Cisco muffles Linksys death knell; Google vs. Cisco

Cisco News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Fluke Networks Proven Techniques and Best Practices for Managing Infrastructure Changes When businesses expand facilities, add locations, or upgrade existing infrastructure it's vital to ensure network readiness. This white paper describes a methodology to manage network changes that meet the needs for speed of implementation without sacrificing accuracy. Click here to download this whitepaper now! Network World's Cisco News Alert, 08/01/07 Cisco muffles Linksys death knell, 07/30/07: The saga of Cisco and its Linksys consumer and small-business division continued last week as Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers hinted at the companies' future branding strategy. Review: Cisco NAC Appliance hits on basic enforcement, but lags in advanced features, 07/30/07: Cisco’s NAC Appliance 4.1 (formerly called Cisco Clean Access) provides basic NAC functionality like antivirus and patch status checks, but remains behind many of the other vendors in this space. Google vs. Cisco: Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese blasts Cisco's top Washington D.C. counsel for her "lame" thoughts about Google's bid for the 700MHz spectrum auction. Network World VoIP and Convergence Buyer's Guide Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. Our extensive database of detailed product information will quickly help you pinpoint the hardware or software you need to build out a converged voice and data network. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. Today at Cisco Subnet Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris has posted some more details from a private meeting between Cisco and 50 CCIEs about Cisco's plans for two advanced certifications for network designers and architects. Blogger Brad Reese has unearthed a video of a wireless breakthrough that we hope doesn't get seed funding. Continuing his series on Implementing IPv6, IP routing expert Jeff Doyle lays out the training agenda for your engineers and operators Cisco pushing virtualization, automation, 07/30/07: Cisco last week unveiled its next-generation data center strategy along with a key product to support that vision at its annual Networkers conference. Cisco airs server management appliance, 07/25/07: Cisco introduced an appliance that lets servers be provisioned off storage on the network.

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