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Brad Reese on Cisco
Enterasys NAC sales triple by Brad Reese
Last month, Network World reported that Cisco lost market share across the board. Meanwhile earlier this week, network security vendor Enterasys, issued a press release revealing that its NAC sales revenue grew 317% in 2009 compared to the same consecutive quarter in 2008. This growth rate contradicts many security industry analysts and pundits, who say that NAC will never get off the ground with enterprise users because it’s complicated, expensive and requires too much up-front... 10

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Networking Geek to Geek
Planning for the Worst by Jimmy Ray Purser
There always a few phrases that come to mind when folks say one thing and do another. Practice what you preach, Physician Heal Thyself, Lead by example, etc... I have designed many networks all over the world and without a doubt the single most important issue is redundancy. Fail over is measured in milliseconds in today's networks. When designing a network for redundancy it's the little things that get you in the end. Skimping a few bucks on this or that can cost big cash in the future.... 6

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Jamey Heary: Cisco Security Expert
Security Updates plus 46 Security fixes – iPhone Is Enterprise Ready Now!? by Jamey Heary
The recent disclosure of 46 new security fixes in iPhone 3.0 is just part of the proof the iPhone is ready for Enterprise adoption. For years Blackberry has set the standard for Enterprise class Smartphone security features. This has endeared it to businesses the world over and made Blackberry the undisputed leader in the Enterprise Smartphone sector. The release of the iPhone 3G did little to challenge Blackberry's Enterprise dominance. With its latest hardware and software iPhone upgrade... 8

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From the Field
Happy 2-Year Anniversary - A Reminder to Focus on What's Really Important in Network Engineering by Michael Morris
This Saturday, July 4th, marks the two year anniversary of my "From the Field" blog on Network World. It's been a great and demanding experience. Best I can tell, I've written over 140 blogs in those 2 years on everything from Webtorials to Routing iSCSI with 10GIG. There are usually around 10,000 to 15,000 unique readers of my blogs each month. I have to thank Network World for marketing Cisco Subnet so well and I have to thank my loyal readers who wait each week to read my eloquence (come... 5

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Putting Realism Into Your Network
Who made the top of the list in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers 2009 Report? by Larry Chaffin
Since I cannot post the June 2009 Magic Quadrant picture, I will put the information below in general terms. But I will tell you where they are at, they are in order for each of the four sections of... 3

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Cisco Unified Communications
Switch QoS by Dennis Hartmann
This blog will explore the shaped round robin (SRR) technology implemented on the Cisco 2960/2970/3560/3750 switches. The 2960/2970/3560/3750 switches will be referred to as the 3750 switch family... 1

The Greener Data Center
How Do You Define Green Data Center? by Doug Alger
“Now’s your chance to meet the author of Build the Best Data Center Facility for Your Business! Come to the Data Center of Future area in the World of Solutions Expo! And be sure to pick up a free...

Author expert: Enterprise Web 2.0
Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals by Susan Bouchard
On May 8, 2007, as Cisco announced its third quarter fiscal year 2007 financial results, Chairman and CEO John Chambers commented on the importance of Web 2.0 to business, saying “this second phase...

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Security advisories from Cisco and elsewhere

Cisco Security warns of IOS HTTP hole with no patch Cisco on Friday reissued a security advisory originally released to the public in December, 2005. The advisory concerns a vulnerability that exists in the IOS HTTP server in which HTML code from output such as a show buffers command, will be passed to the browser requesting the page. This HTML code could be interpreted by the client browser to potentially execute malicious commands. There are...

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