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	Cisco switching transition "poorly managed and timed" Investment firm assails execution of product turnover in Q2, expects share losses in 2011The product transition currently impacting Cisco's switching business was "poorly managed and timed" by the company, according to a bulletin issued this week by investment firm Oppenheimer & Co. As you recall, Cisco's switching business is down 7% in its fiscal second quarter, impacting profit margins and perhaps market share. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix XenServer Download Free XenServer XenServer is the only enterprise-ready, cloud-proven virtualization platform you don't have to pay for. With live migration, centralized multi-server management, and shared storage support, you can't afford not to try it! Click to continue In this Issue Dr. Kaha'i is no Colbert but this Cisco video is amusing all the same Dumbest tech marketing stunts of all time The WAN Road Ahead: Ethernet or Bust? Recent Annual Security Reports - Valuable Insight on Internet Threats Planet Venus set to get in the Moon's face Avaya extends 'private cloud' capabilities to campus networks Cisco's moment of truth 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 Dr. Kaha'i is no Colbert but this Cisco video is amusing all the same Animated YouTube video from Cisco for borderless network isn't your typical cartoonHere's an interesting new YouTube video from Cisco to sell Umi and it "borderless network" concept, discovered by our eagle-eye Multimedia Content Editor and Cool Tools columnist, Keith Shaw. The video is cute, the animation awesome and ... it's so convenient that the doctor had his password on a sticky note on the computer! AND the surfer dude seems to be a CCIE! Read More Dumbest tech marketing stunts of all time Two Dell employees last week put the maxim "There's no such thing as bad publicity" to the test after a hostage-themed marketing stunt focused on the Dell Streak tablet went about as badly as you'd expect. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Network Mgt: Simplify Complexity Join us for this webinar, featuring Jim Frey, Research Director from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and Heath Newburn, Program Director from IBM as they discuss Netcool's flexible solutions for a complex and dynamic IT environment. Learn More The WAN Road Ahead: Ethernet or Bust? wanOne of the key trends we've followed in our research is growing adoption of Ethernet as a WAN technology. Given Ethernet's dominance in the LAN, and the wreckage of Token Ring, FDDI, and ATM it left in its path, it stands to reason that Ethernet can do for the WAN what it did for the LAN, offer rapidly scalable bandwidth at a fraction of the cost of other technologies. So given that Ethernet WAN... Read More Recent Annual Security Reports - Valuable Insight on Internet Threats The latest vendor annual security reports share state of Internet security threatsIn the past I have written about annual security reports that many vendors and other organizations publish. We can learn a lot about the state of Internet security threats from the research that these reports share. The attackers share data among themselves so security practitioners also need to collaborate. There have been many new reports published since my last article on this subject. I wanted... Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Managing the Shift to Enterprise Private/Hybrid This report explores the readiness, deployment and operational controls of an internal/private cloud and hybrid approaches. We review adoption considerations; virtualization and cloud delivery of IT services impact as well as the challenges associated with data centers monitoring cloud services. Read now! Planet Venus set to get in the Moon's face Space show between Moon and Venus; NASA satellite set to launchWith all the talk lately about the recent monster solar flare and its impact on Earth, there are other things going on up there to make you gaze into space. Read More Avaya extends 'private cloud' capabilities to campus networks Avaya is taking its data center architecture to the enterprise campus, with the goal of creating "private clouds." Read More Cisco's moment of truth Cisco achieved a milestone in its most recent fiscal quarter, one with profound implications for the future of the company: Cisco made more money from its new products and services than it did from routers and switches. Read More
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