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	Cisco releases dozens of free PowerShell scripts to manage its UCS servers Julie Bort: Cisco released a beta version a PowerShell toolkit with dozens of cmdlets to help automate management tasks on Cisco's UCS bladeserver. Project leader John McDonough explains. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC The Changing Role of Network Management Read how new challenges in IT like virtualization and cloud computing are changing the role of Network Managers, who are now required to leverage automation and integrated solutions even further to adapt to these changes. Learn how EMC Ionix Network Solutions help Network Managers overcome these challenges. Read now In this Issue A Cisco engineer says changes at Cisco are good Cisco upgrades, broadens Quad Virtualized Cisco Unified Communication is supported on 3rd party servers (HP and IBM) When Will Data Center Networks Gain Cloud Intelligence? ITC starts looking at Cisco products CCNA Lab Part 7: Choosing the Right Switch Models Two months late, but IPv6 for high-end Linksys router arrives Visit Cisco Subnet for more daily news, blogs WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks 10 Things Your Next Firewall Must Do As the leader and pioneer of the next-generation firewall category, Palo Alto Networks would like to share what we have learned from securing over 3,500 enterprise networks in the past few years. Download our guide that depicts the top 10 requirements you should demand in your next firewall purchase. Read now! A Cisco engineer says changes at Cisco are good Julie Bort: I had lunch today with a Cisco engineer feels like the old Cisco from about eight years ago is coming back. "Crises is good," he told me. Read More Cisco upgrades, broadens Quad Jim Duffy: Cisco's Quad enterprise collaboration platform, which combines Web-based Facebook-like update posts, instant messaging, document sharing, video communication, microblogging and communities, will now be offered as a hosted and managed service. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud Computing Drives Improvements in IT Service Delivery IDC OPINION Cloud computing promotes a new dialogue between business and IT decision makers allowing them to define business service requirements first and then decide how to balance the use of shared, internal virtualized IT resources and external public services cost-effectively. Read now Virtualized Cisco Unified Communication is supported on 3rd party servers (HP and IBM) Avner Izhar: Cisco has approved specification-based virtualized UC as a supported configuration. We are still limited to HP, IBM or UCS servers and UC applications will need their own blade or rack mount server Read More When Will Data Center Networks Gain Cloud Intelligence? Jon Oltsik: A few years ago we analysts warned IT professionals about the mis-match between server virtualization and data center networks. Of course there is an alternative to a bunch of custom integration projects. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! ITC starts looking at Cisco products Jim Duffy: The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will investigate certain Cisco products, based on a patent infringement complaint filed by Canadian intellectual property owner MOSAID. Read More CCNA Lab Part 7: Choosing the Right Switch Models Wendell Odom: 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. Read More Two months late, but IPv6 for high-end Linksys router arrives Julie Bort: Cisco has finally released IPv6 support as a free firmware upgrade for its flagship Linksys E4200 wireless router. The promised IPv6 support is late, either by two months, or by six months, or by years, depending on how you look at it, but late is better than never. 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 the book IPv6 for Enterprise Networks up for grabs. Follow us on Twitter @ciscosubnet Read More
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