Is Cisco worth the premium?; Cisco Subnet introduces a new blogger

Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile SPONSORED BY SILVER PEAK WAN Optimization and Disaster Recovery Is your WAN link the weak link in your data protection plans? Leading analysts from ESG discuss how WAN optimization can overcome many challenges that hamper data replication, backup, and disaster recovery. Learn how WAN optimization can improve business continuity in this informative webcast. SPOTLIGHT STORY Is Cisco worth the premium? Nortel loves to shout from the roof tops whenever it sees arch rival Cisco falter, and this week Tony Rybczynski, director of strategic enterprise technologies at Nortel, writing in his Hyperconnected Enterprise blog is citing a recent Gartner Dataquest report that found that Cisco's share by ports of the Ethernet switching market fell to 37%. He mulls that the results mean that two-thirds of enterprises are saving money or finding better performance elsewhere, and that given Cisco's share by revenue is 73%, "customers are paying way too much to Cisco." MORE STORIES RELATED NEWS: Putting realism into your network Cisco Subnet introduces a new blogger: Larry Chaffin, who will inject some realism into your network buying plans. Network discovery capabilities smooth out NAC deployment, 01/15/2008 Cisco and Juniper have enlisted Great Bay Software to supply network discovery capabilities that smooth out NAC deployment, but the software is ... Today on Cisco Subnet Trainer Wendell Odom gives a couple of options for building a CCNA lab. Why blogger Michael Morris believes BGP looking glasses are a great tool for troubleshooting. Could Cisco or Apple survive without Chambers or Jobs? DOJ reports of another man pleading guilty to defrauding Cisco SMARTnet. Plus: Watch out because Apple will soon overshadow Cisco in market cap. WORTHWHILE WEB SITES For both work and pleasure, here are 20 useful sites for IT professionals. ASK THE MAGIC '08 BAll Take a look at the eight hottest technologies for 2008. SPONSORED BY SILVER PEAK WAN Optimization and Disaster Recovery Is your WAN link the weak link in your data protection plans? Leading analysts from ESG discuss how WAN optimization can overcome many challenges that hamper data replication, backup, and disaster recovery. Learn how WAN optimization can improve business continuity in this informative webcast. Featured Webcast for Newsletter Subscribers Improve App Performance with Web Acceleration. Find out how to improve the delivery of Web applications to geographically dispersed users with Web acceleration tools. Learn how to shop for these products and find out what the best and worst applications are. http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/PSA2_80162151/7/80162151/ Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnssfuff.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   01/16/08 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: Eight hot technologies for 2008 Microsoft's response to Xbox's wireless signal Young IT workers disillusioned How much do big-name CIOs make? Trojan intercepts online banking information Web sites rigged with advanced hacking attack A new Outlook (file) Apple iPhone doomed to failure Not buying Microsoft's MediaCart IBM retains lead among patent winners MOST E-MAILED STORY: The IT department is dead, author argues Compare VoIP Monitoring and Analysis Products Get side-by-side product comparisons, buying tips, market trend information, case studies and more with Network World's newly enhanced VoiP Monitoring, Analysis and Management Buyer's Guide. Click here to visit now. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Cisco Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2008