| Forrester forecasts decline in global IT spending Global spending on IT products and services will drop by 3% in 2009 to $1.66 trillion when measured in U.S. dollars, but subsequently rebound by 9% in 2010, according to a Forrester Research study released Tuesday. Management must-dos in 2009 There comes a time when a nice-to-have tool evolves into a must-have technology. 2009 marks the year that several management-focused IT projects will move from the nice-to-have to the must-have column on network managers' checklists. IT budget '09: Spending down, contingencies at the ready When the economy turned sour in late 2008, IT executives responded as you would expect - by scaling back their 2009 spending plans. Slideshow: 2009 IT budgets and spending: a snapshot The dollars and cents of IT in '09: We recently surveyed IT professionals with budget and spending authority about how 2009 looked to them. We found bad news, but some good stuff, too ... Doing more with less: the state of today's data center Nearly every initiative data center managers pursue today has a common goal: getting more work done with fewer resources, according to Symantec's second annual "State of the Data Center" report. Cisco, Infoblox tie-up enables third-parties to load their software into ISR Cisco recently announced it would load Infoblox IP address management software onto its integrated services routers (ISR). If your boss is asking what is the CCDE ... Forward them this Cisco PowerPoint, plus links to all of Cisco Subnet blogger and CCDE # 20080002 Michael Morris's posts on the certification. QoS markings: DSCP class selectors Cisco Subnet blogger Dennis Hartmann examins the IP Precedence usage of the ToS field in the IP header for QoS markings. Fab tool pick: IceSword weeds out rootkits When you get beyond the fact that this tool was written in China, IceSword has a fan in blogger Jimmy Ray Purser, who has used it to circumvent a number of rootkit hiding methods. How to pass Cisco's expert-level network design certification tests Michael Morris, Cisco Subnet blogger and one of three network engineers to be awarded Cisco's CCDE expert-level network design certification shares his secrets to passing the gruelling tests. Control your clients There are lots of tools to help you with client management. Our revamped Product Guide provides a way through the hype, including 5 questions to ask client management vendors. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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