It's Virtually Pain-Free: Netflow and Cisco's Nexus 1000V
Those of you who also read Brad Reese's blog here will recall that from time-to-time, he'd feature a choice and timely piece of information regarding NetFlow and other aspects of router/switch configuration. Just as Cisco breaks news recently about the Nexus 1000V, Mike Patterson breaks out a tutorial for those of us needing to configure NetFlow. Read more
Hands On: What can Cisco do for and against network neutrality?
Cisco's next wave hits the beach!
It's probably dispiriting to Cisco's marketing department to have two major product announcements in 3 weeks greeted with the sound of shoulders creaking as the tech community collectively shrugged. The new additions to the Nexus line apparently have been garnering the same lack of enthusiasm. Read more
For an industry concerned with communications, we sure do a lousy job of it
I was reading around the site, and came across Mike Morris' latest post. For an industry concerned with communications, we sure do a lousy job of it. I've used that phrase at one job site or another a lot over the past couple of decades. Read more
Is Cisco 'Too Big To Fail'?
Is Cisco 'Too Big To Fail'? Companies come and go all the time, due to lots of factors. Economic, political, legislative, all reasons why a vendor is here today, and gone before close of business tomorrow. What impact would Cisco's failure have from a technology standpoint? Read more
Lessons learned from a long IT career
In a career that has, so far, spanned about 30 years, I've watched IP and networking change significantly over the years. A few readers have asked me about my background, pointing out that my glib biography posted to the right seems thin. Fair enough … the bio is thin, the experience is not. In part one, I documented my history beginning with my first encounter with a computer at age 7, my first job as a BASIC programmer to the point where I enlisted in the military. Read more
Friday Foray: Where I identify myself and what I stand for professionally.
Penetration Test: Cisco's driving new markets and we all go along for the ride.
It's no secret that the center of Cisco's business development strategy is M&A (mergers & acquisitions). Over the past decade, 2000-2009, they acquired 89 firms, (two of which they already had majority control over) across both the enterprise and consumer markets. Read more
A classless action? Attorney sues Cisco, others for patent infringement on IPTV, other devices
Thomas Simonian is not tilting against windmills in this Illinois district court. He brought a shotgun, and one of his targets on February 25 was Cisco Systems, along with six other corporations, accusing them all of patent infringement. Read more
- About Perspectives on Cisco
Mike Thompson's career has spanned 30 years in the IT industry, starting out as a coder of COBOL, BASIC, FORTRAN and other weird and wonderful languages. Halfway through, he made a lateral to networking/systems administration and has never looked back. His background includes a wide variety of working environments, from small business to multinational corporations, and at all levels of government, from city to the Federal. Mike holds two CompTIA certifications, an A+ PC Technician and a Network+. He is currently studying for his second whack at the CCNA. Mike lives with his family in Timonium, Maryland. (The only unincorporated area of America to power starships!)
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