NetFlash: Cisco to juice 6500 switch

NetFlash: Cisco to juice 6500 switch
08/15/05

In this issue:

* Cisco to juice 6500 switch
* Broadband rulings draw user concerns
* LinuxWorld: Vendors open arms for open source
* IBM takes start-ups under wing
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

After two weeks of leave, it's nice to be back. Many thanks to
Sheryl Hodge for ably filling this space in my absence. While I
was out it was revealed that Cisco's Catalyst 6500 is about to
get a backplane upgrade that will vault the switch's capacity to
well over a terabit per second. See our story for all the
details.
Cisco to juice 6500 switch
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5061>

Broadband rulings draw user concerns

Higher prices and less choice are the likely outcomes of recent
FCC and Supreme Court decisions on DSL and cable modems.
Unfortunately, those are technologies used by countless
businesses for remote access to VPNs.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5062>

LinuxWorld: Vendors open arms for open source

Systems vendors used the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo to show a
deepening commitment to community-developed software, a trend
that should help alleviate IT managers' concerns about where
they will find corporate support for Linux or open source
deployments.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5063>

Complete LinuxWorld coverage
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/linuxworld.html?net&story=l

IBM takes start-ups under wing

When it comes to selling products to big companies, young
software companies face a Catch-22: Most corporations aren't
willing to bet on a business application that doesn't have at
least a few large customer references, yet those references will
never materialize without some brave soul believing enough in a
start-up to take a risk on its unproven software. IBM is out to
change that.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5064>

Today on Layer 8, curtain up, light the lights:

Google Print project on hold; man thinks gaming skills will get
him out of police chase; Tivo to trial 'Net TV downloads; and
the winner of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today
and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco to double Catalyst 6500 switch capacity in coming
months, report says
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5065>

2. Ex WorldCom CFO Sullivan gets 5 years in jail
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5008>

3. Microsoft open source exec: Not the loneliest guy in Redmond
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4854>

4. Cisco mulls acquiring Nokia, report says
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5066>

5. IT staff shortage looming
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash5067>
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To contact: Jeff Caruso

Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World.
He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing,
and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs
newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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