Bots, bombs and weird science: The wackiest stories of 2009 From iPhone app trouble to Stephen Colbert toilets and levitating mice, the high-tech way-out-there machine at is best. 8 More PowerPoint Train Wrecks We thought we had seen presentation disaster at its worst with the last set of PowerPoint slides. We were wrong. These train wrecks, captured in all their not-so-fiery infamy, show what truly terrible PPT slides can do to burn innocent audiences everywhere. Market transitions and architectures key for Cisco enterprise growth Despite its dominance in enterprise networking -- 82% share in routing and 70% in switching -- Cisco still sees plenty of growth potential. The key is selling a network, not a switch or a router, as the foundation of an intra- or inter-company collaboration system, video-optimized "medianet" or virtualized data center. Free IT management software not just for the small shops anymore Spiceworks this week will make available the latest revision of its free IT management software -- now enabled to manage customer environments with up to 1,000 computers and/or devices. 'Magic Quadrant' whiner just won't quit Only a grim sense of duty prompts me to note this latest development in a lawsuit that gives frivolous a bad name. Reasons not to buy Cisco Goldman Sachs a few weeks ago published survey results on IT spending patterns for 2009, going into 2010, from 100 IT executives at Fortune 1000 firms. The survey found that pricing pressure is increasing, which could lead to share losses for Cisco. Why Apple should keep a closer eye on prolific app store developers It's no secret that a well-reviewed and popular iPhone app can potentially net a developer hundreds of thousands of dollars. But the potential to make a lot of money inevitably causes some less than honest developers to try and scam the iTunes App Store for monetary gain. ISPs and Usage Meter Accuracy A number of broadband ISPs, including AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, and Comcast have announced their intent to meter Internet usage. Assuming they follow through on this intent, which is controversial in the blogosphere, it will be extremely important for consumers that the meters they use accurately and fairly track usage. View the hottest new rap video: The sensational Cisco Catalyst 6509 NetFlow rap song Network performance measuring vendor - Plixer International, released this evening its new rap video featuring the geeky but highly talented Cisco NetFlow hip-hop rap sensation - Mix Master Mitch. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Happy 25th Anniversary, Cisco and Five Shortcuts to PCI Compliance; On Microsoft Subnet: everRun 2G: Keeps your applications highly available On Google Subnet: Google adds discussion forums, e-mail lists to Google Apps Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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