Opinion

Updated Recommendation for CCVP Home Lab

Downloadable .PDF with CCVP home lab equipment recommendations

Uncle Sam meets open source with open arms

Collaboration for the common good -- what open source is all about

Cisco’s Dividend Announcement and a Little Corporate Finance Shows How Cisco is Changing

Rapid Growing Tech Companies Don't Pay a Dividend

Cisco overcomes supply problem in security

Research firm reports component shortage issue resolved for appliances

Friday funny video: Microsoft .Net v. Java. a love story (in parody)

One of the oldest arguments in the business, as told in a parody movie trailer

First Windows Phone 7 handsets: GSM only, with CDMA in first half of 2011

Take our poll: What's your 'crave level' for a Windows Phone handset?

Boeing gets $89M to build unmanned aircraft that can stay aloft for 5 years

DARPA’s Vulture program getting off the ground

Most popular stories this week: Sept. 17

The most-viewed stories at Network World for the week ending Sept. 17.

Example of why cell phones do not belong in public bathrooms

Or at the very least why they should be turned off before entering

US wants big, revolutionary energy storage systems

Renewable energy places many challenges on electrical grid

Fly on the wall says Apple made Newsday kill funny iPad ap ad

Report unconfirmed; Apple has yet to respond

8 Cloud Security Concepts You Should Know

This article describes key cloud concepts and deployment models you should know plus introduces you to fried beer! Yum!

Time for FCC chair to man up

Take the steps to become a technical trainer

Avaya expands video, collaboration offerings

* The new products and services, which range from personal desktop to multi-screen room systems, offer high-definition video collaboration

What in-building approach do you prefer?

* Enterprise- or carrier-deployed? Please weigh in

IAM is still evolving

* Identity management has grown far beyond its initial function of a gatekeeper

HP extends and enhances automation suite

* New capabilities aimed at automating database and middleware management and speeding application deployment

Cool for Cats…SQLCAT.com…

Use Microsoft's SQL Customer Advisory Team for the real story

Malicious code that comes with release notes?

New security report shows that’s how sophisticated cybercriminals have become

Cisco, HP and Juniper don’t have what it takes in the data center

So says Brocade marketing chief at company's analyst conference

Open High is a school built entirely on open source

From the massive amount of technology in use to the curriculum, Open High is open source

Three wicked cool car teams split $10M X Prize for advanced, fuel efficient vehicles

X Prize awards big prize money after 136 entries compete in 30 month trial

Did Apple swat Newsday’s iPad app ad off YouTube?

Updated, Friday, Aug. 17: Video was a smashing success, now missing from many news sites, blogs

Stuff I learned from my 3 biggest network screw ups

Nothing teaches quite like trashing out someone else's network

Former Yahoo! exec. tries to outwit, outplay, outlast “Survivor”

Marty Piombo will try to become first techie to win Survivor reality TV show

Please Don’t Confuse Standards with Open Source Software

While standards and FOSS may overlap, they can’t be merged into one mega concept

Newsday’s clever iPad app ad swatted off many Web sites

Updated: YouTube clip that went viral has now gone missing for many

BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp: ‘Waiting 90 days for a server to get provisioned isn’t going to work’

Greater IT automation is imperative, says BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp

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