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Cisco study: Not so fast on Borderless Networks
Most employees feel they don't need to be in the office but many lack the discipline, responsibilityNow I can say to my bosses, 'See? I told you so!' In results of a survey released this week, Cisco found that 60% of workers around the world believe that they do not need to be in the office anymore to be productive. Chalk one up for us telecommuters. Cisco also found that these proponents feel so strongly about telecommuting that they would choose lower paying jobs that allowed them to work remotely... Read More


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8 Criteria for Server Load Balancing
Server load balancers are a simple yet highly effective means to scale an application environment while ensuring its availability. Today's solutions should also address application performance and security. Read about the top eight criteria you should consider when choosing a server load balancer and how Citrix NetScaler meets those requirements. Read now!

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Next Wave of Growth for Unified Communications
Today's enterprise is undergoing a significant transformation, moving toward becoming a true Anywhere Enterprise®—a company where the workers can access any information from any device over any network. Enterprise mobility has been a crucial component in kicking off the evolutionary process. Learn More

Cloud Computing? We Still Haven't Mastered Server Virtualization!
ESG data reveals basic consolidation, not data center transformationAccording to ESG Research, only 7% of the large mid-market (i.e. 500-1000 employees) and enterprise (i.e. 1,000 employees or more) are not using server virtualization technology and have no plans to do so. Alternatively, 61% are using server virtualization technology extensively in test/development AND production environments. Read More

Cisco Aims to Change the Game with a Ironport Hosted Email Security Offering
Solution includes dedicated hardware in the cloud for anti-spam/virus/malware, DLP, email encryption/tracking/authentication/reporting and a kitchen sink tooCisco jumped into the cloud based hosted email security business with little fanfare about a year ago. Since then it has quietly built out its hosted email security offering to the point where it is now a major player in this space. Sometimes it is better to be late to the game I suppose, it lets you learn from others mistakes. It seems that Cisco Ironport may have done exactly that but I'll let... Read More


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Taking NAC Beyond its Origins
Few customers of network access control (NAC) use it for what it was intended, preferring instead to deploy the security technology to keep guests and contractors away from corporate production networks. Read now.

Cisco Announces Changes to CCNP Security
Voted Number 1 Future Technology Area in a Survey of CCIEsCisco announced changes to the CCNP Security certification track today, in addition to the big changes to CCNA and CCNP Voice. (Yes, Cisco is changing the name from CCSP to CCNP Security.) At first glance, the changes almost seem minor - no changes to CCNA Security, still four exams, with names that look like the same topics as the old CCSP. Cisco claims the associated courses have changed quite a... Read More

QoS Lab 8 - Low Latency Queuing
This video demonstrates the configuration of Low Latency Queuing on a Cisco router.In our previous video, we configured CB-WFQ to give different amounts of bandwidth to different classes of traffic. However, something that CB-WFQ lacks is a priority queue, out of which priority traffic can be sent first. Fortunately Low Latency Queuing (LLQ) adds a priority queue to CB-WFQ, and traffic placed in that priority queue can be sent first, up to a point. You see, in addition to guaranteeing... Read More


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Managing a Global Wireless LAN-Best Practices from Intel IT
In this webinar, Intel IT explains how they overcame challenges associated with managing their global WLAN across 150 Intel sites in 63 countries, supporting more than 45k simultaneous users every day. Intel highlights best practices for managing a global WLAN and how they cut support costs. Learn more!

HP No. 2 to Cisco in Ethernet port shipments
Overtakes D-Link in Q2, according to In-StatBy acquiring 3Com, HP solidified its position as the No. 2 vendor in Ethernet switching revenue behind Cisco. It is also now the No. 2 vendor in port shipments, surpassing D-Link, according to market researcher In-Stat. Read More

How to Stretch VLANs Between Multiple Physical Data Centers – Part 1
There and Back Again With 802.1q, EoMPLS, VPLS and OTVNow that we have sorted out how to scale our intra data center L2 networks let's explore the acronym soup of Data Center Interconnect (DCI). This is quickly becoming one of the most frequent conversations I have with customers as they are under increased pressure to stretch VLANs between physical facilities. At face value this doesn't sound that hard does it? We can simply implement a native 802.1q... Read More

A Cisco IPhone app that is worth sharing
An app I stumbeled upon that looks promisingA small diversion from my usual tech posting, but I thought this will be a helpful knowledge for other Cisco professionals. While searching the app store for something else, I stumbeled upon this app which was described as: Cisco iPhone Application. Uncover a new way to interact with Cisco. The Cisco application for iPhone allows you to: • Get the latest news and promotional offers. ... Read More

CCVP Cisco Certification UPDATED to CCNP Voice
6 New/Updated ClassesCisco has announced considerable changes related to various professional level certification programs today. The Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) has been renamed to CCNP Voice. The CCIP certification has been renamed to CCNP Service Provider, and the CCSP has been renamed to CCNP Security. Global Knowledge will be updating all of their course offerings to align to the new CCNP Voice certification.... Read More



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