3 steps for moving from Cisco's Catalyst 6500 to the Nexus 9000

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New iPhone iOS 8 notifications to bring changes, annoyances 10 evil supercomputers -- and their bloodthirsty plans for our demise Network World Daily News PM June 19, 2014 Share this email 3 steps for moving from Cisco's Catalyst 6500 to the Nexus 9000 When Cisco launched the Insieme product line last fall, it said it had an aggressive program on tap for customers of its 15-year-old Catalyst 6500 to migrate to the new Nexus 9000 data center switches. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. New iPhone iOS 8 notifications to bring changes, annoyances 2. 10 evil supercomputers -- and their bloodthirsty plans for our demise 3. It's not time for Cisco CEO John Chambers to retire 4. Amazon's Fire smartphone: Why it doesn't matter how cool it is 5. Is Microsoft withholding Windows 7 security patches? Probably not 6. Bottom Nine: 2014's startup non-success stories 7. Quick Look: Linux Lite 2.0 8. NBC Sports disputes World Cup streaming record 9. 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