richard Clarke's new book, "Cyberwar," and am awaiting the shipment of my copy soon. Read More Lead times continue to plague Cisco Or, put another way, When a customer asks for POE, Cisco says… Sorry. Customer says… HP? (see http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/60059) There is no real end in sight for Cisco's supply chain problems. Customers have been waiting months for some of their most common products. And now, right when market demand is truly inflecting, with a resurgence in both spending and optimism,... Read More 15 cloud companies to watch Innovative vendors offering ways to make the transition to a cloud-based world less daunting Read More
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