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Network Capacity Planning Saves Money, Improves Performance Across Cisco Systems: Starting in 2000, bandwidth requirements at Cisco Systems began to double every 12 to 18 months, degrading performance on established circuits. Driving bandwidth consumption were voice over IP and video on demand, which share the network with more conventional business applications. Cisco developed a structured process for planning bandwidth requirements...; Tags: performance, network, network capacity, cisco systems inc., bandwidth requirement, network capacity planning; Case studies

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CNET's Clientside developer blog serving Adobe Flash exploits: Yesterday, Websense Labs issued an alert regarding a compromised CNET blog, namely the Clientside developer blog which has been embedded with a malicious javascript code attempting to exploit the visitors through a well known vulnerability in Adobe Flash's player. Websense's alert : "Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has discovered...; Tags: adobe systems inc., cnet networks inc., javascript, blog, websense inc., malware, scripting languages, security, viruses and worms, software/web development, web development, dancho danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-07
The shine is off another apple: Techies to Apple: You treat us like indentured servants.In a lawsuit filed Monday that the plaintiff hopes to turn class-action including all staff at retail stores, an Apple employee alleges that the company denied technical staffers overtime pay and other compensations required by state law. The network engineer employed by...; Tags: job, overtime, apple inc., recruitment & selection, human resources, workforce management, deb perelman; Blog posts 2008-08-07
Social giving for charity begets social giving for community: Normally I don't write about specific events but I'm making an exception as this is almost a mini overview for how charity in social media can turn into a benefit for the social Web community. In May I launched a Social Media Charity Auction that raised about...; Tags: social media, greg verdino, inbound marketing summit, jennifer leggio; Blog posts 2008-08-07
Top sites in France in May 2008: Property Apr-08 May-08 Growth Total Internet 100.0 100.0 0.0 Google Sites 80.5 82.0 1.5 Groupe Pages Jaunes 3.1 2.7 -0.4 Microsoft Sites 2.6 2.4 -0.2 eBay 2.3 2.2 -0.1 Yahoo! Sites 2.5 2.1 -0.4 Groupe Spi...; Tags: site, internet, nb; Blog posts 2008-08-07

Will the Olympics melt the Internet?: Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...; Tags: nbc, network, video, stream, internet, corporate communications, web site development, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-07
Google doubles its cookie tracking: Will you opt out?: Google on Thursday rolled out improvements to its ad network and will add DoubleClick tracking across its sites. Google also made it easy to opt out of its double dose of cookies with one click. The larger question is whether users will choose to go cookie free. ...; Tags: google inc., advertisement, doubleclick inc., cookie, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-07
I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt: Where's the hot chicks? Yeah you heard it, Summer LinuxWorld Expo sucked. Again. No, I didn't go this year. In fact, I haven't gone in two years. So how can I say it sucked? Because everyone who I know...; Tags: booth, trade show, webcast, linux, internet, rss, web site development, web technology, operating systems, software, jason perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-07
CIOs: We love video conferencing and online training; Enterprise 2.0 on the ropes: Chief information officers have the hots for online training, video conferencing and collaboration software such as Microsoft's SharePoint. Just don't ask these execs to blog, use a wiki or enter a virtual world. That's the recap from a survey of 1,400 CIOs by staffing firm Robert Half...; Tags: cio, online training, enterprise 2.0, wiki, online communications, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-07
The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already: The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it alreadyTalk about Polution!!There's is no form of transportation MORE polluting than an electric car. Why people are so thrilled with them....They use power which is produce primarily by COAL!!!The coal-fired electricity has to be transmitted which costs...; Tags: car, electric car; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
Sorry, no-can-do, says Tufts: Tufts University responded last week to a subpoena in yet another file-sharing case by explaining why they could not actually identify the "Does" named in the case. While this is hardly a new argument, the IT department at Tufts did a particularly nice job of refusing politely, with a...; Tags: dhcp, tufts university, riaa, peer to peer (p2p), networking, internet, christopher dawson; Blog posts 2008-08-06
The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already: ZAP truck courtesy of ZAP. American consumers are bypassing Big Oil and Big Auto, they are going directly to the electric car. They are not waiting for fancy new start=ups to come out with traditional looking cleantech vehicles. How is this happening? By buying golf carts....; Tags: car, vehicle, zap, clean technology, american consumer, sales strategy, sales, harry fuller; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR ban: Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR banThis had to go to court?Holy-wood! What a bunch of elitist greedy "Do as I say, not as I do" psuedo moralists!I've been using an external 750 Gig USB drive to store my recorded movies etc. for nearly a year now...So how is it Holy-Wood doesn't...; Tags: tv & home theater, holy-wood, remote-dvr, second circuit; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia: According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...; Tags: network, network service, international data corp., networking, nb; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia: According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services NCIS and Network Management NM) will grow from $4.7 bln...; Tags: network, network service, international data corp., networking, nb; Blog posts 2008-08-06
The social media corporate identity crisis: The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...; Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Consumer notebook shipments to grow 36.5% in 2008: Consumer notebook shipments are forecast to display continued double-digit growth in 2008, expected at 36.5%. Several ultraportable models were announced in Q2 2008, from international as well as local PC vendors - including French retailer Surcouf, which is planning to launch La Revolution, its own branded low-cost ultraportable and has...; Tags: consumer notebook shipment, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, nb; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Consumer notebook shipments to grow 36.5% in 2008: Consumer notebook shipments are forecast to display continued double-digit growth in 2008, expected at 36.5%. Several ultraportable models were announced in Q2 2008, from international as well as local PC vendors - including French retailer Surcouf, which is planning to launch La Revolution, its own branded low-cost ultraportable and has...; Tags: consumer notebook shipment, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, nb; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Sprint: Can it convince customers to stay?: Sprint: Can it convince customers to stay?Sprint's customer service is execrable*.Sprint's customer service was the reason I dumped them years ago. The customer service was so bad that if I faced a choice of Sprint or going without a cell phone, I'd go without. They will never under any circumstance...; Tags: product marketing, customer relationship management (crm), sprint communications, at&t corp., customer service; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
Zittrain explains the future of the Internet: Zittrain explains the future of the InternetThe internet is...A series of tube-like structures that can get clogged with too much information. Some tubes will be made bigger in the future to enhance the flow of information, but in reality we will discover that the new, wider tubes, will be filled...; Tags: e-mail, zittrain, internet; Discussion threads 2008-08-06