Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Nortel enterprise chief: Bring back Bay; Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service? Pilot to Pre, in pics

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Nortel enterprise chief wants to bring back Bay Networks

Businesses might not want to buy enterprise network gear from bankrupt Nortel, but how about from Bay Networks? Read full story

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Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure to those companies and provide its own software as a service. Also, Forrester Research said Tuesday that global IT spending would decline by nearly 11% in 2009 before vendors and end-user organizations begin to see some signs of recovery later this year and early next year. (5:39)

Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service?
There is only one obvious question in Cisco's overture Tuesday that it might take on Microsoft and Google in the online productivity application arena -- what took so long?

From Palm Pilot to Palm Pre: A Brief History of Palm's Handhelds
Will the Palm Pre be the last in a storied line of products, or will it mark the beginning of a new era for the once and former Palm, Inc.?

Google: Spammers regroup after ISP takedowns
Spammers are pumping out an increasing number of garbage messages as they regain their capacity to send spam through hacked PCs, according to the latest statistics released by Google on Wednesday.

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Search engine uncovers and maps job openings
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Star Trek-like universal translator a step closer
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20 Years of Networkers
Being the 20 year anniversary, Cisco put up a wall with memorabilia, timeline, fun facts, and a marker board asking "What were you doing 20 years ago?" Some wrote things like "attending 3rd grade", but my personal favorite today: "Living in a van down by the river."

Cloud Computing: How to Get Some
We speak with plenty of IT organizations that deploy two physical servers and a handful of virtual machines and call it their cloud. Are they wrong?

Cloud storage and the data center cave
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Janitors, Chambers and Protesters at Cisco Live, Oh My.
I was sent this very good story of Cisco having issues at Cisco Live with the Chambers demonstrations. But the story was more of Chambers being heckled by people from the Union Local 1877 - that's right, these are the janitors that Chambers fired.

Giveaways and goodies from Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet
Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader, and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Deadline for entries is July 31.

July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31.

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