Cisco's new stance met with guarded approval

	The When and How of 100 Gigabit Ethernet | MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet
	Network World Cisco				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Cisco's new stance met with guarded approval The new, leaner, more aggressive Cisco met with analysts this week to discuss where it's been, where it's going and how it will get there. Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Eliminate Packet Loss during 10G Monitoring There are a number of choices for deploying packed-based monitoring and analysis against 10G segments, but as traffic volumes grow, the limitations of many options become problematic. This EMA paper examines the issues surrounding 10G network management and monitoring with emphasis on effective packed-based instrumentation. Read More In this Issue The When and How of 100 Gigabit Ethernet MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet Cisco unveils dual-role data center Why FCoE is Dead, But It's Not Buried Yet 10 Great Videos from DEMO Fall 2011 NASA spots Star Wars-like "Tatooine" planet orbiting two stars U.S. needs to be on-guard for a big cyber-attack Stevie Wonder thanks Steve Jobs for making the iPhone and iPad so accessible Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services WHITE PAPER: HP Reducing Network Complexity In this white paper you will learn about the challenges associated with conventional switch solutions; the advantages of HP's Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF), and the very real business benefits that can result from installing HP A-series switches that employ this technology. Read now The When and How of 100 Gigabit Ethernet I've come to the conclusion that the adoption of 100 Gig to be much bigger than 40 Gig. To me, 40 Gig was really a step on the way to 100 Gig. Ethernet has historically jumped in logarithmic steps and a 4x jump just doesn't seem like the bang is there for the buck spent on new hardware and upgrades. Read More MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet MPLS is the Cadillac of enterprise WAN services, having earned its stripes as the link option of choice because of its reliability, flexibility and controls. But upstarts are saying that, with a little ingenuity, they can use Internet pipes to achieve the same ends at a better price. Read the arguments from Verizon's Peter Konings and Talari's Keith Morris and decide for yourself. Read More Cisco unveils dual-role data center Cisco this week opened up a new data center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., with a dual role: application development and disaster recovery (DR) for its production data centers in Texas. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation The Efficiency Essentials You're Dead Without This white paper takes you inside Diskeeper 2011 and clearly shows you why you shouldn't run your network without it. Learn more. Why FCoE is Dead, But It's Not Buried Yet Have you ever watched one of those spy films where someone gets fatally poisoned, but it hasn't hit them yet and they are acting like its any other day and not the last days of their life and you just want to tell them that they should enjoy it while they can? I feel like that for FibreChannel over Ethernet. Basically my assertion is that FCoE is a dead technology, and there are a few vendors who... Read More 10 Great Videos from DEMO Fall 2011 As DEMO Fall 2011 wraps up today in Santa Clara, Calif., here's a bunch of videos from the event that our staff has produced (mainly me). There's lots of cool new companies worth exploring, enjoy the show! #1: AMP music robot by OLogic: This little robot made everyone happy at the show. Read More NASA spots Star Wars-like "Tatooine" planet orbiting two stars Luke Skywalker phone home. Outside of Star Wars movies real-world astronomers haven't actually seen a planet orbiting two stars at the same times - until now. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel 10 Things to Know about Deduplication You as an IT manager want simple, cost-effective solutions for your complex IT challenges. HP kept this in mind while designing StoreOnce. New technologies, such as deduplication can be difficult to understand but StoreOnce powered by Intel Xeon® processor 5500 series makes it simple. Read More! U.S. needs to be on-guard for a big cyber-attack A destructive attack from cyberspace "is coming, in my opinion. It is a question of time. What we don't know is how far out it is," and whether it will target commercial infrastructure, government networks or mobile platforms Army Gen. Keith Alexander told attendees of the "Maneuvering in Cyberspace" symposium this week. Read More Stevie Wonder thanks Steve Jobs for making the iPhone and iPad so accessible Apple products have historically been thoughtfully designed so that people with disabilities can enjoy using them without any hinderance. User accessibility is so important to Apple that they even have a page on their website devoted to assistive technology, which it describes thusly: Read More Survey ranks best IT departments in financial services Goldman Sachs came out on top in a ranking of the best IT departments in the financial services sector, as determined by a survey of 144 tech pros who work in that industry. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler Our Cloud Companies to Watch story gives you the lowdown on a handful of startups looking to make their mark in a business so far dominated by the likes of Amazon, Google, Rackspace and VMware. Here's a closer look at some of the products and services being rolled out by these newcomers. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center Opalis Integration Server and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Buzzblog: Blue screen of death gets a new look in Windows 8 Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Windows Server 8: The Microsoft server fork Enterprise WAN connectivity: MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet The future holds a mere 15 minutes of anonymity for everyone What online news looked like on 9/11 Windows Server 8: To the cloud! It's Programmer Day! ... (is that the best you can do?) Cisco unveils dual-role data center Why FCoE is dead, but not buried yet
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_cisco_alert as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **