How does Cisco IronPort prevent directory harvest attacks? Tom Topping, director of federal operations for Cisco IronPort gives his take on how IronPort prevents directory harvest attacks. Real network engineers put Cisco data center gear through its paces If you want to know how the Cisco Nexus line really works in practice, here's your chance to live vicariously through a group of network engineers who right now are testing out an end-to-end Nexus data center design. In their words "Yup, scary." OSPF puzzle, Part 2: Analyzing OSPF metrics, human style Cisco Subnet blogger Wendell Odom tackles the OSPF puzzle he set in a previous blog posting, this time from a human perspective. Getting Started with the CCNA Wireless New Cisco Subnet blogger Brandon Carroll unravels Cisco's CCNA Wireless specialization. VoIP security: Share your concerns? Introducing new Cisco Subnet blogger and VoIP security author Patrick Park. Tell him your VoIP concerns. QoS application classes Cisco Subnet blogger Dennis Hartmann gives an overview of data classes in transactional and network management applications, and discusses bulk data applications. Is my network healthy? Important IOS CLI info (Show version) Cisco Subnet blogger Avner Izhar shares his command line interface best-practices for assessing the network's health. Cisco adds new online questions module to CCIE lab exam Effective Feb. 1, candidates for the CCIE Routing & Switching lab exam will be required to answer a series of online questions based on material covered on the lab blueprint, Cisco confirmed Friday. Brad Reese on Cisco: Used Cisco equals gypsies at a flea market I believe that Cisco has been too darn successful at tarnishing the image of the affordable used/refurbished secondary-market for Cisco equipment thereby opening the market for HP ProCurve to provide an affordable alternative. Cisco in the home: Anonymous or poised for domination? Cisco seems to be making an elaborate multi-course meal out of making home networking easier. While we know some of the ingredients we’re still not quite sure what the final meal will become. Cisco Security Expert: Jamey Heary: Cisco updatest SSL VPN with performance boost, Windows Mobile support Cisco recently released a new version of its Anyconnect SSLVPN client that adds support for Windows Mobile 6.1, 6.0 and 5.0 touch-screen devices. Wall Street trims back Cisco financials for the rest of the year Tech Trader Daily is reporting that some analysts have trimmed back predictions for Cisco's earnings for the fiscal year. Analysts expect a solid Q2 for Cisco While some financial analysts are cutting their expectations for Cisco's earnings for the rest of the fiscal year, MarketWatch is reporting that analysts expect Cisco to post solid Q2 results. Wall Street is expecting the networking giant to report an 8% slide in revenue to $9 billion. Brad Reese on Cisco: Are these the real reasons for Nortel's demise I am personally fascinated by the following comments that were made to a previous blog story of mine. The authors appear to be former Nortel and Bay Networks employees (keep in mind that none have been verified) offering comments as to the real reasons for the fall of Nortel. Jeff Doyle on IP Routing: Why you and your CFO speak a different language The CFO wants to hear an answer such as, “We are 85% certain that this project will reduce the network risk by 30%, resulting in an annual savings of $175,000 over the next five years.” You’re used to measuring something and deriving a definite number in which you are 100% confident. You can’t put a definite number around “risk reduction.” Wendell Odom's Cisco Cert Zone: Translating the theory and practice of OSPF: a CCNA-ish/CCNP puzzle I'm going to start a series of a few more OSPF posts with a bit of a puzzle. It's not exactly like an exam question, but it'll maybe generate some thought. The initial parts will be like a complex CCNA topic, and then morph into a level you'd expected in CCNP. Study aids for Cisco CCCENT Steve Blass gives insight on online resources for Cisco's CCENT certification. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here. |
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