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The Linux part of Cisco's Unified Computing System
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| Cisco isn't happy with just being the data center and Internet networking big
| dog. The company now wants, with its Unified Computing System, to be the data
| center alpha dog. Cisco will be producing its own high-end 64-bit blade
| servers with Intel Nehalem processors, which will be powered by VMware,
| Windows Server 2008, and, pay attention now, Red Hat's RHEL (Red Hat
| Enterprise Linux).
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_linux_part_of_ciscos_unified_computing_system
Cisco declares war, embraces open source
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| While Cisco's Unified Communication technology is hardly open source--Cisco
| has built its own proprietary Ethernet, for heaven's sake!--the initiative
| will largely depend on open-source software. In my conversations with
| executives involved in the initiative, Red Hat, specifically, and open-source
| proponents, generally, are deemed to be critical to its success.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10197910-16.html
This is huge.
Recent:
Red Hat and Cisco Deliver Enterprise Linux and Virtualization for New Unified
Computing Solution
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| Red Hat and Cisco will collaborate to deliver joint global sales and services
| as well as customer engagement, and to develop deployment and enablement
| tools for customers.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/red-hat-cisco-deliver-enterprise/story.aspx?guid={75079382-97BE-4946-8482-904AC1E6A823}&dist=msr_2
A Linux-Powered Cisco Server with VMware?
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| Cisco in the server hardware business? With VMware? Using Linux? Has the
| world gone topsy-turvy while I wasn't looking? If you think about it, Cisco's
| forte--routers--are lightweight computers that do one specific job--routing
| packets from one network to another. So, their foray into the dark realm of
| higher-end server systems isn't such a big stretch for them.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4118.html
This week in the world of virtualization: Sun’s VirtualBox
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| This week I had the pleasure of taking some personal time to play around with
| Sun Microsystem’s VirtualBox. What else can I say but, “Wow.” I am impressed
| with this excellent application. I had downloaded (v2.1.4) and configured it
| for Fedora Linux on my laptop. It was extremely simple. It came as an rpm and
| the installation took care of everything, including adding the shortcut
| launchers in my GNOME menu.
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| I had wanted to install a virtualization application for quite some time now
| to help make development life simpler. I do a lot of low-level device driver
| development and for that reason I had invested (years back) in multiple dummy
| nodes to do my testing on. Well, not only do those nodes take up space and
| consume too much power but when I hit kernel panics, I do not want to have to
| wait for the system to restart and re-initialize for me to continue with my
| work. I want something simplified and that is where virtualization comes into
| the scene.
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http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2009/03/11/this-week-in-the-world-of-virtualization-suns-virtualbox/
Sneaky Cisco plots to take over Microsoft's world
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| [T]here's another company that is increasingly setting its sights on
| Microsoft, and it's doing so largely unnoticed. The company is networking
| giant Cisco, which through a mix of open-source software and collaboration
| technology is launching a credible campaign to deep-six Microsoft's desktop
| dominance.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10191441-16.html
Is Open Source Ready To Get The Message?
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| Earlier this week, Cisco announced that it will offer an email-security
| offering as both a fully hosted and a hybrid service. While the announcement
| focuses mostly on Cisco's IronPort business unit, Cisco also acknowledged
| that its email security offering will dovetail with its plans to build a
| hosted email offering based on technology acquired from PostPath.
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http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/is_open_source.html
Cisco's PostPath to Linux powered hosted email
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| It will be interesting to see how the PostPath technology furthers Cisco's
| Linux interest as well since Cisco tends not to do things on a small scale. A
| large Linux powered hosted email system will no doubt result in scalability
| and performance improvement that could well extend behind the confines of
| Cisco itself and benefit the broader open source ecosystem.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/03/ciscos-postpath-to-linux-power.html
Cisco Goes Deep for Linux and Open Source
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| Without much fanfare or self-congratulations, networking giant Cisco Systems
| has become one of the top contributors to the Linux kernel and an active
| contributor to the broader open source community.
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| It's a message that Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) isn't boasting about yet, but was
| willing to discuss with InternetNews.com. Cisco is the world's largest
| networking vendor and a technology juggernaut that is seeing the value in
| using and contributing to open source.
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http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3807436/Cisco+Goes+Deep+for+Linux+and+Open+Source.htm
Cisco: Huge international interest in developer contest
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| Cisco Systems Inc. has claimed that international interest in its recently
| launched contest for router-centric application development has been so
| strong that it must extend the first-phase deadline from Jan. 12 to Feb. 27.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9125122&source=rss_topic122
Should open source boycott Cisco’s contest?
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| While lawyers debate the merits of the FSF’s suit against Cisco, open source
| developers may be asking themselves how they can make their views heard.
|
| Here’s an idea. Boycott Cisco’s contest.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3264
Vyatta: Beating Cisco with open networks
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| Vyatta, the open-source networking company, has been turning on the heat
| lately against Cisco, the networking giant. Even as Cisco expands beyond its
| networking base with collaboration products, Vyattas sole focus remains
| beating Cisco network performance at rock-bottom prices.
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http://www.yourcommunicationnews.com/vyatta+beating+cisco+with+open+networks_20109.html
Cisco Offers $100,000 Bounty to Linux Application Developers
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| Cisco is offering $100,000 in prize money to Linux application
| developers that help the networking giant defeat Microsoft in the
| unified communications market. The initiative focuses on network-aware
| applications written for Cisco’s AXP (Application Extension Platform)
| and Integrated Services Routers (ISRs).
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/11/26/cisco-offers-100000-bounty-to-linux-application-developers/
Related:
Can Microsoft and Cisco Still Be Pals?
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| That puts it in direct competition with Microsoft, which is No. 2
| with its Live Meeting service. Microsoft's big push will come in
| June when it begins producing a host of products, including Microsoft
| Office Communicator 2007.
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http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2007/db20070509_476708.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/2pt3yw
Cisco CEO: 'Microsoft Has Given Us a Three-Year Lead'
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| Microsoft has given us a three-year lead. And we've never lost a
| game when we've had a three-year lead... It's a battle we fully
| intend to win.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070405/31630_id.html?.v=1
Microsoft's Worst Nightmare (Nope, Not Google)
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| The Cisco/Linksys drive into the home follows an absolutely miserable
| effort by Microsoft, which had a first-mover advantage but blew it in
| favor of its Xbox gaming play. Maybe Microsoft figured the timing just
| wasn't right. In any case, Microsoft angered a lot of digital home
| integrators who were hoping for some support to break open the
| market.
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http://www.crn.com/digital-home/198700830
Cisco benefits as Microsoft keeps moving the goalposts
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| Forced between choosing between unified comms vendors, many users
| are reluctantly opting to use an alternative to Microsoft. Others,
| it seems, are a lot less disappointed.
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| [...]
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| The Microsoft partner confessed that Cisco is the preferred option. "Cisco
| has a better track record of consistency on upgrades. Whereas Microsoft?s
| new products can be a completely different kettle of fish from the last,"
| he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38259
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