| Ways to cut costs: Move to MPLS In recent newsletters, we discussed some of the priorities that most IT organizations will have in 2009. We are going to use the next several newsletters to suggest additional IT initiatives, such as cost cutting and moving to newer technologies, that should garner a lot of attention in 2009 given the challenging economic environment. Virtualization, WLAN, WAN optimization top IT priorities in 2009 A lot of recent market research, such as Gartner's CIO survey predicting major global IT change, indicate that CIO priorities in 2009 will focus on enterprise applications such as ERP and CRM, as well as business intelligence. Our question is how do these CIO priorities affect the rest of the IT organization? Why WLAN/WAN, WAN optimization spending will increase during bad economic times Last time, we discussed which IT initiatives we believed would experience the biggest budget increases in 2009. We based that on our surveys of two separate audiences - one primarily made up of U.S. IT execs and the other of European IT execs. The infrastructure initiative that is likely to experience the greatest increase in funding is virtualization, followed by wireless LAN/WANs and WAN optimization. The driver for growth in WLAN/WAN is mobility and the driver for WAN optimization is cost avoidance. Podcast: Cisco aims to ease 11n deployment with Aironet 1140 AP Ken Presti talks to Chris Kozup, manager for mobility marketing at Cisco, about the limitations of deploying 11n and how the Aironet 1140 eases the process. They also discuss what types of applications benefit from 11n. It's been 25 years since AT&T, was it worth it? None of the baby bells survived and land line business is practically gone – but like the Microsoft DOJ case, the breakup was a good move, says Microsoft Subnet blogger Kerrie Meyler. Cisco, Infoblox deal bodes well for streamlined branch operations Cisco recently announced it would load Infoblox IP address management software onto its integrated services routers (ISR). Cisco, Microsoft, Intel join to modernize school assessments Cisco has joined with Microsoft and Intel to create new ways to develop students who are ready for a workforce that requires collaborative and creative thinking. 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. Cisco Subnet blogger Jeff Doyle to lead Synergy Research's IP infrastructure practice IP expert and Cisco Subnet blogger Jeff Doyle has joined Synergy Research as a vice president of research, focused on IP infrastructure and metro/carrier Ethernet. 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. Nortel bankruptcy: Links to background materials Links to CEO's video message, bankruptcy documents, statements from NYSE, Toronto Stock Exchange and more. Configuration Management on a Budget Cisco Subnet blogger Scott Hogg shares his open source finds for configuration management. CCIE written and lab exams get format changes Blogger and Cisco exam proctor Yusuf Bhaiji details changes to the CCIE Routing & Switching lab and written exams. What is the QoS assured forwarding model? Blogger Dennis Hartmann describes the assured forwarding model for QoS markings. Cisco to launch unified-communications-as-a-service? There is speculation in the blogosphere that Cisco is to announce a unified-communications-as-a-service product at Voicecon in March. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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