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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

HP targets Cisco Catalyst base

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TOP STORY: HP targets Cisco Catalyst base
Offers incentive programe to trade-in switches for HP gearHP launched a trade-in program aimed at Cisco customers with an aging infrastructure. HP Networking's "A Catalyst for Change" Cisco trade-in promotion entices candidates to migrate to an HP infrastructure with an upfront 20% discount off the list price of its switches. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Four Pillar Strategy for Next Generation Data Centers (Extreme Networks)
Enterprises today are migrating from a purely physical infrastructure to a highly efficient virtualized infrastructure and potentially to a fully enabled cloud environment. This migration promises to greatly enhance the efficiency and scalability of data center operations. Read now!

The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010
From exploding Droids to robotic pack mules and Apple weirdness it was a wacky year Read More

Duke MBA program networks over Cisco's Quad
Diversity is key in Duke University's MBA-Cross-Continent program, which brings together students from around the world and sends them to several continents to learn. But when it comes to tools for linking the students and faculty in that program, a unified platform from Cisco Systems has brought several advantages. Read More

WEBCAST: Secure, automatic protection for all your server data (Iron Mountain)
Your data is valuable—too valuable to risk losing through unreliable backup methods. Iron Mountain's LiveVault offers secure, easy, automated online backup for servers throughout your organization. Watch this webcast to learn how to eliminate the risks of tape-based backup while gaining scalability and fast, reliable recovery. View now

Cisco ACE's State Dept. award
Company recognized for efforts in Israel and PalestineCisco was recognized by the U.S. State Department last week, which presented the company with the Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented the ACE to Cisco CEO John Chambers at a ceremony in Washington, DC.  Read More

NASA CIO wants a cool smartphone, LAN and shower cap for Christmas?
It seems that NASA CIO Linda Cureton has a pretty good sense of humor. On her NASA blog over the weekend she sent a letter to Santa about what she'd like to get for Christmas. While she'd obviously like to get better networking gear, the shower cap wish was little strange. Read More

WHITE PAPER: 8 Criteria for Server Load Balancing (Citrix Solution Center NWW PAN IDG)
Server load balancers are a simple yet highly effective means to scale an application environment while ensuring its availability. Today's solutions should also address application performance and security. Read about the top eight criteria you should consider when choosing a server load balancer and how Citrix NetScaler meets those requirements. Read now!

Need A Job? Try Information Security
Many enterprise organizations need help and will be hiring in 2011If you are an out-of-work IT person looking for your next challenge, I have a suggestion: Go study information security and pursue some sort of certification like a CISSP. According to ESG Research, 22% of mid-market (i.e. 500-1000 employees) and enterprise (i.e. 1000 employees or more) believe that they have a problematic shortage of information security skills within their IT organizations. Furthermore,... Read More

ICOMM Lab 4 - Monitoring a DN with a BLF Speed Dial
This video demonstrates the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) Native Presence feature.This ICOMM video lab demonstration shows you how to use the "Native Presence" capability built into Cisco Unified Communications Manager v8.0. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Aperture Integrated Resource Manager (Emerson Network Power)
Effectively manage energy, capital resources and process efficiency in the data center with Aperture Integrated Resource Manager. Organizations can now strategically deploy resources to achieve an optimal balance between costs and service, extend data center life, reduce capital expenditure, and increase resource efficiency and use. Read Now

Cisco eschews cloud services - for now
Cisco's cloud strategy encompasses pretty much everything under the sun save one - actual cloud services. Read More

U.S. military strong-arming IT industry on IPv6
The U.S. military is ratcheting up the pressure on its network suppliers to deploy IPv6 on their own networks and Web sites so they can gain operational experience and fix bugs in the products they are selling that support the next-generation Internet protocol. Read More


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DECEMBER GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS
SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win!

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Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2010
Here's a look back at the year's most memorable – for better or worse – celebrity moments in technology.

Top 15 Holiday Deals on Notebooks, Netbooks, and Desktops
Black Friday is gone, Cyber Monday is history, and Cyber Week is over, but the deals are still around--if you know where to look. The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and retailers are offering great computer discounts to fit everyone's budget. Take a look inside to find netbooks for $300, desktops with widescreen monitors for under $600, and 15-inch laptops starting at $400. Check it out.

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