With the recent success of Apple’s new iPad, all other manufacturers are fighting over who can release the rival to take on Apple.  As you most undoubtedly now, HP has finished it’s acquisition of Palm and intends to release a tablet based of off the loved Web OS.  Dell has also showed it’s desire to be in the tablet business with the Dell Streak, which has just been released in Europe, and show be coming soon to the US.  I must admit that I expected a lot of companies to want to rival the iPad’s success, but there is one thing I didn’t see coming…Cisco.

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Preparing for the upgrade of firmware for the Cisco UCS, you must first "download" the necessary firmware image or, in my case, the firmware bundle (which includes the firmware for all of the UCS components).

While trying to download the image, the status continually showed "downloading", but never incremented past 2%. After letting it fail and then trying it one more time, I realized what was wrong: I was using TFTP.

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eGroup announced today that it has achieved the Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure (DCNI) Specialization from Cisco. This specialization recognizes eGroup as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deliver and support comprehensive Cisco® data center network infrastructure solutions. Read more >>

eGroup announced today that it has achieved the Advanced Data Center Storage Networking Specialization from Cisco®. This specialization recognizes eGroup, a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support comprehensive Cisco data center storage networking solutions. Read more >>

The Cisco 3500 series Aironet access points can analyze up to 20 different kinds of interference in the air, and automatically self-adjust themselves for optimal signal broadcast– all without the intervention of an IT staff member.

From the Cisco product page:

Simplify wireless operations with:

• Automatic interference mitigation for better reliability and performance
• Remote troubleshooting for fast problem resolution and less downtime
• Robust security with non-Wi-Fi detection for off-channel rogues
• Policy enforcement with customizable alerts to prohibit devices that interfere with the network

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