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Celebrating 25 years of Cisco Networkers

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Celebrating 25 years of Cisco Networkers

Cisco launched in 1984, and its first Networkers customer event was held a few years later. Here's a look back at what's changed at this now $50 billion company – and the world – since Networkers events began.

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Issue highlights

1. Ex-Cisco CEO reflects, looks ahead on 25 years of Networkers

2. OpenStack: Still waiting for the users

3. OpenStack 101: The parts that make up the project

4. 15 most powerful OpenStack companies

5. DOJ charges five members of Chinese army with hacking US groups

6. Google in talks to buy video game streaming service Twitch

7. An H-1B cap hike would mean a grim future for workers

8. Review: Dell WYSE delivers Android-on-a-stick

9. Why IT needs to drive the risk conversation

10. Healthcare CIO Edward Marx: IT ROI is measured in lives saved

11. Facebook is building a Snapchat alternative called Slingshot

12. SAP apps heading to Microsoft Azure cloud

13. Big Data Security Analytics Meets Identity and Access Management

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Ex-Cisco CEO reflects, looks ahead on 25 years of Networkers

John Morgridge was Cisco's first CEO. He took the company public and presided over its growth until John Chambers took over as CEO in 1995. On the 25th anniversary of the Networker's user conference this week, Morgridge, 80, reflects on the past and looks ahead to the future as Cisco's Chairman Emeritus. READ MORE

OpenStack: Still waiting for the users

OpenStack has an impressive list of corporate backers. Red Hat, Rackspace, HP, IBM and AT&T are contributing thousands of lines of code to the open source project and helping deliver an updated version of the cloud computing platform twice a year to allow for easier installation and better manageability. READ MORE

OpenStack 101: The parts that make up the project

At its core, OpenStack is an operating system that builds public or private clouds. But OpenStack is a platform, it's not just one piece of software that's downloaded and installed to "voila!" build a cloud. READ MORE

15 most powerful OpenStack companies

OpenStack at its core is an open source project - it's free code. But what makes OpenStack come alive are the vendors that have contributed to make that raw code and then turned it into a product businesses can use. READ MORE

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5 Best Practices for Optimizing UC Monitoring

This webcast discusses five best practices on how to successfully optimize and manage UC, as well as how to gain clear picture of overall performance and quickly troubleshoot when the inevitable issues arise. Learn More

DOJ charges five members of Chinese army with hacking US groups

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged five supposed members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army with hacking into computers and stealing trade secrets from six U.S. organizations in the nuclear power, steel and solar industries, the agency announced Monday. READ MORE

Google in talks to buy video game streaming service Twitch

Google is planning to buy Twitch, a service that allows gamers to stream their game play. READ MORE

An H-1B cap hike would mean a grim future for workers

If Congress approves comprehensive immigration reform, it will likely more than double the cap on H-1B visas. What happens then sounds dystopian for workers. READ MORE

Review: Dell WYSE delivers Android-on-a-stick

Thin clients aren't very exciting, and for a reason: they're designed to allow remote access to servers, usually with a Citrix, Microsoft, or VMware client. The folks at Dell WYSE have spiced up the category by building a thin client on top of Android, and getting it down to a form factor only slightly larger than a USB memory stick. READ MORE

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Enabling the evolution of voice and video collaboration

IBM Sametime software can help organizations provide a better collaboration environment by integrating telecommunications as part of an overall social communications strategy. Read Now

Why IT needs to drive the risk conversation

It's a familiar complaint: Executives from a business department learn about a new, often cloud-based product and they want to try it. Only they can't, because IT has decreed that this wonderful new product creates too much risk. The frustrated business execs gripe that IT is standing in the way of progress. As one business executive said, IT is "where dreams go to die." READ MORE

Healthcare CIO Edward Marx: IT ROI is measured in lives saved

Edward W. Marx focuses on technology's power to transform the healthcare industry. As senior vice president and CIO at Texas Health Resources in Arlington, Marx has led numerous IT-enabled transformative initiatives aimed at improving patient health. Those projects include using social media to connect with the local community and implementing BI tools to deliver advanced clinical care. READ MORE

Facebook is building a Snapchat alternative called Slingshot

Facebook is said to be building a video-messaging app to rival the Snapchat messaging service. READ MORE

SAP apps heading to Microsoft Azure cloud

Microsoft and SAP's long-standing partnership is being strengthened with the pending certification of SAP's ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for deployment on the Azure cloud infrastructure service. READ MORE

Big Data Security Analytics Meets Identity and Access Management

While most enterprise organizations have SIEM installed, they now realize that these venerable security systems cannot address today's dangerous threat landscape alone. As a result, many are adding network forensics and big data analytics systems for capturing, processing, and analyzing a whole bunch of additional security data. READ MORE

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Mobile-Enabling Your Workforce with Apps You Already Have

Learn how Verastream can unlock your legacy assets and make them seamlessly accessible to your mobile audience. An advanced technology tool and mobile-enablement platform, Verastream can quickly package your applications and data into any format, for any device. Learn More!

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Celebrating 25 years of Cisco Networkers

This year, Cisco recognizes the 25th anniversary of its Networkers user conference.

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