http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/cisco Subnet - Cisco bloggers en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47425 I'm going to take some time off from blogging for at least a month, if not longer. My MBA classes have been intense this semester and, honestly, I've lost the motivation to blog each week. It's not that big of a time commitment - about 2 hours a week. But when it comes time to write the blog I either have homework to do or I've done homework all day and would prefer watching a movie. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47425#comments Time Off Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:00:58 +0000 michaeljmorris 47425 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47423 At least Cisco is warning Unified Communications customers about it NOT successfully offering support for Microsoft Windows 7: "Cisco will have no liability for any delay in delivery, or failure to deliver, any or all of the planned Windows 7 support features set forth herein. Therefore, any such delay or failure will not in any way grant to Cisco customers the right to return, refund, adjust, or... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47423#comments Cisco LANs / WANs Microsoft Software VoIP / Convergence Wireless / Mobile Cisco is warning Unified Communications customers about NOT successfully offering support for Microsoft Windows 7 Cisco Unified Communications Support for Microsoft Windows 7 Cisco will have no liability for any delay in delivery Microsoft Windows 7 Windows 7 just not worth an all-out urgent effort by Cisco to support Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:38:33 +0000 Brad Reese 47423 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47403 Cisco was urged yet again this week to raise its $3 billion bid for Tandberg. As IDG News Service's Steve Lawson reports, the company was addressed in an open letter urging a hike in the price: Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47403#comments Cisco mergers and acquisitions Tandberg videoconferencing Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:40:14 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47403 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47345 In the past few weeks several organizations have asked me about these "funny" packets they see leaving their networks destined for the Internet. These packets turned out to be IPv6 packets encapsulated within an IPv4 header (IP protocol 41). IPv6 packets that are encapsulated in IPv4 packets may be created unintentionally or they may be malicious activity that is trying to avoid detection. To understand... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47345#comments General discussions 6in4 Assure6 Boeing SMIS cisco ips dpi encapsulation fpm IPS IPv6 OpenDPI Sandvine Shenick teredo Wireshark Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:09:03 +0000 Scott Hogg 47345 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47334 Posted by Cisco Subnet editor Julie Bort: We are tickled to announce the winners of our October giveaways. The grand prize from Cisco Subnet of a free training course from Global Knowledge goes to David Kotlerewsky (pictured), systems engineer for InterVision Systems Technologies Inc. David thinks he'll use his free training for a class that will get him closer to his CCIE. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47334#comments Cisco LANs / WANs Cisco Subnet giveaways Global Knowledge Microsoft Subnet giveaways training Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:33:01 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47334 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47331 Cisco has closed the old Cerent headquarters in Petaluma, CA, effectively ceasing operations in that area. Cisco paid $6.9 billion for Cerent in 1999 -- Cisco's largest acquisition ever at the time -- to obtain its multiservice SONET/SDH optical transport platform, which Cisco calls the ONS 15454. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47331#comments Cisco Cerent closings optical transport Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:45:53 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47331 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47325 Cisco executives this week expressed optimism that it will close the deal with videoconferencing leader Tandberg. Cisco's $3 billion offer is facing resistance from a block of shareholders owning 24% of the company, and now OppenheimerFunds, which represents accounts holding another 6%. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47325#comments Cisco mergers and acquisitions Tandberg videoconferencing Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:18 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47325 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47270 A major IPv4 to IPv6 transition technique is the use of tunnels; this is encapsulating IPv6 packets into IPv4 packets that can then be transported over the IPv4-only parts of the Internet. Those tunnels can also be used within the enterprise network either on purpose (for example to traverse some legacy network devices not supporting IPv6) or not on purpose... Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47270#comments Careers LANs / WANs Microsoft Security ACL Cisco IPv6 security teredo tunnel Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:10:37 +0000 Eric Vyncke 47270 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47260 The New York Times is reporting that Skype's cofounders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis will become significant owners of the investment group buying a 65% interest in Skype from eBay for approximately $1.9 billion in cash (which values Skype at $2.75 billion). Simultaneously, it now appears Mike Volpi is being kicked to the curb by the very same investment group he organized to purchase Skype... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47260#comments Careers Cisco LANs / WANs VoIP / Convergence Wireless / Mobile Charlie Giancarlo - Managing Director of Silver Lake Partners and Skype investor Cisco technical star Jonathan Rosenberg eBay CEO - John Donahoe Index Venture partner Danny Rimer Jonathan Rosenberg - a Cisco Fellow in Cisco's Voice Technology Group Silver Lake Managing Director - Egon Durban Skype's cofounders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis The Charlie angle is to keep Dave Roux on track Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:53:36 +0000 Brad Reese 47260 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47240 Even the bullish forecasts for Cisco's Q1 fell far short. Cisco this week posted first quarter results that far exceeded Wall Street, and its own, expectations.Sales for the first quarter ended Oct. 24, 2009, were $9 billion. Analysts queried by Thomson Reuters were expecting $8.74 billion in revenue. Likewise, earnings for the quarter came in $.05 better per share on a non-GAAP basis than expected.... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47240#comments Cisco Cisco financials global economy quarterly Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:57:20 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47240 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47129 The joint venture everyone's been waiting for for the past couple of months has finally arrived. Cisco and EMC have formed a joint venture to "accelerate" the products it develops under it new Virtual Computing Environment coalition with VMware. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47129#comments Cisco data center EMC Partnerships with Cisco Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:56:23 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47129 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47008 Investment firm UBS expects Cisco to report "strong" results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter on Nov. 4. UBS cites improved spending in US enterprise, strong federal government sales, and a "modestly improving" carrier capital spending environment. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47008#comments Cisco financials IT spending quarterly Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:08:14 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47008 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47000 John McCool, Cisco's senior vice president and general manager for the Data Center Switching and Services Group, recently spent some time with Network World to discuss recent trends and market drivers in data center networking. The full interview can be found here, but some of the salient points he discussed were: Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47000#comments Cisco data center Fibre-Channel-over-Ethernet (FCoE) Nexus Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:13:17 +0000 Cisco Subnet 47000 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46979 LinkedIn has added a new feature to all profiles that it calls “save----profile.” This allows you to add the profile to a list you have created or one that LinkedIn has created. You can also add some notes.Below is a screen shot of what the new feature looks like. You can have it for 30 days free, but if you like it, you'll have to pay for the upgrade to continue to use it. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46979#comments Cisco LinkedIn social networking Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:47:41 +0000 Larry Chaffin 46979 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46953 Cisco CEO John Chambers was recently named one of America's Best Leaders, today however, The New York Times in a scathing article (at least in my opinion), is questioning whether Cisco shareholders will ever see a return on their investment. According to the Times story: Cisco’s Run of Spending Breakingviews.com correspondent - Robert Cyran criticized the eternal ebullience of Chambers: "Mr.... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46953#comments Cisco Data Center LANs / WANs Security VoIP / Convergence Wireless / Mobile Breakingviews.com correspondent - Robert Cyran Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:27:46 +0000 Brad Reese 46953 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46950 Cisco's newly released ISR G2 routers come with a new update to their software features in IOS version 15.0. I will focus on describing some of the new security features that are found in the IOS 15.0 security feature set. It is important to note that IOS 15.0 will work on older ISR models as well as the new ISR G2 platforms. This is a straightforward list with a description of each new feature.... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46950#comments Cisco Security 15.0 security Cisco IOS Security Heary ios 15.0 ios 15.0 security IOS security Jamey Heary router security Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:50:59 +0000 jheary 46950 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46921 Network management is sometimes as difficult as trying to eat undercooked beef in front of guest. The more you chew the bigger and worse it gets. Of course that's when folks want to ask me a thousand questions... Like anything, lets take it small first and then work our way up to the bigger stuff. First off, forget all of the GUI stuff, trend markers and way cool pie charts. Understanding the underlying... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46921#comments Network Management Cisco Jimmy Ray Purser MIBs NMS Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:12:09 +0000 JimmyRay 46921 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46923 Juniper this week stepped up its battle with Cisco on multiple fronts with a sweeping technology and partnership announcement in New York. The event was hosted by the New York Stock Exchange, Juniper's highest profile enterprise account for its high-performance networking thrust. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46923#comments Cisco competition Juniper MX family Juniper Networks Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:09:54 +0000 Cisco Subnet 46923 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46916 Bloomberg.com is reporting that Cisco is considering dropping its $3 billion bid for videoconferencing leader Tandberg in the face of resistance from a block of shareholders holding 24% of the Norwegian company. The resisting shareholders moved to block the transaction based on its current terms on Oct. 15. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46916#comments Cisco mergers and acquisitions Tandberg videoconferencing Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:35:55 +0000 Cisco Subnet 46916 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46893 Today George Morton - Dual CCIE #18532 Routing and Switching/Security, provided his analysis of Cisco's new worldwide CCIE count: "I'm always surprised when Cisco announces the CCIE numbers. There's no rhyme nor reason that I can understand as to when they publish the numbers. The interesting thing is that this report shows about one month of activity and the big news is China. "Since the last... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46893#comments Careers Cisco Data Center LANs / WANs Security VoIP / Convergence Wireless / Mobile CCIE September 2009 vs. October 2009 Worldwide CCIE Count Comparison Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:07:46 +0000 Brad Reese 46893 at http://www.networkworld.com/community