Nortel: Why Cisco should be worried, and more

Opinion
Dec 21, 20062 mins

Welcome to The Best of Network World. Here is this week's Readers' Choice, with the most-clicked stories of the week.

READERS’ CHOICE

The top 10 most-read NEWS STORIES this week

1. Nortel: Why Cisco should be worriedTop 10 IT turkeysCisco’s IOS set for radical pricing, feature changesUSPS quietly cancels 18-year outsourcing deal’Big Yellow’ malware exploits Symantec desktop productsWhat did Cisco buy? A look at eight acquisitions in ’06How to roll out 180,000 VoIP phonesTop five storage certificationsCheck Point to acquire NFR SecurityCisco’s Chambers has his eyes on the tube

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The top 5 most-read IN-DEPTH STORIES this week

1. The network industry’s most colorful story everTop five challenges for Cisco in 20072007: IT predictions for the year aheadTrade shows worth your time in 2007Five issues Microsoft must deal with in 2007

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The top 5 most-read COLUMNS this week

1. Tolly: Redmond vs. Red Hat: Divide and conquerThe perils of precaching50 unfestive thingsWiMAX security issuesA time of reckoning on my predictions

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3. Backspin:

4. Wireless Security:

5. Bradner:

The top 5 most-read BLOG ENTRIES this week

1. Buzzblog: Microsoft becomes unhinged: Patent a mistakeBlogging in Iran takes courageInside Google’s odd plane requestsForrester on iTunes: What we meant was…’Stop piping cats’ and 9 less amusing Unix tips

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3. Layer 8:

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The most-read REVIEW this week

OptiVault reduces the need for magnetic tape backup

Today’s POLL

Eric Schmidt: Justifiably confident or just plain cocky?

This week’s featured WHITE PAPERS

MessageLabs: Businesses Beware: The New Battlefront on Email and Web AttacksRegulatory Requirements for EmailGood Mobile Device SecurityCombating Modern Network MalwareConvergence: Taking Advantage of Services over IP Video

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Good Technology:

Fire Eye Inc.:

AT&T: