| How to troubleshoot sluggish apps There's more at stake than lost productivity when application response times slow to a standstill. Company revenue also takes a hit. Keatron Evans: How the economy might hamper security efforts In previous years, at least half of those in the 10-student classes I would lead were individuals dedicated to security in their job roles. Now I'm lucky if one or two are dedicated to security. Brad Reese on Cisco: Cisco distributor says customers demanding HP ProCurve This week Westcon's UK Comstor division announced that it will distribute the HP ProCurve product line to its reseller customers alongside its previously almost exclusive Cisco product line card. The Quest for Visibility - Riverbed Nabs Mazu Yesterday, Riverbed made its first official acquisition, snagging Mazu Networks for a bargain price of $25M (versus the $50M that Mazu had raised in venture funding over the years). Riverbed claims the driving rationale was demand from their enterprise and service provider customers for more visibility into the traffic transiting Steelhead-optimized WANs, and the desire to identify problems while also verifying that corrective actions were adequate. Citrix invests in desktop virtualization start-up Virtual Computer Citrix is betting on a desktop virtualization start-up called Virtual Computer, which was founded in November 2007, to focus on the provisioning, publishing and patching of desktop and laptop operating systems. Virtual Computer, whose NxTop software is in beta and is based on open source Xen software, exited stealth mode in September and on Monday is announcing Citrix as a key investor. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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