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Is the Internet killing the news media? My Interview with Cisco about the CCDE Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by AMD The Green Advantage Most companies get into green IT for the lower electricity bills. But many organizations are finding that green IT initiatives can also be a meaningful source of real competitive advantage. Find out about four ways green IT is giving businesses an edge in today's tough marketplace. Spotlight Story Could Cisco and BMC become more than partners? By Denise Dubie BMC's part in Cisco's Unified Computing System launch points to a potential acquisition, according to industry watchers, who say embedded management software will help Cisco compete with HP and IBM in the data center. Read full story Related News: News podcast: Network World 360 A Sprint shareholder is suing the company for allegedly making 'false and misleading statements' about the extent of its difficulties during its Nextel merger. In the consumer-centric mobile device world, constant updates and cool features are the norm. But that's not what enterprises are looking for when they choose to standardize on a mobile device. Follow us on Twitter for tweets on top news. A 10-piece sampler from Microsoft’s gushing patent pipeline Over the past two months, Microsoft again has been making noise with its patent portfolio, first garnering its 10,000th patent in February and then suing TomTom over alleged... Is the Internet killing the news media? Bradner: The latest Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism report on the state of the U.S. news media makes for sobering reading if you are a student thinking of pursuing a career... 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