Apple and Microsoft as underdogs? I don't think so; Cisco, Juniper lose share

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	Apple and Microsoft As Underdog? I Don't Think So, But You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks Dana Blankhorn on his open source blog has an interesting post up predicting that open source may be losing its "good guy" and underdog image. In the meantime, I say people are looking at Microsoft, Apple and other closed source giants from a fresh angle. Partly because of initiatives like the CodePlex Foundation, Microsoft is showing that an old, if not under dog can learn new tricks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Why BI is Ripe - Now! For Businesses of Any Size. Oracle's range of offerings to mid-size and emerging companies reflects its vision that BI and EPM solutions can be embraced by companies of all sizes. Read Now! In this Issue Together, Cisco and Juniper lost 10% of the worldwide router market in 2009 Does McAfee's Sales Program Highlight A Morality Problem in the Cybersecurity Industry? Microsoft disses Google book project it failed to do on its own Is Cisco Truly Committed to Security? Prove it! Cisco's storied past as the most valuable company on earth Go to the head of the class: just-in-time training for SharePoint 2010 Perspectives on the new CCNP SWITCH exam Keeping an eye on Network Coding WHITE PAPER: NetApp Inefficiencies Behind Exchange, SQL Server, More Discover four current Microsoft application infrastructure challenges and why recent changes in Microsoft infrastructures create a compelling opportunity to improve underlying storage infrastructures right now. Learn more! Together, Cisco and Juniper lost 10% of the worldwide router market in 2009 Network industry research firm Infonetics, published this week its 2009 4th Quarter Service Provider Routers and Switches Forecast Report, revealing vendor market share standings for the quarter and 2009. Read More Does McAfee's Sales Program Highlight A Morality Problem in the Cybersecurity Industry? In order to steal accounts from archrival Symantec, McAfee cooked up a new sales campaign recently called, "Bring McAfee to the Game." Read More WHITE PAPER: Virtela Overcoming Single Provider MPLS Limitations Frost & Sullivan review the limitations associated with a single-provider approach to MPLS networks and its impact on the enterprise. They then examine Virtela's Global Service Fabric - a multi-carrier network approach that provides a best-of-breed global MPLS network solution. Read More! Microsoft disses Google book project it failed to do on its own A lawyer for Microsoft was among the witnesses at a U.S. District Court hearing in New York City yesterday on rival Google's project to scan millions of books and monetize them for Google online. Read More Is Cisco Truly Committed to Security? Prove it! Recently, a security analyst blogged about Cisco's security efforts and questioned Cisco's commitment to the market. As you know, I am not only a Cisco Press author, but I also work as a security consulting systems engineer for the company. From my point of view, Cisco is most definitely not taking its eye off the ball in the security market. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Cisco's storied past as the most valuable company on earth Cisco celebrated its 20th anniversary as a public company this week. And what a ride it's been for Cisco shareholders. Read More Go to the head of the class: just-in-time training for SharePoint 2010 The USOC Pressbox site gives you a chance to see SharePoint 2010 in action, but in a wonderful departure from previous releases, there is an ever growing set of documentation and training available for SharePoint 2010 - months before the official release. Read More Perspectives on the new CCNP SWITCH exam Today's post wraps up this series on the new CCNP, with a post about the new CCNP SWITCH exam. Read More Keeping an eye on Network Coding Network coding is one of those technologies I keep thinking could really take off. Read More
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