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A Cisco engineer says changes at Cisco are good

The Jury Is Still Out On The Vivek Kundra Era | ITC starts looking at Cisco products

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A Cisco engineer says changes at Cisco are good
While attending the Cloud Leadership Forum in Santa Clara this week, I had lunch with a Cisco engineer who has worked for the company for 11 years. He was strikingly optimistic about the company, telling me that it feels like the old Cisco from about eight years ago, is coming back. Read More


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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!

The Jury Is Still Out On The Vivek Kundra Era
The 2-year reign of Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is officially ending with the announcement last week that Kundra is leaving to take a fellowship at Harvard University. Read More


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Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches
How to make a ''firewall sandwich''. Read now. Learn More!

ITC starts looking at Cisco products
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will investigate certain Cisco products, based on a patent infringement complaint filed by Canadian intellectual property owner MOSAID. Read More


WEBCAST: Cymphonix

Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic
The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today!

Cisco's core share holds steady
The service provider core router market is expected to undergo an upgrade cycle as 100Gbps Ethernet gains in adoption. This could build on the 11% growth the market realized in Q1, its fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit year-over-year growth, according to Dell'Oro Group. Read More

Moving VoIP and UC into the cloud
Over the past few months, Webtorials and Delphi have collaborated to produce the "2011 Sourcebook for VoIP and UC Services." This sourcebook is an extensive reference with comparative information from almost fifty companies on a worldwide basis. Read More



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