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  • Should you lease network equipment or buy new or used gear?

    Vendors like Cisco and HP are offering low lease rates or financing with zero-interest for smaller businesses that are looking to lease network equipment, opening a door for organizations that otherwise couldn't afford big cash-in-hand infrastructure...  Article

  • Licensing changes in IOS 15 target use of illicit Cisco IOS emulators

    Users are breaking their silence about widespread but illicit use of Cisco IOS emulators without software licenses in home labs now that Cisco Systems' latest version of its operating system, IOS 15, threatens to crack down on them.  Article

  • Industrial Ethernet switches can save the day during deep freezes

    Industrial network switches can survive in the deep cold of winter just as they can in the hottest deserts. Networking pros who manage outdoor network switches are considering industrial Ethernet equipment to keep their outdoor networks up and runnin...  Article

  • Is Avaya stretching itself thin with Nortel data networking products?

    Avaya, which recently closed on its buyout of Nortel Enterprise Solutions, has raised eyebrows by hanging onto the Nortel data networking gear in the sale.  Article

  • Hard core moves: HP acquires 3Com

    The HP-3Com acquisition brings HP a stronger core switch, routers and a whole lot more ammunition in the battle against Cisco to offer a complete networking-data center portfolio.  Slideshow

  • Avaya-Nortel acquisition: Infamous end; questionable beginning

    The Avaya-Nortel acquisition was one of the more notable top networking stories of 2009, marking the end of a legacy player and a questionable beginning for Avaya as it struggles with whether to integrate the Nortel data networking portfolio.  Slideshow

  • IBM launches networking portfolio -- again

    IBM's network portfolio launch means Big Blue will offer a choice of IBM Ethernet switches alongside data center and storage equipment in an all-in-one package. But will once-burned customers bite?  Slideshow

  • Cisco-HP smackdown: Let's get ready to rumble

    The Cisco-HP battle went into full effect in 2009 when the two former partners, who once sold complementary equipment into the same accounts, launched competitive products and cut off all ties.  Slideshow

  • Unified wireless network still a work in progress for vendors

    Network administrators who struggle to monitor, maintain and secure both wired and wireless local area networks (WLANs) will find relief in unified network management tools; but vendors still have some work to do.  Article

  • 3Com acquisition confirms HP-Cisco battle for China

    Hewlett-Packard's 3Com acquisition heightens the HP-Cisco battle for the enterprise networking market, particularly in China. With the new buyout, 3Com's data center core routing and switching may make HP the No. 2 vendor.  Article

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