Cisco to buy Greenfield Networks
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| Cisco Systems has agreed to buy Greenfield Networks in a move
| designed to expand its Ethernet lineup, the companies said Monday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6134815.html
Cisco works with Microsoft to shut out rivals, e.g.:
Cisco makes news with big partners
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| Cisco Systems, known for its aggressive acquisition strategy, is pushing
| forward with its partnership program as it announces the completion of a
| security platform with Microsoft and a new marketing partnership with
| business software company SAP.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6112932.html
Why the world needs openness, not interoperability.
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| This NAC/NAP lovefest would be laughable if it weren't such
| a kick-in-the-teeth to the rest of the industry, enterprise IT, and
| all Internet users. A Cisco/Microsoft oligopoly stalls implementation,
| stifles innovation, and makes the network less secure. In this way, Cisco
| and Microsoft are standing in the way of progress.
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http://news.com.com/2061-11203_3-6112960.html?part=rss&tag=6112960&subj=news
Open Source is probably the greatest threat to both companies.
University dumps Cisco VOIP for open-source Asterisk
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| SHSU is in the process of moving its 6,000 students, faculty and staff off
| of Cisco CallManager IP PBXs and a legacy Nortel Meridian PBX over to Linux
| servers running Asterisk...
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1646405846;fp;4;fpid;78268965
Open source router on par with Cisco, users say
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| "I'd say that any PC we could put [Vyatta OFR] on today is going to be
| way faster than Cisco. I would not be doing backbone routing with this,
| but I would not hesitate to say this will compete against Cisco
| either," Newnam said. "Well, as long as we're not switching half of
| the U.S. of course."
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1218088,00.html
Open source router tempts company to bid Cisco firewall farewell
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| As open source router start-up Vyatta is scheduled to formally launches
| its first appliance this week, one early adopter is using the
| Linux-based gear to replace Cisco technologies.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/100206-vyatta.html
Dumping Cisco for open-source
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| Open-source networking trend is limited so far, but it
| could grow fast
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| The open-source movement, which has long made inroads
| into corporations via Linux and other enterprise-level
| software, now has a potentially bigger target in its
| cross hairs: the PBXs and network routers from companies
| such as Cisco Systems Inc. that form the basis of
| networking infrastructure.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004223
http://tinyurl.com/t8cfw
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| Check out this Open Source, commercially supported Linux based router.
| I seriously saved my company thousands... Go small guy!
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http://digg.com/hardware/I_just_saved_my_company_8_000_by_NOT_buying_Disco
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