Cisco rival Nortel liquidating assets

3Com bests Cisco in school upgrade; M&A rumors include Cisco, Juniper Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Zenprise NWW Five Best Practices for Managing Mobile Devices This live event is scheduled for Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. ET. Join us for this Live Webcast to learn how to easily support a wide variety of mobile devices across your enterprise, improve productivity and reliability. Spotlight Story Cisco rival Nortel liquidating assets Nortel this week began an asset liquidation, having failed in its attempt to transform the company into a viable competitor after filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. Nortel sold its CDMA and LTE wireless business to Nokia Siemens and is shopping around its other operations, including the enterprise unit. Read full story Related News: 3Com bests Cisco in school upgrade File this one under, current-economy-a-good-time-to-consider-alternatives. Quinnipiac University in Connecticut is replacing its Cisco network with 3Com. M&A rumors include Cisco, Juniper A report late Friday (EST) by TheStreet.com has data center M&A activity stirring again, but this time an anticipated prey is now the quarry. Juniper is rumored to be on the prowl for a "data center or storage shop." Cisco notes changing nature of routers When asked if the definition of a router is changing -- or if it is still accurate to refer to a hardware platform doing much more processing than routing -- Cisco didn't hesitate. The company pointed to its Integrated Services Router product as an example of how the face -- and personality -- of routers as we know them is changing. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are VMware's vSphere reviewed We found 5 things to love and 5 things to hate about VMware's vSphere. Take the quiz Are you a net know-it-all? Prove it. Application Performance Solution Center Review this site on managed application delivery services for your Enterprise. Peruse these whitepapers, and other offers to get up to date on your WAN needs. Application Performance Solution Center   June 24, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Google grabs 1 million phone numbers for Google Voice Want a city job? Fork over your usernames, passwords University flees fire with network in a box First FMC support for BlackBerry arrives What is a router? Could Opera Unite be a botmaster's best friend? Nine Ball attack strikes 40,000 Web sites Weighing the pros/cons of desktop virtualization Microsoft backtracks, extends XP availability to 2011 M&A rumors include Cisco, Juniper Get the Most from Exchange 2007 Read this whitepaper to discover the changes that have the greatest impact on storage and a reexamination of best practices for designing Exchange storage. Learn more. Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com