| Can Cisco commit to management software? Cisco's recent Unified Computing System launch caused an analytical frenzy among industry watchers speculating about how the network equipment maker could rival HP and IBM in the data center server market. Cisco buys Tidal for data center automation Cisco bulked up in data center automation with this week's $105 million buy of Tidal Software. Tidal makes application management and automation software for services-oriented architecture deployments. Cisco scammers coming out of the woodwork Nothing metes out justice like Eastertime. Just as one Cisco scammer is sentenced, another has pled guilty to the same misdeeds, according to MercuryNews.com. Cisco scamster gets 6 years Stephen Edward Miller, the Cisco SMARTnet scamster who pled guilty to money laundering and mail fraud last year, has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison, according to news reports in Portland, OR. Miller will also have to pay restitution for the $3.7 million worth of Cisco equipment and parts obtained under the money laundering and mail fraud scheme. Brocade readies for battle with Cisco Brocade has upgraded its data center arsenal for the intensifying battle with Cisco and others for the converged fabric. The company this week unveiled a switch and adapters designed to couple two emerging standards -- FibreChannel over Ethernet and Converged Enhanced Ethernet, according to a story by colleague Jon Brodkin. Cisco moving into CDNs? Cisco's acquisition of colocation space in various U.S. data centers sets tech blogs abuzz this week that it might be looking to offer content delivery network services. Juniper falls below its Q1 guidance range Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese says the company is pointing to weak service provider sales for the miss, and shares Juniper RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Mark Sue's take on Aruba, F5 and Juniper. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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