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The high cost of wide area networking; Cisco's Chambers gets $2 million payout despite bad year Network Architecture Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Double-Take Software Thinking Beyond Tape: The Case Against Tape Backup Many companies are already backing up their main and branch office systems to tape, but what they don't understand is just how vulnerable their data and their business remains. This video whitepaper explores the high cost, complexity and potentially dangerous shortcomings of a strategy based only on tape backup. Learn more. Spotlight Story It's been 10 years. Let me introduce myself My 10-year anniversary of writing this newsletter has come and gone, and I didn't even realize it until just now. It took me a while to pin down the exact start date. Once I did and re-read those initial newsletters, I realized I forgot to do something all those years ago, something you might expect from a new writer of a twice-weekly newsletter. Read full story Related News: The high cost of wide area networking Given the combination of the economic malaise and the sensationalism that surrounds topics such as cloud computing and server virtualization, it is possible to surmise that nothing of significance is happening in the networking space. Nothing could be further from the truth.  Cisco's Chambers gets $2 million payout despite bad year Cisco Systems gave Chairman and CEO John Chambers a "discretionary incentive payment" of more than US$2 million for the company's 2009 fiscal year, despite the fact that net income fell nearly 24 percent from the previous year on sales that were down almost 9 percent. Can you see John Chambers directing Cisco to buy Alcatel-Lucent? I always find it amusing when desperate Wall Street investment bankers float takeover rumors in the hope of putting lackluster performing companies into play while also simultaneously inflating the laggard company's stock price. My case in point? Alcatel-Lucent! I Remember When I Used a Public IPv4 Address I don't know about you, but it has been a long time since my laptop was assigned a public IPv4 address. F5 clobbers Cisco in application delivery controller market share Infonetics Research Enterprise Voice & Data Analyst Matthias Machowinski released this week his 2Q09 Ethernet Switches and Application Delivery Controllers report. The report revealed that F5's application delivery controller revenue share increased while Cisco's decreased in 2Q09, giving F5 the clear lead two quarters in a row. Cisco-built VMworld labs suffer glitches Just a day after Cisco presented a glowing testimonial of its Unified Computing System and associated technologies at customer Tutor Perini, the platform suffered a high profile hiccup at this week's VMworld conference. Thoughts on WAN Acceleration Market I read the blog notes below and thought I would chime in on two other players in the market place. It will be interesting to see if the players in the market place can make sufficient changes to gain market share over the next year. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are 10 sports technologies to love, 5 to hate Many technologies help fans enjoy sports. Others just annoy. Apple disasters Apple has enjoyed huge success with the iPod and iPhone, but Apple has had a number of commercial flops, too. Sys Management: Lowering Costs and Saving Time Join us for this Webcast to learn how one network administrator at an acute-care hospital saved his team precious time and his organization money with an appliance-based approach to systems management. Appliance-based systems management is easy to use, comprehensive and affordable and allows healthcare organizations to streamline and optimize systems management. Register now to learn more. Why a Firewall Sandwich? Enterprise security through Web security, messaging security and gateway security is the only way to protect your network from intruders, identity theft, security compromises, legal liability, malware, hackers and viruses. Find out about advanced methods of firewall security that will create a "firewall sandwich" and ensure the highest level of protection. Learn more.   September 08, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Raytheon snaps up Internet pioneer BBN Technologies The 11 most influential microprocessors of all time Developer denies software to beat Chinese censors is malicious Cisco, EMC starting new joint venture company? Wi-Fi encryption cracked in 60 seconds Half of new servers are virtualized, survey finds 12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing power Still trying to crack Nazi Enigma messages Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 12 words you can never say in the office How to Improve NOC Efficiencies Network managers are grappling with data center consolidation, expanding networks and shrinking change windows, network compliance and security issues, VoIP, and flat headcounts. Managing the network is getting more and more challenging. What's needed is a lifecycle approach based on an integrated tool set. This video shows a solution to those complexity challenges. View Now Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. 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