New Cisco tool for those who don’t know or use binary math

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Spotlight Story New Cisco tool for those who don't know or use binary math This week I've added the following nifty subnet calculator to the Cisco Tools web page: The NetQoS Subnet Calculator offers a view of every bit in the IP address to help network engineers understand how IP subnetting works, according to network performance management vendor NetQos, and it also has a feature allowing entry of a real address mask of your own to test if it is on the same or remote network. "Until... Read full story Related News: Data center derby heats up Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware. In this era of server consolidation and virtualization, green initiatives and cloud computing, the data center has become the focal point for the major enterprise vendors. And they're all galloping in with new products, strategies and alliances. "What you see right now is everybody shoring up and getting as many offerings as they can to provide all the hardware in the data center. So for example if you're a Cisco shop, Cisco wants to make it so you can be a complete Cisco shop, including all your servers,'' says Mitchell Ashley, principal consultant with Converging Networks and a Network World blogger http://www.networkworld.com/community/ashley. Cisco's blade servers are part of its data center platform, called the Unified Computing System (UCS), which includes storage, network and virtualization resources. Cisco's platform includes VMware's vSphere technology and partnerships with BMC Software, EMC, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle. NW handicaps data center field, including Cisco Positions, maneuvers of leading vendors summarizedNetwork World has handicapped the field of data center combatants, summarizing positions, strengths, weaknesses and maneuvers in this hotly-contested field. Front and center in all of this, of course, is Cisco's entry into the server business and the resulting reactions from competitors. AT&T's vendor rationalization plan keeps Cisco safe Carrier cutting vendor list from 150 to 40Cisco appears safe as customer AT&T pares its list of vendors from 150 down to 40, according to TheStreet.com. The carrier is trimming its supplier line in an effort to better focus its strategy on 15 product categories, according to TheS 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. 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