Is Cisco ACS 5.0 worth the upgrade?; Resorts World builds 40K-node network on Cisco's UC platform

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I've been receiving this question more and more recently from Cisco ACS customers so figured I'd post my answer here for all to view. As some of you already know, Cisco's ACS software received an overhaul this past year. Many of the features that ACS customers have been asking for, for a while, have finally made it into ACS 5.0. Here are the top 10 new features that will affect your upgrade decision.... Resorts World builds 40K-node network on Cisco's UC platform (Posted by Cisco Subnet editor, Julie Bort, while Jim Duffy is on vacation.) Cisco and its new unified computing platform, scored a huge international customer in the form of Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) in Singapore. RWS is said to be one of the biggest, most anticipated international resorts, slated to be opened next year. And it is building its complex, state-of-the-art network with Cisco gear.... Cisco adds lawyers to its cost-cutting list The Wall Street Journal is reporting that lawyers have joined the restroom janitors on Cisco's cost-cutting list. According to a past speech made by Mark Chandler - Cisco's Senior Vice President and General Counsel; Cisco's got 4.7 legal employees per billion of revenue, total legal spend is about .38 percent of Cisco's revenue, and non litigation spend about .16 percent. Additionally, Cisco spends... August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? 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