The Lippis Report

May 24th, 2011

By Nick Lippis, the Lippis Report

IT business leaders are being confronted with a choice: either embrace users’ freedom or liberty to choose a mobile endpoint and applications that they deem appropriate to support their work, or dictate a limited number of supported mobile endpoints and applications in which employees must choose? At the center of this decision are security concerns and control as the number of mobile endpoints connecting into enterprise networks skyrocket. A larger secondary effect is that employees are downloading low cost (99 cents to $4.99) mobile applications, which is changing the mix of corporate application portfolios without IT visibility but user request for support. At the same time, video communications is expanding throughout the enterprise and the endpoints it supports. IT business leaders can avoid this difficult choice and offer users freedom to choose the mobile endpoint and applications of their liking, and still maintain security and control by deploying a Borderless Network. In this industry white paper, we review market dynamics shaping mobile computing plus video communications and how a Borderless Network offers user choice, IT management control and in the process, a more productive and agile workforce.

February 14th, 2011

by Cisco Systems

Cisco® Borderless Networks is a next-generation architecture that helps IT evolve its infrastructure to deliver seamless, secure and reliable access in a world with many new and shifting borders. The Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) constitute a critical component of the Cisco Borderless Network Architecture and deliver performance requirements for the next generation of WAN and network services, enabling the cost-effective delivery of high-definition collaboration at the branch office, and providing a secure transition to the next generation of cloud and virtualized network services. This white paper discusses the concept of integrated services as they apply to the branch-office router, and how they help to enable the borderless branch office for small- to medium-sized business, large enterprises and service providers offering managed services.

December 13th, 2010

By Cisco Systems

Key Highlights

• 79% of clicks on “Here You Have” email occurred within the first three hours of the worm’s spread.
• During 3Q10, 7% of all Web malware encounters resulted from Google referrers, followed by Yahoo at 2%, Bing/MSN at 1% and Sina at 0.1%.
• Exploits targeted Sun Java increased from 5% of all Web malware encounters in July 2010 to 7% in September 2010.
• The Rustock Botnet was the highest occurring ROS event in 3Q10, at 21% of events handled during the report period.
• Peak Rustock activity occurred in late August 2010, declining in September 2010.

Download the report here

December 13th, 2010

By Forrester Research

Read the commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting: Total Economic Impact of Cisco’s Borderless Networks.

December 13th, 2010

By Cisco Systems and Splunk

This document is for the reader who:

-Has read the Cisco Security Information and Event Management and Borderless Networks Enterprise Deployment Guide
-Wants to connect Borderless Networks to a Splunk SIEM solution
-Wants to gain a general understanding of the Splunk SIEM solution
-Has a level of understanding equivalent to a CCNA® certification
-Wants to solve compliance and regulatory reporting problems
-Wants to enhance network security and operations
-Wants to improve IT operational efficiency
-Wants the assurance of a validated solution

December 13th, 2010

By Cisco Systems and RSA

This document is for the reader who:

-Has read the Cisco Security Information and Event Management and Borderless Networks Enterprise Deployment Guide
-Wants to connect Borderless Networks to a RSA SIEM solution
-Wants to gain a general understanding of the RSA SIEM solution
-Has a level of understanding equivalent to a CCNA® certification
-Wants to solve compliance and regulatory reporting problems
-Wants to enhance network security and operations
-Wants to improve IT operational efficiency
-Wants the assurance of a validated solution

December 13th, 2010

By Cisco Systems and nFX Cinxi One

This document is for the reader who:

-Has read the Cisco Security Information and Event Management and Borderless Networks Enterprise Deployment -Guide
-Wants to connect Borderless Networks to a nFX Cinxi One SIEM solution
-Wants to gain a general understanding of the nFX Cinxi One SIEM solution
-Has a level of understanding equivalent to a CCNA® certification
-Wants to solve compliance and regulatory reporting problems
-Wants to enhance network security and operations
-Wants to improve IT operational efficiency
-Wants the assurance of a validated solution

December 13th, 2010

By Cisco Systems and LogLogic

This document is for the reader who:

-Has read the Cisco Security Information and Event Management and Borderless Networks Enterprise Deployment Guide
-Wants to connect Borderless Networks to a LogLogic SIEM solution
-Wants to gain a general understanding of the LogLogic SIEM solution
-Has a level of understanding equivalent to a CCNA® certification
-Wants to solve compliance and regulatory reporting problems
-Wants to enhance network security and operations
-Wants to improve IT operational efficiency
-Wants the assurance of a validated solution

December 13th, 2010

By Cisco Systems and ArcSight

This document is for the reader who:

-Has read the Cisco Security Information and Event Management and Borderless Networks Enterprise Deployment Guide
-Wants to connect Borderless Networks to the ArcSight SIEM solution
-Wants to gain a general understanding of the ArcSight SIEM solution
-Has a level of understanding equivalent to a CCNA® certification
-Wants to solve compliance and regulatory reporting problems
-Wants to enhance network security and operations
-Wants to improve IT operational efficiency
-Wants the assurance of a validated solution

Download this deployment guide here:

November 30th, 2010

By Cisco Systems

Over the next few years Wi-Fi networks will transition to 802.11n technology. During this time, many networks will support a mix of 802.11a/g and 802.11n clients. Because they operate at lower data rates, the older clients can reduce the capacity of the entire network. ClientLink technology can help solve problems related to adoption of 802.11n in mixed-client networks by making sure that 802.11a/g clients operate at the best possible rates, especially when they are near cell boundaries.

Find out how by downloading this white paper

November 15th, 2010

By Cisco Systems

This is a first, while this paper is not “white,” it’s a very cool one- page view of Cisco’s borderless network routers. You have to check this out:

Download Cisco’s Enterprise Routing Portfolio here

October 22nd, 2010

A Comprehensive Approach to Corporate and Government Energy Cost Savings and Carbon Reduction

Being green is increasingly being forced upon IT business leaders from their management, government regulations and societal pressures. Ask a recent college grad what is the number one societal contribution they would like to make with their career and the answer is “make the world greener.” The workforce is changing worldwide with a sense of personal and corporate social responsibility to reduce carbon emissions, and choose sustainable materials and processes to power our lives and deliver products and services. And being green is no longer a luxury that IT leaders can choose as governments, boards of directors and presidential directives issue mandates forcing energy efficiency upon IT executives.

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October 5th, 2010

One significant trend that has emerged during the current business/economic cycle is that IT projects that reduce cost are winners. This savings trend is as strong as I have experienced in my twenty-five years within the IT industry. In particular, it’s propelling data center consolidation, server virtualization and mobile computing projects. As enterprises consolidate data centers and miniaturize them with virtualization, cloud-computing providers are busy offering a new lower cost IT delivery economic model. In short, a new tier of computing has emerged were endpoint devices are mobile and applications are delivered via corporate data centers and cloud computing facilities. This new model of computing that also increases convenience and productivity is lacking in one important area; network security for both mobile endpoints and the ability of data center security appliances to keep up with application demand.

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October 5th, 2010

By Nicholas John Lippis III

Network access has evolved rapidly as IT business leaders have embraced new network technology. Access methods such as wired, Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), and mobile plus Virtual Private Network (VPN) methods have flourished over the past business cycle. In addition, a plethora of new endpoint devices have emerged using multiple access methods. But all of these network access approaches have evolved at different rates resulting in siloed networks that do not interact with each other, thus increasing IT operational cost and decreasing application portability and flexibility with user experience suffering. In this paper, we offer a new unified approach to network access that is based upon a thoughtful five-phase method to enable IT business leaders to simplify management, increase user experience and decrease operational cost.

Find out how to eliminate network silos by downloading this white paper: