10 competitors Cisco couldn’t kill off

	CEO leaves Juniper on an upswing | Friday to mark 14th annual SysAdmin Day
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	10 competitors Cisco couldn't kill off Cisco CEO John Chambers loves to talk about the companies that have tried to compete with Cisco and failed, like 3com, Nortel, Synoptics, etc. However, here are 10 companies that have managed to thrive in this era of Cisco dominance and have stood the test of time. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. Network protection and UTM Buyers Guide This buyers guide is designed to help you choose the right solution for your organization. It looks at the factors you should consider when evaluating solutions to ensure you have the protection and functionality you need, both now and as your business evolves. View Now In this Issue CEO leaves Juniper on an upswing Friday to mark 14th annual SysAdmin Day D.C. creates free incubator space, but there's just one catch How Cisco's Sourcefire acquisition impacts its security prospects Facebook Open Compute project has "weaknesses," Cisco CEO says SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks Juniper CEO announces retirement following blowout Q2 results U.S. Army foresees robots becoming squad members Software-defined networking explained Unified visibility is needed for the dynamic infrastructure of today, the SDNs of tomorrow WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Engagement Center The evolution of customer communications from telephony to multichannel interactions, including IM and chat, SMS, email, and social media, have created a new era in the relationship between businesses and customers, once which is based upon each customer's preferred communications modality. Read now CEO leaves Juniper on an upswing Kevin Johnson wants to spend more time with family. That's the reason he gave for his sudden retirement as Juniper CEO during the company's second quarter conference call. Read More Friday to mark 14th annual SysAdmin Day Contests, cake and appropriately heartfelt thanks are central to the celebration of the 14th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day this Friday. So exactly how are sysadmins and sysadmin admirers marking the occasion? What follows is a sampling of ways gleaned from Twitter and the hashtag #sysadminday. Read More D.C. creates free incubator space, but there's just one catch In the downtown of the nation's capitol there is a magnificent building of steel and glass that is now home to what may be a remarkable tech experiment. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Good APM Practices Get Results According to NetForecast's survey, enterprises with application performance management (APM) best practices benchmark scores above six on a ten-point scale experience 75% better results in critical areas. This research paper reveals the survey results as well as discusses the best practices for APM. Learn More. How Cisco's Sourcefire acquisition impacts its security prospects Cisco CEO John Chambers has identified security as an area for improvement for Cisco, and the Sourcefire acquisition is a strong step in that direction. Read More Facebook Open Compute project has "weaknesses," Cisco CEO says Facebook's Open Compute project, which is working on open source servers and switches, will be limited by "weaknesses" in scope that Cisco can exploit, CEO John Chambers said. Read More SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks Network operators are starting small with their SDN and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployments, containing them to parts of the network where they can evaluate performance before rolling it out, according to Infonetics Research. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Take Your Social Business Relationships to the Next Level This IBM Redguide publication provides information about IBM Social Business and includes details about the business need and the value of transformation to a social business. Learn More. Juniper CEO announces retirement following blowout Q2 results Juniper Networks CEO Kevin Johnson said Tuesday he is retiring once a successor is found. Read More U.S. Army foresees robots becoming squad members The U.S. Army wants to move from using robots as tools to creating a human-robot cooperative that will make machines trusted members of the military. Read More Software-defined networking explained Understand how SDN will change everything in 10 easy steps. Read More Unified visibility is needed for the dynamic infrastructure of today, the SDNs of tomorrow The deployment of a unified monitoring fabric should ease concerns regarding the adoption of SDNs in production networks by alleviating the monitoring headache. Read More
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