| Telecom expense management processes pay off big Companies have been tightening their telecom belts for years, and as we revisit our budgets it's hard to believe there could be any savings left to squeeze out. But with a combination of technology and strategic processes you'd be surprised how much telecom waste you can still eliminate. Top trend at Gartner conference may be budget cutting The cost-cutting phase of this economic downturn is coming, and when it does it may arrive like a thunderbolt, with force and immediacy, Gartner Inc. analysts warned at a conference in Las Vegas. Billions for broadband in stimulus bill appear likely Groups calling for the U.S. government to spend US$30 billion or more to improve broadband networks across the country are optimistic that kind of money will be available in an economic stimulus bill pushed by President ... Brad Reese on Cisco: Brocade trumps Cisco in salary survey A salary survey in the December 2008 issue of Certification Magazine has ranked the Brocade Certified Fabric Designer (BCFD) as the highest paying certification to hold in the United States ($120,770). Cisco patches CUCM, Cisco Security Manager Cisco released patches to two security holes: one affecting Cisco Unified Communications Manager, and the other affecting Cisco Security Manager. HP, Cisco join to modernize Quebec Airport, HP to provide ongoing network support Cisco is supplying its networking and wireless gear, in addition to unified communications systems, and HP is serving as end-to-end systems integrator - and more interestingly - will provide ongoing support for the network infrastructure. Ruckus Wireless looking to cause a commotion with its critique of Cisco's Wi-Fi technology The scrappy folks at aptly-named Ruckus Wireless are damning with faint praise Cisco's recent announcement of beamforming technology to its new 802.11n access point. Larry Chaffin: Putting Realism into Your Network: Does Riverbed's Mazu buy make it a stronger rival to Cisco? Riverbed makes a bold move to purchase Mazu Networks. Is this a good or bad move for Riverbed? Who could be next? Google ramps up IPv6 mission, google.com a year away Google has begun preaching the wonders of IPv6 in the hope more awareness will help expedite the transition from the legacy IPv4 networks most people use today. What would Cisco CTO Warrior bring to the fed CTO job? A sharp wit and a propensity for name-dropping - perhaps that could set Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior apart from her rival for the U.S. CTO job. Plus: Warrior as U.S. CTO: Huge win for Cisco, total disaster for America. Three reasons why Obama's BlackBerry is a national security threat In a nut shell, the BlackBerry service is too public to be used. Let's be rational here, how would you feel if you knew the president used a public copy of WindowsXP on all his PCs, or if he used a public copy of Internet Explorer and Outlook? Cisco IPv6 support comes standard Few may know that Cisco IOS supports IPv6 features. Here's where to get information about this. What would happen to IT if Obama's plan for the economy fails? Blogger Larry Chaffin asks: What happens if Obama fails with his great dream to rescue the economy, what will it do to the IT industry? Cisco PIX to ASA configuration migration tool, time is running short Cisco releases a free migration tool for PIX to ASA migration ahead of the end-of-life for PIX on July 28. ASR 1000 makes packets go faster Blogger Michael Morris explains why his team is considering the Cisco ASR 100 for their new data center. Top 10 YouTube hacking videos Hacking for fun, profit and to meet women. These 10 YouTube hacker videos range from the humorous to the downright frightening. Some of them demonstrate live hacks, while others demonstrate the use of hacker tools. Is my network healthy? The Macro level using SNMP With SNMP it doesn’t matter if this is a CatOS or IOS, or if it is Cisco or not, they all should report using the same tools and no switch specific knowledge is required. Does the Job Market Push Us Towards Multiple-CCxP? In your plans for 2009, did you change from pursuing Cisco's CCIE to pursuing multiple CCxPs? Or vice-versa? Take our poll. 'Unified computing' and virtualization at the heart of Cisco's new data center push Speculation that Cisco is preparing to launch new data center gear has resurfaced. Fuelling the speculation is a blog post by Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior, who writes that Cisco's data center push is around 'unified computing' and virtualization. The QoS expedited forwarding model Blogger Dennis Hartmann explains the AF model used to provide priority values to different data applications. CCIE candidates motivated by career opportunities more than money More CCIE candidates are motivated to achieve Cisco's highest level certification to help open doors in their career path than seeing an immediate increase in pay, according to Cisco Subnet readers who participated in our recent survey. Unfortunate timing for Cisco flight safety ads It's not Cisco's fault but some CNN viewers were shown the company's TelePresence commercials that features various people reciting flight safety instructions yesterday as the news channel reported on US Airways Flight 1549, which crash-landed in the Hudson River. Q&A with Cisco, Riverbed competitor Fastsoft Blogger Larry Chaffin asks Dan Henderson, marketing VP at Fastsoft how his company's network optimization product differs from those of Cisco and Riverbed. Cisco IronPort flaw could expose contents of secure e-mails Cisco released two security advisories: one announcing two vulnerabilities in its IronPort PXE Encryption product that could expose contents of secure e-maill messages, and the other referring to a TCP vulnerability affecting its ONS 15xxx edge optical platforms. Why are you going for the CCIE? (poll) What is motivating you to pursue Cisco's highest certification - is it for the money, a pat on the back, something else? Take our poll and see what others are saying. Nortel employee severance payments frozen by bankruptcy Nortel has confirmed that severance payments still owed to the 1,300 workers laid off last November have been frozen by the Nortel bankruptcy filing, and will be applied against Nortel's debts. Is Your Software Multi Core Ready? The Multicore Association is proposing a common way to communicate with a multicore processor regardless of the CPU vendors own intercore API. 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