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10 must-have virtualization toolsBy Beth SchultzVirtualization is shifting from the tactical to the strategic, opening a world of possibilities along the way. This fifth installment of the 2008 New Data Center series explores how virtualization is coloring your world. Start with this slideshow
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Today on Cisco SubnetCisco warns of WebEx ActiveX security hole. NEW FROM OUR BLOGGERS: Cisco dropped the ball with SMB account reps sending e-mails to partners saying bye-bye; Is a rosy future in the forecast for sitting CCIEs?; Brocade 3rd Quarter 2008 results: Cisco long-term threat to Brocade's Fibre Channel switching franchise; When are the upcoming CCIE mixers being held?; CUCM Call Routing (part 7): Route Lists (more from the CUCM Call Routing series).
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LIVE CHAT
Twitter, forums, and blogs: Are social networks your friend or foe?Is social networking the best collaboration tool ever or a giant black hole for productivity coupled with an unacceptable security risk? Whatever the answer, IT is being put in the middle of the controversy. Curt Monash will be available to answer your questions in a live chat on Tuesday Aug. 19 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.
AUGUST GIVEAWAYS
August giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft SubnetWe're giving away 15 copies each of the following titles: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Unleashed; Network Security Technologies and Solutions (CCIE Professional Development Series); and Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 1 (CIPT1) (Authorized Self-Study Guide). We're also giving away a Cisco training course worth up to $3,495 courtesy of Cisco training partner Skyline-ATS, and a Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 from New Horizons. In addition, you can win a copy of Cisco Unified Communications Manager self study guide. Entry info to all the giveaways can be found here.

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Taking Virtualization Up a Notch Learn about potential security and management complications that can occur in your virtual data center and how to address them in this Executive Guide. Get the most up-to-date information on how to boost your virtualization management skills and protect virtual servers against attacks at the hypervisor layer. Download this Executive Guide now at: https://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/PSA2_80399719/7/80399719/
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6. Cisco routers out, Juniper gear in
7. From Nortel's view: SIP R&D
8. SAP fires back at Waste Management
9. Cisco out, ShoreTel VoIP in for Oakland
10. 12 apps for bridging Windows, Linux, Macs
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