| When applications perform badly, is the CYA approach good enough? Throughout the years, we have done a lot of seminar tours on topics such as wide-area networking and network and application optimization. On these tours, invariably some speaker asks the audience who gets blamed when ... Survey: Data storage to see increased spending in '09 The results of a survey of about 450 technology professionals released Wednesday found that of 26 technology categories, data storage was the only technology for which spending would increase this year. Portable applications: Network panacea or pest? A class of application portability is emerging that aims to solve a lot of common problems in the corporate network and, not surprisingly, will create yet another level of concern about corporate network security. This capability is enabled by software that is installed on a portable storage device, such as a USB flash drive or an SD memory card, which acts like a "regular" application when running on any computer. Cisco expands its SMB router market share but loses ground in high-end segment Cisco expanded its unit market share by 5 points last quarter but lost share to Juniper in the high end arena, reports Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese. Recycling the other half of a Green IT strategy Cisco Subnet blogger Scott Hogg says that power consumption is not the whole green story – recycling is a central character, too. A tale of woe with Vista's TCP/IP stack Microsoft rewrote its TCP/IP stack for Vista but the new stack causes a strange error according to one strange tale of trouble. 2009 CCNA and CCNP Lab Build-out The economy stinks, but there are pockets of good news – such as bargains on gear, making it a good time to build a home lab, says Cisco Subnet blogger Wendell Odom. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. |
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