Cisco changes business structure; Cisco's Android CIUS tablet available May 31

	Cisco's Android CIUS tablet available May 31 | Cisco restructures, streamlines operations
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	Cisco changes business structure Jim Duffy: Cisco whacked away at its business structure, including the management councils that have been criticized for slowing decision making and execution. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Solving the Top 4 Network Management Challenges 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 In this Issue Cisco's Android CIUS tablet available May 31 Cisco restructures, streamlines operations Note to John Chambers: Cut Your Marketing Budget by 25% Can you build profitable public clouds out of enterprise tech? Sony PlayStation: Sophisticated Attack or Insecure Software? Cloud drives Cisco to open source Man sentenced to prison for defrauding Cisco Visit Cisco Subnet for more daily news, blogs WEBCAST: Cisco Implementing Virtualization-Enabled Collaboration Date: May 11th, 2011; Time: 2 PM EST This webcast will examine the challenges that IT organizations face when deploying desktop virtualization technologies and collaboration tools, and offer strategies for addressing implementing a robust, virtual desktop environment that fosters successful collaboration. Learn more Cisco's Android CIUS tablet available May 31 Julie Bort: Cisco's long-awaited enterprise CIUS tablet will be available on May 31 to select resellers from Tech Data, the distributor announced on Thursday. Read More Cisco restructures, streamlines operations Responding to criticism of its management structure after consecutive quarters of uninspiring performance, Cisco this week restructured operations. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Capitalizing on the Software Asset Management Imperative Managing software assets—or Software Asset Management (SAM)—and associated costs have once again risen as a high priority for IT, and rightfully so. Software licenses represent a significant part of IT's budget and offer an opportunity for substantial expense reduction at a time when cutting costs and optimizing investments are so critical. Read now Note to John Chambers: Cut Your Marketing Budget by 25% Jon Oltsik: Cisco just announced a major restructuring. On the surface, it seems like Cisco is talking a very complex management structure and making it a tad less complex. Read More Can you build profitable public clouds out of enterprise tech? Douglas Gourlay: If I were to play buzzword bingo today I'd really like to have the words Cloud, Fabric, OpenFlow, API, and Stack lined up - I would be sure to win in any vendor briefing in the first 42 seconds of the meeting. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies How to Maximize IT Protection and Minimize Downtime No matter how you define a disaster, you need a strategy that provides protection, fast recovery and high availability of your systems, applications and data. Attend this webcast to learn about disaster recovery best practices and the wide range of technologies available to protect your organization. Learn More Sony PlayStation: Sophisticated Attack or Insecure Software? Jon Oltsik: In spite of the fact that RSA Security and Epsilon recently suffered a security breach, Sony seems to be getting the majority of nightmare security headlines. Why? Read More Cloud drives Cisco to open source Jim Duffy: There's an interesting post on GigaOm this week on how cloud computing is forcing Cisco to embrace open source. It argues that Cisco realizes open source software will be critical to its success in cloud due to the emphasis on application development. Read More Man sentenced to prison for defrauding Cisco A Maryland man is sentenced to seven years in prison for running a warranty fraud scheme targeting Cisco. Read More Visit Cisco Subnet for more daily news, blogs The Cisco Subnet community features industry-expert bloggers, giveaways and all the top news of interest to network professionals. We've got 15 copies of IPv6 for the Enterprise for grabs. Follow us on Twitter @ciscosubnet Read More
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