When Cisco’s John Chambers speaks

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Sep 20, 20062 mins

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When Cisco’s John Chambers speaks…, 09/19/06

Longtime Cisco President and CEO John Chambers sure has a lot to say. That isn’t surprising given that Cisco has expanded beyond routing and switching in recent years into so many segments of the network industry, including the consumer market, where …

CDW snaps up reseller of Cisco, IBM, Microsoft products, 09/19/06

IT and network-technology supplier CDW Monday announced it has acquired privately held Berbee Information Networks for about $175 million in cash.

Network World 360 News Podcast: Interop preview, open-source VoIP win, CIO survey and more, 09/19/06

This week we look at how Sam Houston State ditched its Cisco VoIP gear, get a preview of Interop …

Branch Office Best Practices: Packeteer’s latest PacketShapers address small branches at affordable price, 09/19/06

Numerous vendors are addressing branch-office needs but affordable, yet functional, products for small branch sites still are in …

University dumps Cisco VoIP for open-source Asterisk, 09/18/06

Some organizations consider taking the plunge off of big iron PBX platforms into IP telephony as being pretty daring, but that’s nothing compared to what Sam Houston State University is doing. The south Texas school is boldly moving thousands of users …

Cisco, Microsoft effort called a small step for NAC, 09/18/06

Last week’s long-awaited first pass at a display of interoperability between network access control components from Cisco and Microsoft only underscores the complexity of the task that remains and the need to involve more vendors, experts say.