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Multi-vendor networks more prominent than ever
With HP Networking and Juniper showing Cisco legitimate competition, multi-vendor networks are increasingly a key element for network vendor management best practices. News | 09 Dec 2010
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Home network labs can buff up a network engineer resume
Network labs in the home or in the office are essential to building your networking skills. If you want a strong network engineer resume, you need access to a network lab full of routers and switches. Article | 30 Sep 2010
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HP CEO Hurd resigns in scandal with networking business at critical transition point
With HP Networking at a critical transition point following the 3Com acquisition, HP CEO Mark Hurd has resigned amidst a scandal. How will this affect the networking buisness? News | 06 Aug 2010
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Network vendor management: Delays lead some to Cisco alternatives
Ongoing Cisco supply chain problems are leading to long lead times on products and throwing many networking projects into disarray. The simplest network vendor management solution in a situation like this may be to look at Cisco alternatives for some... Article | 22 Jul 2010
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Cisco Live 2010: Remember, you're a core networking provider!
At Cisco Live 2010, the company will tout a converged Cisco data center strategy, telepresence and collaboration, but network engineers want to know why they can't get a hold of a basic firewall. Engineers are demanding Cisco focus on routing, switch... Article | 29 Jun 2010
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Software router on server cluster delivers 40 Tbps throughput
With their RouterBricks project, Intel researchers have substantially increased the potential throughput of software routers. Software-based routers, which used to be limited by the processing power of a single server, could now theoretically deliver... Article | 07 May 2010
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Will InfiniBand get new life in the quest for converged I/O?
Enterprises are desperately seeking answers for converged I/O to support converged data center networks. While many tout FCoE, others are looking toward the ROCE specification for running InfiniBand over an Ethernet backbone. Article | 29 Apr 2010
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HP-3Com acquisition: An integrated networking portfolio emerges
The HP Cisco battle is heating up now that the HP-3Com acquisition has closed and the new HP Networking portfolio has emerged. HP promises an edge-to-core networking portfolio with a unified fabric that is cheaper and more power efficient than Cisco'... Article | 20 Apr 2010
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Cisco supply chain problems persist, prompting even longer backorders
There seems to be no end to the string of backorders Cisco has issued over the past year for some of its most popular networking gear, apparently caused by ongoing problems in the Cisco supply chain. Article | 01 Apr 2010
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Magic Quadrant says now is the time for next-generation firewalls
Vendors have been slow to deliver next-generation firewalls, but Gartner's Magic Quadrant for enterprise firewalls says that is about to change. Enterprises need an intelligent firewall that has IPS capabilities and application visibility. Article | 31 Mar 2010