30 events that shaped Cisco in 2011

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	30 events that shaped Cisco in 2011 2011 was a tumultuously transitional year for Cisco. The company came to the realization that its strategy for growth by entering new markets spread it too thin, distracted it from core markets and impacted profits. It cost thousands of employees their jobs. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath 6 Best Practices to Ensure a Thorough Evaluation Identify 6 key situations that demonstrate when it's time to consider managed network services, plus 6 best practices to ensure your evaluation of managed network service providers is thorough enough to support your decision. View Now In this Issue 'Tis the Season: Cisco Product Engineer Holiday Wishes I Want IPv6 for Christmas - Part II Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012 IBM predicts five big technologies of the future Cloud activity to explode in 2012 APTs: Unfortunately, There Is No Silver Bullet Solution Juniper vs. Palo Alto: Next-gen firewall legal brawl Cisco continues to restructure internally WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now 'Tis the Season: Cisco Product Engineer Holiday Wishes Every year my team has a "Secret Santa" holiday party and gift exchange. This week, I was working with a couple of our Cisco engineers and noticed their "Top 10" list of holiday wishes - conveniently taped to their cubicle window for their Secret Santa. Do any of these match the items on your list this year? Jim's Wish List: Read More I Want IPv6 for Christmas - Part II Many years ago I wrote about the items that a person could buy for Christmas that include IPv6. The results were fairly sparse three years ago. Unfortunately, not much has changed. It is not easy to find IPv6-related gifts to give to your loved-ones this holiday season. Even if you have been extremely good this year, you may get a lump of coal in your IPv6 stocking. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL The Next Generation is the Smart Generation Innovations such as mobility, Web 2.0, social media and cloud computing have dramatically changed the IT landscape and introduced new security threats into the corporate network. This eBook investigates why traditional firewalls are no longer enough, and how application intelligence and control enable network security in the wake of these changes. Read more. Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012 Every enterprise software vendor will tell you how hot and in-demand their products are, but the notion rings fairly true with respect to BI (business intelligence) and advanced analytics. The products just kept selling throughout the global recession, as companies looked to gain insights into their business and subsequently, more efficiency as well as new ideas. Read More IBM predicts five big technologies of the future IBM today issued its sixth annual look at what Big Blue thinks will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages the company has had some success in predicting the future of telemedicine and nanotechnology. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Aerohive Corporate Brochure The way that Wi-Fi is being used and the requirements on an enterprise Wi-Fi network are going through a fundamental and generational change, so much so that we are calling it Wireless 2.0. It's not a new term, but it is a relevant one. Read now. Cloud activity to explode in 2012 In testing cloud computing services and observing the growth of cloud activities, we've noticed that there are distinct phases that organizations go through in adopting cloud. Read More APTs: Unfortunately, There Is No Silver Bullet Solution Since publishing the ESG Research Report, U.S. Advanced Persistent Threat Analysis, I've been asked one question over and over: How can large organizations protect themselves against APTs? Good question but I find that most people who ask me this are expecting a simple answer. This attitude may have historical roots: Want to get rid of pesky SPAM emails? Buy a SPAM filter. Unfortunately, there... Read More Juniper vs. Palo Alto: Next-gen firewall legal brawl Juniper Networks says that Palo Alto Networks is infringing on its next-generation firewall technology, which was invented by Palo Alto's founders but for which Juniper holds the patents. Read More Cisco continues to restructure internally Cisco continues to tinker with its organizational structure, ever after completing a major restructuring begun last summer. This week, Cisco revamped its engineering operations to further streamline them and improve execution against company strategy, according to a blog on the Cisco site. Read More
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