Cisco and routing: Who says you can’t go home?

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	Cisco and routing: Who says you can't go home? The last few weeks Cisco has been pressing their pitch that a network composed of a single vendor's network (Cisco's) is best for users. To me it looks like they are having to work very hard to come up with examples of happy users with nothing but Cisco, such as covered in this article: "Cisco again looks to debunk the multivendor network" Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Networks in Motion Download this whitepaper today and discover how you can cost-effectively optimize your network for the mobile demands of today's business. Examine how IT can provide: * Personalization and intelligence. * Ease of operation. * Seamless quality of user experience. * Secure on-the-go access to public and private networks. Read now! In this Issue CCNA Lab Part 7: Choosing the Right Switch Models Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand 82-year-old Father of the cell phone buys new smartphone every 2 months Huawei calls charge of government help 'hogwash' Brocade fulfills Army base's IPv6 marching orders WEBCAST: AirMagnet, Aruba Networks, Cisco, Enterasys Networks, HP, and Motorola As AP Density Goes Up, Power Must Go Down Start with the site survey - it's critical to success then learn how to strike a balance between the need to install more APs in order to reuse spectrum and increase capacity without resulting in added co-channel interference. Learn more! CCNA Lab Part 7: Choosing the Right Switch Models After working through a longish discussion about Cisco routers for your CCNA lab, it will be nice to discuss switches. Thankfully, the choice of switches is a lot easier to figure out than the choice of routers.  Switches have less software clutter to sift through, and the used prices for the likely candidates converge down to two families: 2900XM and 2950. Today I'll give you a big picture look at... Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Identity-Aware Networking Download this whitepaper today discover how IT can integrate identity and networking, enabling new business processes and easing regulatory compliance while improving security. Read now! Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand Ethernet vendors will need to develop faster products more quickly to keep up with the demand being created by mobile and cloud computing, some participants at an industry group meeting said on Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Tips to Tailor Your Communications Strategy An IP-based communications system helps businesses streamline voice and data improving internal productivity and customer service, but one size does not fit all. Answer 4 easy questions to find out the best strategies to meet your unique voice and data communications needs. Read Now 82-year-old Father of the cell phone buys new smartphone every 2 months Martin Cooper isn't just the father of the cellular phone - he's also an avid user. Cooper, who made the world's first cellular phone call as a Motorola executive in 1973 and who now serves as CEO of wireless software company ArrayComm, says he buys a new smartphone every two months just to keep himself up-to-date on the newest technological trends. Read More Huawei calls charge of government help 'hogwash' Huawei Technologies has rejected a charge by the head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank that it has an unfair advantage over rivals because of help from the Chinese government. Read More Brocade fulfills Army base's IPv6 marching orders Brocade gear is powering a cutting-edge network that supports IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet for the U.S. Army at Fort Carson in Colorado. Read More
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