Closing in on the cloud; Cisco's virtual desktops for video collaboration

	Cisco announces virtual desktops for video collaboration | IPv6 and the feds: Leadership or folly?
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	Closing in on the cloud Our colleague Jim Metzler (who co-authors the Network World Wide Area Networking Alert with Steve) recently completed a very comprehensive overview and examination of the current landscape in cloud networking. The report is being presented in serial installments, and the just-unveiled executive summary suggests that our readers may want to follow the publication of subsequent sections as they are released. Read More WEBCAST: Iron Mountain Online Server Backup Checklist Small businesses are quickly adopting the cloud as an alternative way to back up their critical data. If you haven't yet made the move to the cloud, attend this webcast to explore what to look for in an online backup solution to save you time, money and free up your precious IT resources. Learn more! In this Issue Cisco announces virtual desktops for video collaboration IPv6 and the feds: Leadership or folly? Giving Cisco Telepresence its Own QoS Queue is Some Expensive Real Estate Polycom delivers video applications for Samsung tablets WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent Maximize Bandwidth and Deliver Superior Performance 100G is a leap forward in scaling metro, edge and core networks without performance degradation or the cost and complexity of unnecessary network re-engineering. Alcatel-Lucent is the only supplier to offer deployable 100G solutions in both the IP and optics domains. Read Now. Cisco announces virtual desktops for video collaboration Cisco today unveiled two virtual desktop devices, more efficient virtualization software and more affordable videoconferencing endpoints, building on its line of video collaboration tools and capabilities for companies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Vyatta Vyatta Replacement Guide - Cisco Comparison guide highlighting the dramatic price/performance differential between Vyatta software and appliances and the Cisco ISR, ASA and ASR product families. Read now! IPv6 and the feds: Leadership or folly? There's no question that the move from IPv4 to IPv6 is a necessary move over the next several years. And an oft-quoted milestone for the adoption is the use of IPv6 by the federal government. However, we thought it would be interesting to step back from this for a moment and look at whether and how this move could affect the industry. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Aperture Integrated Resource Manager Effectively manage energy, capital resources and process efficiency in the data center with Aperture Integrated Resource Manager. Organizations can now strategically deploy resources to achieve an optimal balance between costs and service, extend data center life, reduce capital expenditure, and increase resource efficiency and use. Read Now Giving Cisco Telepresence its Own QoS Queue is Some Expensive Real Estate It's Amazing What You Find in SRNDs QoS is a tricky beast. In fact, while we are in the midst of WAN Transformation, which puts a lot more VoIP on our new MPLS network, it's become clear that QoS design is the trickiest part of the design. Read More Polycom delivers video applications for Samsung tablets Digital convergence technologies provider Samsung Electronics and unified communications (UC) provider Polycom have teamed up on delivering UC solutions for mobile platforms. Read More
	Fill out a survey, get rewarded Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. Goodies from the Subnets We've got SharePoint 2010 training for up to three people from Webucator up for grabs. There's an iPad available, too. Enter to win one! SLIDESHOWS Microsoft Windows after 25 years: A visual history More than nine out of 10 computers run some version of Windows. But no one could have predicted that would be the case when Windows 1.0 launched 25 years ago as a graphical front end for MS-DOS. Here's a look at Windows through the years and some thoughts on what the future might hold. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Traveler to TSA: If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested Microsoft breaks petaflop barrier, loses Top 500 spot to Linux Cisco apps for the iPhone and iPad Best networking tweaks for Windows Server, Vista and XP Inside an alleged iPad killer: the Samsung Galaxy Tab Researchers take down Koobface servers Ex-Apple 'grip of death' exec lands at Cisco Man loses $20 million after taking laptop for repair What's at the core of Cisco's plight? Russian Armenian botnet suspect raked in €100,00 a month
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