Cisco injects new life into Catalyst 6500 switch

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	Cisco injects new life into Catalyst 6500 switch Cisco Tuesday took dead aim at HP and its own shrinking profit margins by introducing a major refresh to its venerable Catalyst 6500 Ethernet switching platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola Transform the Enterprise Network Using Passive Optical LAN This paper provides a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO analysis) that quantifies the advantages of Passive Optical LAN (POL) over the tiered switched Ethernet LAN architecture. Read now In this Issue 10 technologies that will change the world in the next 10 years DARPA program wants to corral zany social media world into a science Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability Cisco expands data center networking gear WHITE PAPER: Avaya Independent Lab Comparative Review MierConsulting engineers conducted an hands-on, comparative review of three leading contact center packages, focusing on these products' multimedia, mixed voice and text-based contacts - capabilities. Read Now 10 technologies that will change the world in the next 10 years 3D printers, sensor networks, virtual humans and other technologies under development now will drastically change our world in the decade to come, according to Cisco chief futurist Dave Evans. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Reduce Cellular Spend With ShoreTel Mobility Organizations continue to spend valuable budget on international and long distance calls. This white paper shows how a multi-location organization can reduce cellular spend by leveraging current Wi-Fi and dual-mode smartphone deployments, and offloading expensive minutes from cellular networks to virtually free WLAN networks. Read now! DARPA program wants to corral zany social media world into a science Looking to reign-in the sort of wild-west atmosphere that can surround social media outlets, military researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are offering $42 million in grants to develop what it calls a new science of social networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Importance of Permanent Link Testing This white paper is the joint effort of 2 industry leaders of high speed infrastructure cabling and testing, Panduit and Fluke Networks. This technical paper provides a thorough analysis and review of different testing techniques and their associated benefits for high speed permanent links. Learn More Today! Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability Cisco's massive user show, Cisco Live, is going on this week in Las Vegas. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's senior vice president of engineering and CTO sat down with Cisco Subnet editor and blogger Julie Bort. They discussed Cisco's progress since Warrior took the helm as CTO, the reorganization of Cisco's engineering groups, Catalyst vs. Nexus, the so-called Cisco "tax" (its prices vs. the competition), network virtualization, Cisco's toe dipping into the brave new world of open source and the future careers of the Cisco CCIE faithful. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview. Read More Cisco expands data center networking gear Cisco this week expanded its Unified Computing System networking portfolio in an effort to improve the scalability and performance of the data center consolidation system. Read More
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