| Cisco's ASR 1000 router built for 10-year tenure Cisco's new ASR 1000 router is super-fast and provides a rich set of features that could make it a mainstay in enterprise data centers for the next decade. The ASR 1000 is a single box that can replace racks of Cisco 7000 series routers, according to our exclusive test results. Nortel refreshes Gigabit stackables Nortel this week extended its Gigabit Ethernet stackable switch line with a new series that features integrated 10Gbps uplinks and a model that supports up to 96 PoE ports... Google building own router to replace Juniper? Google is building its own routers due to dissatisfaction with Juniper's systems, according to blog SD Times. Nortel employees speak out: Hopes of becoming multimillionaires dashed The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has produced a documentary about two Nortel employees in Canada - Mark Lavoie and Paul Arbour - and how the specter of job cuts is looming over their heads and how it is affecting their families. Word of advice for upgrading to the ASR 1000 Is Cisco's ASR 1000 session border controllers up to the task, and is the ASR meant to replace the 7200 family of routers or something else? 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. Billion dollar financial fraud revealed within Satyam, a Cisco collaboration partner The chairman of Satyam, which has a global collaboration with Cisco, admits to several financial fraud irregularities in his resignation letter this week. Job Prospects Better for CCxP than CCIE? Blogger Wendell Odom writes: I've heard from various places that the more experienced/skilled - but more expensive - employees are in worse trouble than the medium experience/skill/salary or lower experience/skill/salary. VoIP is dead? - depends on what you define as VoIP Blogger Avner Izhar writes: Was catching up on blogs when I found the Cisco Subnet entry called Is VoIP dead?. Wow, really, am I in a dying specie of IT? did the recession finally got to my back yard? Is it justified to boycott Cisco's open source developer contest? Should open source boycott Cisco's AXP developer contest? That question is getting the open source development community all hot and bothered since it was posed in a ZDNet blog. Cisco mulls adding verbal interview to CCIE exams Cisco is considering introducing a verbal interview portion to its CCIE lab exams across the world. Cisco confirmed that it is running a pilot in its exam lab in Beijing, China that involves candidates taking a 10-minute verbal interview as part of their lab exam. Turn a thin link into a fat pipe WAN optimization is the key. Our revamped Product Guide can give you the basics on the technologies available and tell you what to look for when you're ready to buy. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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