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	Nortel's patents more valuable than its products Nortel's patents were slightly more valuable than its products, as the transactions for Nortel's product groups combined did not quite measure up to the single deal for its intellectual property. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Adding Visibility to WAN Optimization Too often network professionals find themselves stuck in reaction mode, which can prevent them for strategically planning for positive, long-term benefits. Read this report to learn some best practices for understanding and improving the visibility and performance of mission-critical, networked applications. Read now! In this Issue Diving Deeper with NetFlow Tips and Tricks Like Cisco, Like Juniper Take our survey: IPv6 readiness in the enterprise What's so cool about SIP? CCNA Lab Part 8: How Many Switches, and Which Ones? Cisco releases dozens of free PowerShell scripts to manage its UCS servers WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! Diving Deeper with NetFlow Tips and Tricks Readers have told me that they like blog posts with technical tips and tricks. So I asked SolarWinds to write an article about making the most out of NetFlow. Read More Like Cisco, Like Juniper Juniper's second quarter may lack some luster due to lower demand among service providers and enterprises, according to investment form UBS. UBS states in a quarterly preview bulletin that its "checks" show a product transition challenge in switching impacting enterprise demand, while routing is "likely to slow" following three very strong quarters. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Importance of Permanent Link Testing This white paper is the joint effort of 2 industry leaders of high speed infrastructure cabling and testing, Panduit and Fluke Networks. This technical paper provides a thorough analysis and review of different testing techniques and their associated benefits for high speed permanent links. Learn More Today! Take our survey: IPv6 readiness in the enterprise So the days are numbered for IPv4. In writing about IPv6 this year, I've talked to network professionals in all stages of deployment from denial (we have plenty of IPv4 address, what do we care?) to a few who not only have IPv6 websites, but have some IPv6 running on their internal networks. Read More What's so cool about SIP? Even though Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) has been around for a several years, we've seen the intensity of interest pick up drastically over the past several months. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Business Value with Network and Application Visibility In this white paper, IDC analyzes the ROI that customers can expect from Riverbed Cascade, based on interviews with Cascade customers. Additionally, IDC lays out the business case for proactively managing network and application performance. Get the visibility you need to achieve your IT objectives. Read Now. CCNA Lab Part 8: How Many Switches, and Which Ones? It's time to wrap up (hoorah!) this spring's foray into the question of what to put in your CCNA lab. I hope that you've found the series useful. Today, I'll touch on a few final points with switches, looking at two questions. Read More Cisco releases dozens of free PowerShell scripts to manage its UCS servers On June 1, 2011, Cisco released the beta version of the Unified Computing System Manager PowerShell Toolkit with dozesn of cmdlets to help automate management tasks on Cisco's UCS bladeserver. Interesting! I contacted the project's leader, John McDonough, custom application engineer, and asked him to tell me more about it. Read More
	SURVEY: Future-proofing the cloud Where do you think cloud computing is headed? This survey enables you to share your views on some potential future events, trends and technology changes driven by cloud computing. By compiling the shared knowledge, opinions and insights of survey participants, everyone will get a clearer view on which changes and trends are more, or less, likely to actually occur. That knowledge will be invaluable in helping you shape your private, public and hybrid cloud strategy and plans for the future.Take the survey. GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from the Subnets: Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks books. Microsoft Subnet: A set of classes for a Microsoft Cert from Webucator and Polycom videoconferencing system. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 12 of the slickest designs in enterprise tech gear available today Consumer devices tend to get all the praise for their designs, but there's plenty of cool equipment to be found in the enterprise market. When hardware vendors tag-team with renowned industrial designers, the results can be impressive. Here are some of our favorites. MOST-READ STORIES NYC mayor demands $600M refund on software project Anonymous hack-school grads come online in 30 days Despite controversy, federal, state wiretaps on the rise Apple, Microsoft consortium beats Google for Nortel patents Samsung Chromebook out-selling Android tablets on Amazon.com IBM takes dim view of EU claims Traditional host-based anti-virus software losing luster? 10 compelling apps for Cisco Cius Tablet deathmatch: HP TouchPad vs. Apple iPad2 HP TouchPad goes on sale to mixed reviews
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