- Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal: Getting Your Network into Compliance
- Network World: What’s the biggest, fastest LAN switch?
- Network World: “Will Wi-Fi kill wired Ethernet at the LAN edge?
- Cisco Blog: Two very cool switch commands
- ARNnet: Are Cisco switches really so expensive?
- Data Center Central: Don’t Let Short-Term Thinking Afflict SOA Deployments
- IT Week: Keep your kit kosher
More below the fold…
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal: Getting Your Network into Compliance
“Regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley demand tighter control over networks and the hardware and software used to transmit data over that network. Configuration settings must be standardized, changes must be tracked and audit trails produced. This endless list of IT tasks coupled with the dramatic proliferation of network devices throughout the data center from an install base of 25 million in 2003 to 45 million in 2005*, makes the job of ensuring network compliance exponentially harder than any other compliance initiative.”
Network World: What’s the biggest, fastest LAN switch?
“This isn’t a trick question, but one with a lot of tricky answers depending on how you define “big” and “fast.” Ethernet switch vendors such as 3Com, Force10, Cisco, Extreme, Foundry and HP ProCurve constantly tussle with claims of the highest performance, density and latency. But keep in mind that what’s available right now from such vendors is three-year-old technology, on average.”
Network World: “Will Wi-Fi kill wired Ethernet at the LAN edge?
“The line is blurring between wireless LAN and Ethernet switch gear that connects end users, as vendors such as Cisco, Nortel, 3Com and others have worked to link these products into a supposedly seamless access system. But will there ever come a time when more users are accessing enterprise networks via wireless than over wired Ethernet?”
Cisco Blog: Two very cool switch commands
Commands for NativeIOS switches.
ARNnet: Are Cisco switches really so expensive?
“On a price-per-port basis, [Cisco is] not even the most expensive. Force10 Networks, at US$513 per port, is the priciest switch vendor; more than half of Force10′s revenue is from 10G Ethernet switch port sales. The second-most expensive switches per port are from Foundry at US$162 per port. Cisco is third at US$124 per port, followed by Extreme at US$113. Enterasys, Alcatel and Nortel cost US$89, US$88 and US$80 per port. The cheapest brands are Netgear (US$4), D-Link (US$5) and Cisco’s Linksys (US$6).”
Data Center Central: Don’t Let Short-Term Thinking Afflict SOA Deployments
“One of the main benefits of implementing an SOA strategy is the end of legacy data silos that exist in most enterprises. The thinking is that greater access to data and applications across all organizational units improves efficiency, productivity and competitiveness.”
IT Week: Keep your kit kosher
“Audit firm KPMG estimates at least one in 10 IT products is counterfeit, at a cost to the industry of around $100bn a year. And, just as with consumer items, it’s the big-name brands that are affected the most. Cisco fakes, in particular, are all too common.”
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