Top Cisco Certification Books
What books will help you with your Cisco certification? Here are some top picks for CCNP, CCIE, and CCNA study guides. 1. CCIE Practical Studies, Vol. 1 Karl Solie With a focus on the lab portion of the exam, this…
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IT Demands More of Networks, Rivalry between Cisco & HP More Intense
As cloud computing, consumerization, and mobility boost demands on enterprise networks, HP and Cisco will escalate their battle to supply the IT infrastructure. Across IT, many observers have identified three broad trends going forward: mobility, cloud computing and the…
Awesome, What Happened to Networking in 2011?
After about eight or nine years of networking innovation stagnation, the number of new innovations starting in 2010 and exploding in 2011 is astounding. Speed and feeds are increasing, but the exciting work in 2011 occurred in new technologies to…
Video Offer: Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 3750 QoS Simplified
This video offers a comprehensive look at Quality of Service configuration on Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 3750 Series switches. It’s a free training video that details the theory and configuration of quality of service (QoS) on Cisco Catalyst 3560 and…
How to Manage Cisco 2950 Switches by IP Address?
By default the Cisco Catalyst 2950 is not configured for remote administration. Basic configuration to enable remote administration on the Cisco Catalyst 2950 includes configuring an IP address on the switch and also enabling telnet access. Once these configurations are…
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Switch, How to Configure a DHCP Relay on It?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to hosts on a local network. DHCP also delivers TCP/IP configuration parameters such as the subnet mask and the default router. DHCP simplifies network administration because the…
Twelve Global Executives to Watch in 2012
Reputations, money, survival. A lot hangs in the balance in 2012 for the prominent heads of many global companies. Here’s a rundown of a dozen of the more intriguing business scenarios and the executives who will need to navigate through…
How to Connect a Router/Switch Through the Console Port?
Every Cisco router/network switch has a console port on its back. It is there to provide a way to hookup a terminal to the router in order to work on it. The console port (sometimes called the management port) is…
Cisco Catalyst 6000/6500, Aim at Enterprise Network & Service Provider Networks
The Cisco Catalyst 6000/6500 family represents the flagship of the Cisco Catalyst switching product range. The switch is aimed at the enterprise network and also at service provider networks. The Catalyst 6000/6500 is chassis-based, which means that it consists of…
How to Make Cisco Console Cables?
A Cisco console cable is used to connect a computer system directly into a networking device, such as a switch or a router. The cable consists of a DB9 (female) connector on one end and a RJ45 (male) connector on…
25 Top Network and IT Industry News Stories of 2011
What big news made a great impression on you in 2011? Well, 2011, a year full of unforgettable stories, will be remembered for the death of Steve Jobs, Cisco’s refocusing, IPv6’s coming-out party, Google Executive Go-Round, Android Market Feels Malware…
Cisco OnPlus, Cloud-based Managed Services Launched Aimed at SMBs
Cisco has launched a cloud-based managed services program, OnPlus, for channel partners seeking to offer remote network management and assessment to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). “Small businesses need a lot of support — financial, marketing, technical, etc. Managed services…
Eight Steps to Protect Your Cisco Router
Network security is a completely changing area; new devices like IDS (Intrusion Detection systems), IPS (Intrusion Prevention systems), and Honeypots are modifying the way people think about security. Companies are spending thousands of dollars on new security devices, but forgetting…
Static Routing vs. Dynamic Routing
For routing between routers to work efficiently in an internetwork, routers must have knowledge of other network IDs or be configured with a default route. On large internetworks, the routing tables must be maintained so that the traffic always travels…
Check: What Events Shaped Cisco in 2011?
Transformational year marked by layoffs, restructuring, killing Flip, heightened competition and humbling results, 30 events that shaped Cisco in 2011. 2011 was a tumultuously transitional year for Cisco. The company came to the realization that its strategy for growth by…
Self-defending Networks, the Marketing’s Dead, and the Goal’s Alive
Cisco security Chief John Stewart on the future of the ‘self-defending network’ and why IT security shops must return to basics. The foundation for a self-defending network is integrated security – security that is native to all aspects of an…
Microsoft Hyper-V: What It Means for Cisco Nexus 1000v
For enterprise and service provider customers who want to extend Cisco networking experience to their Microsoft Windows Server 8 Hyper-V deployments, Cisco offers a full portfolio of virtual networking technologies through the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches and Cisco Unified…
Cisco Branch Routers, Accelerate Your WAN Performance
Cisco branch routers, designed to address increasingly distributed and collaborative workforces, is the cornerstone of a new Cisco architecture called Borderless Network. Borderless Network is intended to support applications, processing cycles and services that are increasingly distributed and virtualized, such…
CloudVerse: Cisco Storms into the Cloud Market
Cisco CloudVerse, codenamed Hurricane, a framework that combines unified data center, cloud intelligent networks and cloud applications, is Cisco’s cloud coming-out party. Looking to make it easier for IT solution providers and end-user companies to unify hybrid cloud environments, Cisco…
Cisco, Confident of Its Cius Tablet in the Coming New Year
Cisco Systems is planning to release a larger and smaller version of its enterprise-centric Cius tablet in the new year, part of an ongoing push to get its Android-based tablet into the hands of more and varied enterprise customers. Cisco…
CISCO Catalyst 3750 Family
In April 2003, Cisco announced the Catalyst 3750 as a new product family. The Catalyst 3750 provides Cisco’s first high density gigabit Ethernet over copper switch in a fixed chassis, providing up to 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports + 4 x…
Cloud Computing, So Popular in Coming Years, What You Need to Consider?
New Cisco Global Cloud Index Projects Cloud Computing Traffic to Grow 12-Fold by 2015; Cloud to be 51 percent of Data Center Workloads by 2014 Cloud Computing Traffic to Grow Fast in Coming Years, Cisco Says Cloud computing will account…
