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	Angry employees tattling on companies that violate software licenses In a tough economy, disgruntled or fired employees are reporting their companies' questionable software licensing practices and exposing a culture of widespread software piracy. (Free registration required) Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Transition smoothly to IPv6 with Cisco. - Preserve: Continue to use existing IPv4 investments while determining how and when to fully adopt IPv6 standards - Prepare: Position your organization for growth with architectural designs, IPv6-ready technology solutions, and certifications - Prosper: Expand innovation and productivity by smoothly transitioning to the global IPv6 customer base >Learn More In this Issue 6 cool things learned from the National Broadband Map The Tablets of MWC 2011: Watch Your Back, Apple Cisco lost share in routing in Q4 Are customers getting the best of Cisco and causing its downturn in margins? IT execs at RSA extol virtues of cloud computing, with familiar caveats FBI: Web-based services hurting wiretapping efforts Video: Obama meets Jobs, Zuckerberg, others in Silicon Valley Cisco, Juniper mobilize in Barcelona Novell shareholders approve sale to Attachmate Do you want competitors telling the world what's wrong with your product? WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation Maximizing UPS Availability This white paper explains why, contrary to popular belief, modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. Read now! 6 cool things learned from the National Broadband Map Now that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has launched its National Broadband Map, it's time to comb through the data to see what we can learn about broadband in the United States. Read More The Tablets of MWC 2011: Watch Your Back, Apple Mobile World Congress 2011 was the launchpad for tablets from tech heavyweights LG, Samsung, HTC, Toshiba, Acer, and ViewSonic. Here is a roundup of what debuted. Read More Cisco lost share in routing in Q4 Cisco lost share in edge and core service provider routing in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to this video clip from TheStreet.com. TheStreet.com doesn't cite the source of its information but based on Cisco's Q2 performance and Q3 guidance, as well as analyst diagnosis of current and recent quarterly trends, it just may be the case. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial Are customers getting the best of Cisco and causing its downturn in margins? In the never-ending game of discounts, customers seem to be winning and winning big.Cisco's eroding margins has been a hot topic for discussion in many circles, particularly between partners and customers. Since the Cisco stock conference call and its Q2 results announcement, many people have spoken up on the margins and profit loss. Read More IT execs at RSA extol virtues of cloud computing, with familiar caveats Deciding to move enterprise data into cloud-computing environments is still a decision fraught with anxiety over security, as well as operational and legal issues, say IT managers, but the prospect of cost savings and ability to "burst" data into the cloud during peak periods is proving irresistible. Read More FBI: Web-based services hurting wiretapping efforts Web-based services are frustrating law enforcement agency's ability to have real-time wiretaps, an FBI lawyer says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Introducing Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) is an emerging technology that will revolutionize the way data center networks are architected and how they function. Read Now. Video: Obama meets Jobs, Zuckerberg, others in Silicon Valley U.S. President Barack Obama was in Silicon Valley on Thursday night to meet a handful of the biggest names in the tech industry. Read More Cisco, Juniper mobilize in Barcelona Lost amid the scrutinization of Cisco's Q2 financials and the upheaval they exposed were significant product announcements by the company and rival Juniper at the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona this week. Read More Novell shareholders approve sale to Attachmate Novell's shareholders have approved the sale of the company to Attachmate for about US$2.2 billion, although the deal depends on Novell getting approval to sell hundreds of patents to a consortium led by Microsoft. Read More Do you want competitors telling the world what's wrong with your product? At the RSA Conference 2011 continuing today in San Francisco, exhibitors try all sorts of ways to get attention, especially from reporters. One intriguing approach came from BeyondTrust, a provider of software that controls what apps employees can use on the corporate network. Read More
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