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	Partners convene amid Cisco transition New Orleans summit with channel allies comes at inflection point for company After a week of vacation to ski and celebrate my daughter's 8th birthday, I'll be blogging this week from the Cisco Partner Summit in New Orleans. This is an annual confab of Cisco and its authorized reseller, channel and go-to-market allies, a rally of sorts to ensure everyone is singing from the same hymnal. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks Portable Network Tools - Selection Guide Trying to solve a specific network problem? Not sure which tool can help? Fluke Networks removes the guesswork with its new interactive tool selection guide. Learn how to troubleshoot common wired or wireless network issues. View our online selection guide and enter to win one of seven network tools! In this Issue Virtualization is a process, not a destination. If it were a destination, would it be called vNerd Island? vGeek Paradise? Virtualization What I Like About Juniper's QFabric Ethernet vendors Overture, Hatteras to merge NASA recruiting sponsors for new high-tech competitions The push is on to cut 100G Ethernet's price Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard Software Compare Web Filters, Enter to win an iPad View this demo of iPrism Web Filter and learn why throughput speeds of up to 100+ Mbps, anti-virus protection, and seamless Active Directory/Terminal Services integration and reporting included at no charge has made iPrism the appliance-based choice for organizations of all sizes. Learn More Virtualization is a process, not a destination. If it were a destination, would it be called vNerd Island? vGeek Paradise? A New Beginning. A Journey Into the Flourishing Paradise of Virtualization Nirvana. This is my first blog in a new technology area that I've been very involved with over the past year. I've worked my way into the promised land of virtualization in the process of achieving the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and VMware Certified Instructor (VCI). This is my first blog out of many future blogs in which my role will be that of virtualization enthusiast. I hope you enjoy the... Read More Virtualization This is my first blog in a new technology area that I've been very involved with over the past year. I've worked my way into the promised land of virtualization in the process of achieving the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and VMware Certified Instructor (VCI). This is my first blog out of many future blogs in which my role will be that of virtualization enthusiast. I hope you enjoy the... Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent The future with an Application Fluent Network See how an Alcatel-Lucent Application Fluent Network can help you build a high performing, low complexity converged network. No matter what industry you're in, get the performance you need to meet your growing network demands. Learn more What I Like About Juniper's QFabric Innovative switching architecture a potential game-changerEver since I first heard about Juniper's "Project Stratus" about 2 years ago, I've been poking around to get more details about this top secret initiative. Despite many glasses of red wine, my Juniper contacts remained silent but I did get a few hints at the project from some big Juniper customers. Last week Juniper finally gave some details last week while I was skiing the icy slopes of Vermont... Read More Ethernet vendors Overture, Hatteras to merge Overture Networks and Hatteras Networks, both privately held vendors of carrier Ethernet equipment, have agreed to merge in a deal with undisclosed financial terms. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Turning Product Development into Competitive Advantage Explore smarter products and discover some best practices that business can employ to build smarter products and drive innovative technologies. Click to Continue NASA recruiting sponsors for new high-tech competitions NASA gearing up for more Centennial Challenges Organizing, managing, running and paying for a high-tech competition, especially the kind NASA typically offers can be an expensive proposition. Read More The push is on to cut 100G Ethernet's price Less than a year after 100-Gigabit Ethernet was standardized, an industry group is considering a set of specifications that might make the high-speed technology less expensive and more useful. Read More Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company's product line toward mobile device and application access, availability and management support. Read More
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