Just as its jet pilots need visibility, AirTran Airways needs visibility into its network for security and unexpected bumps. The airline company is finding the move to virtualization is bringing in yet more need for visibility.

Different people have different views on Cisco C3750 switches. Some people have had dreadful experiences with large number of failures and stacking problems. Other people have had none. Here is apoll to gauge how bad they are, or are not.

By Greg Ness (Infoblox)

While almost everyone in the tech industry is talking about the promise of cloud computing very little dialogue focuses on the technology challenges that will need to be addressed (before enterprises fully embrace cloud computing).  And it is in that blue sky between cloud vaporware and day-to-day reality on the ground that new tech fortunes will be made and lost.

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Nick Lippis of the Lippis Report shares his opinion on the pro’s and con’s of mixing up the vendors in your network. Nick is interviewed on Jennifer Geisler’s latest FutureProof show. Watch this vidcast now here Visit the Link ShareThis

Power Management Is Added To Edge Switches by Lippis Consulting

By Cisco Systems

In addition to desktop connectivity wiring closet switches now connect wireless access points, laptops, kiosks, netbooks, IP phones, printers, video desktop systems and more while also managing electrical power of the devices they connect. New PoE Plus standard 802.3at allow 30W per port to be delivered which has driven a change in wiring closet power management. I talk with Berna Devrim, Sr.

Cisco’s TrustSec is architecture with its implementation spread across client software, infrastructure (Catalyst & Nexus) and policy (Access Control System and NAC appliance). Cisco has expanded TrustSec to incorporate 802.1x clients allowing IT leaders to mix and match NAC and 802.1x endpoints. TrustSec organizes and simplifies authentication and policy schema allowing administrators to configure and maintain identity-based access to IT resources while identifying and applying policy based on a user roles in the organization.

There have been a number of interesting new developments in the content routing space recently — specifically, the issue of how to get content to end-users from the most optimal point on the network. I’ll be talking about Cisco and Juniper in a forthcoming blog post, but for now, let’s start with Google:

I'm betting that the CCIE Core Knowledge Question waivers is because of HP. Oh, and making money.