Cisco to make splash at RSA Conference; Sun fires back at Cisco; Cisco 'could' announce 10% layoffs

Look for Cisco to make some noise at next week's RSA Conference Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Cisco How Can 802.11n Save You Money? The Cisco Aironet 1140 Series Access Point with 802.11n provides you 4x more bandwidth per dollar when compared to 802.11g, reduces helpdesk calls by improving device connection quality and network performance, and lowers facilities operating expenses by enabling efficient mobile workspaces. Special offer ends soon, Learn More! Spotlight Story Cisco to make splash at RSA Conference Look for Cisco to make some noise at next week's RSA Conference in San Francisco. The company on Monday will brief editors on Cisco's latest security doings, such as how it is matching up security with its virtualization and collaboration technologies. Related News: Sun fires back at Cisco with blade network switch Sun introduced its Nehalem-based server line-up on Tuesday, along with a new networking product that takes aim at an emerging rival in the server market, Cisco. Cisco 'could' announce 10% layoffs, analyst predicts Forecasting a significant drop in revenue for the fourth quarter, a J.P. Morgan analyst Tuesday reported that Cisco "could" announce a 10% workforce reduction soon, equal to about 6,600 employees. Exploring the open source IP PBX on VMware We all know that an open source IP PBX has the potential to save a company a lot of money, but after spending a few weeks experimenting with different implementations, blogger Avner Izhar is not so sure any more. He looked at AsteriskNow (installed on VMware), TrixBox and Elastix. Each more or less worked but each also had serious issues be it with his SIP softphone, or voice quality or the user interface. He concluded for a small business, 50 users or so, the savings over the proprietary like Cisco Call Manager wouldn't be worth it. "What do you think?" he asks, "Am I missing the point?" Cisco in the data center: can it manage what it promises? The Network Management Maven blog has an interesting discussion going on over whether Cisco really has the right stuff to be in the network management business, now that it acquired Tidal Software last week. The Tidal buy caused raised eyebrows among the network management industry. Cisco has been touting grand plans for the data center for ages (remember "Data Center 3.0"?) but its detractors liked to point out that Cisco didn't have the one thing it really needed -- management tools. The purchase of Tidal Software answers that, sort of. Tidal is known for its SOA management tools -- a lot of steps up the stack from the kinds of systems and network management that the likes of HP and IBM offer. 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