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Cisco, HP telepresence and swine flu; Cisco No. 4 of 20 most profitable techs

Telepresence and virtual conferencing can help companies reduce travel and spare their employees from the recent outbreak of swine flu
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Cisco, HP telepresence and swine flu
Forbes has a timely piece on how telepresence and virtual conferencing can help companies reduce travel and spare their employees from the recent outbreak of swine flu. Such an event might beneficial to Cisco, HP and others who make and market telepresence systems for virtual conferencing.
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Cisco No. 4 of 20 most profitable techs Cisco is No. 4 in a listing of the 20 most profitable companies in high-tech, according to Fortune. The company trails only Microsoft, IBM and HP, and is ahead of Oracle, Intel, Apple, Dell and several others.

IBM to resell Brocade’s Foundry switches Brocade has extended an OEM relationship with IBM to include its recently acquired Foundry switches in a deal that appears to be in retaliation for Cisco’s recent entry into the blade server market.

IBM and Brocade make it official but downplay Cisco angle IBM and Brocade announced their expected OEM arrangement this week, in which IBM will private label and resell Brocade's Foundry switches. IBM's been reselling Brocade's SAN gear for a decade or more.

100% trade-in credit for Nortel products Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese takes note of Enterasys' offer to Nortel customers: 100% trade-in credit for Nortel products.

CCNP Lab Build – Product choices Wendell Odom explains why he'd consider one router or switch over another with the goal of building a CCNP lab. What would you buy with $750 to spend on gear, and a $50 cable budget.

IPv6 summit reaches pinnacle Cisco Subnet blogger Scott Hogg says there was plenty of helpful background information and protocol details on hand during the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit in Denver.

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