Cisco news from Network World

ConSentry CEO talks up security issues

Tim Greene — 2008-07-07T00:00:00Z

Network-access-control start-up ConSentry Networks has filled its long-vacant CEO position with Joe Golden, a partner in Accel Partners, a ConSentry investor. Golden was a partner in Accel Partners' London venture-capital office from 2001 until ConSentry hired him; before that he was Cisco's managing director of business development and strategic alliances for Europe, Middle East and Africa. With NAC in flux and with some start-ups having failed, Golden spoke with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about ConSentry, its strategy and the future of NAC.

Cisco unveils practical CCDE exam

Jon Brodkin — 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of this year, Cisco launched the written test for its Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) program, which lets IT pros demonstrate expertise in network infrastructure design principles and fundamental concepts.

Going green, virtually speaking

Johna Till Johnson — 2008-06-30T00:00:00Z

Broadly speaking, there are two main reasons for companies to go green. The first is to reduce energy costs, thereby saving the company money. As one IT executive put it to me recently, "Green computing is all about saving greenbacks."

Cisco, IBM, Intel, Juniper and Microsoft fight cyber terror together

Tim Greene — 2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

Five major network hardware, software and services vendors are banding together to improve IT security by promoting faster responses to threats.

Cisco fleshes out data center vision

Jim Duffy — 2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

ORLANDO – Cisco this week added details to its Data Center 3.0 plan by enhancing products to participate in the virtualized environment.

Cisco touts collaboration as way to transform data centers

Jim Duffy — 2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

ORLANDO – Cisco offered its vision of where the industry is going and how it will get there to 11,000 customers and other attendees at the CiscoLive! conference here last week.

Avaya, Cisco address VoIP vulnerabilities

Tim Greene — 2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

Avaya and Cisco have addressed a VoIPshield Laboratories report that their VoIP gear is vulnerable to a variety of attacks. The vulnerabilities also impact certain Nortel gear.

Cisco's new CTO talks first impressions

Jim Duffy — 2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

It's been three months since Padmasree Warrior left Motorola to become Cisco's CTO. Since then, she's not been available for interviews - until now. Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy caught up with her at the Cisco Live! customer conference in Orlando.

Cisco CEO Chambers: We don't need to own VMware

Jim Duffy — 2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

ORLANDO -- It's not incumbent upon Cisco to own a company like VMware to broaden its presence in the data center, CEO John Chambers said this week.

Avaya, Cisco and Nortel face VoIP vulnerabilities

Tim Greene — 2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

VoIP customers of Avaya, Cisco and Nortel should look Wednesday for patches that correct newly found vulnerabilities that, if exploited, can result in remote code execution; unauthorized access; denial of service; and information harvesting.

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2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

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