Cisco rival Extreme exiting network stage? Extreme Networks last week bid adieu to its CEO and 9% of its workforce -- or about 70 people -- before announcing today that its first quarter fell far short of expectations. It begs the question of whether Extreme, with a flat 1.5% revenue share of the $19 billion Ethernet switching market for the past two years, can continue to survive at this pace. Extreme Networks replaces CEO, lays off 70 Ethernet switch vendor Extreme Networks is replacing its CEO and laying off 70 employees in an effort to quickly improve the company's bottom line and set it up to run profitably with lower revenues. Ethernet everywhere! Inside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master Juniper's enterprise business hums in Q3 Juniper Networks (JNPR) can thank its enterprise business for third-quarter results that exceeded expectations. Record complaints for telecommunications industry, again Complaints from consumers and small businesses about phone and Internet providers rose 54 per cent in 2008-2009 over the previous 12 months, according to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO). In the TIO's annual report, the Ombudsman, Deirdre O'Donnell, called for the industry to pick up its game as the level of complaints around customer service were still "unacceptably high". Net neutrality could lead to inexpensive, high-quality broadband services for businesses Net neutrality could lead to inexpensive, high-quality broadband services for businesses. Cisco ISR G2s - Just Another 3700-series? I Think I've Seen These Routers Before...Almost a year ago, Cisco released a huge marketing blitz titled the "Data Center Big Bang". I commented at the time that this was a big YYYYYAAAAAWWWWNNNNN. Lots of hype, not much substance. Industry awaits Juniper response to Cisco/Starent Cisco's recent $2.9 billion acquisition of enhanced mobile packet core specialist Starent Networks was said by pundits to have harmed Juniper's prospects in this market. Many said Juniper and Starent were getting closer, particularly in AT&T's parlour, and the Juniper was to announce its affections for the company next week in New York. Cool IOS Feature: Random NetFlow Does anyone out there remember the show, "The Fall Guy" with Lee Majors and one of my big time young punk kid crushes, Heather Thomas? Looking at Cisco Cat switches and routers, to me the true "unknown stuntman" of networking is Netflow. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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