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Commander-in-chief eschews cybersecurity in State of the Union speech and misses a golden opportunity to reassure the American people. (IMAGE CREDIT: REUTERS/Larry Downing)

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  • Jim Duffy

    The Cisco Connection

    Memory glitch hits Cisco's Q2 by Jim Duffy

    Cisco's earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 were impacted by a $655 million charge to fix faulty memory components in a range of products. The buggy memory products were manunfactured by a single supplier between 2005 and 2010, Cisco said during its Q2 earnings conference call this week.Micron Technology's name surfaced this week as the alleged supplier of the faulty DRAM chips.+MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: Cisco's Q1 issues carry over into Q2+The components have been determined to have...

  • Jon Oltsik

    Networking Nuggets and Security Snippets

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    It seems like yesterday when I was logging onto the VAX system at my alma mater UMass so I could work on a market research project with a statistics program.  When my time slot came up, I would sit in front of a VT100 terminal, input my user name and password, and voila - a timesharing session at the cutting-edge of high tech. Well this memory may seem recent but in truth it was back in the mid-1980s.  I probably had a mullet and was hankering to listen to Flock of Seagulls at the...

  • Network Intelligence

    VMware jumps into mobile, but lacks network control by Zeus Kerravala

    Last month, VMware made a big splash in the Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) market by plunking down over $1.5 billion for AirWatch. EMM, formerly known as mobile device management (MDM), has been one of the hottest market segments in tech, primarily due to the seemingly unstoppable force know as BYOD. This acquisition comes a little over a year after Citrix purchased Zenprise to complement its mobile offering. IBM also acquired FiberLink in late 2013, signaling the market for EMM is finally...

  • Jim Duffy

    The Cisco Connection

    Cisco's Q1 issues carry over into Q2 by Jim Duffy

    The same three issues that plagued Cisco's Q1 impacted the company's second quarter as well: softness in emerging markets, order and revenue depression in service provider video, and new product transitions. This is despite the company actually beating Wall Street estimates in revenue and earnings per share.Emerging markets are challenging not only for Cisco but for the industry overall. In Q1, emerging markets orders, which is over 20% of Cisco's product business, were down 12%. Seventy...

  • Jon Oltsik

    Networking Nuggets and Security Snippets

    Enterprise Security Professionals Identify Mobile Computing Security Challenges by Jon Oltsik

     Most companies now provide network access and application support for non-PC devices like smart phones and tablets and many are developing new applications and business processes designed specifically for these devices.  Business managers look at iPhones, Android devices, and even Windows phones and see opportunities for revenue growth, cost cutting, and improved communication everywhere.  Okay so business folks are gaga over mobile, but ask any CISO about mobile computing and...

  • Jon Oltsik

    Networking Nuggets and Security Snippets

    Good News and Bad News on Cybersecurity Priorities and Spending in 2014 by Jon Oltsik

     With the Winter Olympics in full-swing, the cybersecurity community anxiously awaits another global event, the 2014 RSA Conference.  Like Sochi, the RSA Conference comes with its own controversy, but I still anticipate that most of the global information security glitterati will be in San Francisco two weeks hence.  In spite of the RSA/NSA imbroglio, I for one wouldn't be surprised if this year's RSA Conference exceeded last year's attendance records.  Why?  The year...

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    Inside the network powering the Sochi Olympics by Zeus Kerravala

    Credit: REUTERS/Brian SnyderThe Winter Olympics kicked off late last week in Sochi, Russia. Personally, I’m looking forward to my home country, Canada, bringing home the gold in ice hockey.However, the sporting events aren’t the only thing to get excited about in Sochi. The network at the games is also worth paying attention to. This year marked a number of firsts for the network architecture, including the first time network fabrics, virtual networks, and IPTV were deployed. Additionally, this...

  • Jim Duffy

    The Cisco Connection

    Cisco protects itself and its customers by Jim Duffy

    Cisco's patent licensing deals with Google and Samsung this week are intended to avoid costly litigation so the licensing companies can focus on product development. Google and Samsung took care of that themselves late last month. Cisco reached a separate deal with patent company Innovatio IP Ventures to essentially protect its Wi-Fi customers from patent enforcement litigation. The settlement cost Cisco $2.7 million and $13 million in litigation fees.That's an example of what Cisco's...

  • Jon Oltsik

    Networking Nuggets and Security Snippets

    More Bad News about the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage by Jon Oltsik

     ESG is about to publish its 2014 IT spending intentions research as it does each year.  In reviewing this data, I found continuing bad news about the IT security skills shortage.  ESG research found that: Of those organizations planning on adding new IT staff positions in 2014, 42% say they will increase headcount in information security.  This is the highest percentage of all IT skill sets (note:  the #2 choice was IT architects at 35%).Twenty-five percent of all...

  • Network Intelligence

    Why the NFL is turning to Wi-Fi analytics by Zeus Kerravala

    This has been quite the past half a year for the once-beleaguered Extreme Networks. Given all the change in the industry and all the media focus on network startups and SDNs, Extreme Networks had almost become the forgotten-about network vendor. Six months ago, Extreme’s stock price was trading at a little over $3.50/share and the company had recently gone through a CEO change.Today, the company seems to have had a complete facelift and the stock has more than doubled in price. In November,...

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