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Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) is a Web-based device-management tool for Cisco routers that can improve the productivity of network managers, simplify router deployments, and help troubleshoot complex network and VPN connectivity issues.
Network and security administrators and channel partners can use Cisco SDM for faster and easier deployment of Cisco routers for integrated [...]

QoS (Quality of Service) involves prioritization of network traffic. QoS is the idea that transmission rates, error rates, and other characteristics can be measured, improved, and, to some extent, guaranteed in advance. QoS can be targeted at a network interface, toward a given server or router’s performance, or in terms of specific applications. A network [...]

Introduced in the Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15), Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) is supported by Cisco 1700, 2600, 3620, 3631, 3640, 3660, 3725, 3745, 7100, 7200, 7400, 7500 series. GLBP is a Cisco proprietary protocol that attempts to overcome the limitations of existing redundant router protocols (HSRP, VRRP, …) by adding basic load balancing functionality.
GLBP [...]

John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, and Frank Calderoni, CFO, speak with CNBC and Bloomberg News about Cisco’s Q1 FY 09 financial results.
How would you characterize the strength of the quarter, and the strength of the company as a whole?
John Chambers says: “We exit the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 with an extremely strong position [...]

On September 2008, Cisco has agreed to purchase open-source instant messaging firm Jabber (http://www.ciscozine.com/2008/09/20/cisco-to-acquire-jabber/).
Two days ago (November 3, 2008 ) Cisco announced that it has completed its purchase of Jabber Inc.
“The acquisition will enable Cisco to embed presence and messaging services “in the network” and provide rich aggregation capabilities to users through both on-premise and [...]

EtherChannel bundles individual Ethernet links into a single logical link that provides bandwidth up to 1600 Mbps (Fast EtherChannel, full duplex) or 16 Gbps (Gigabit EtherChannel) between two Cisco Catalyst switches. All interfaces in each EtherChannel must be the same speed and duplex, and both ends of the channel must be configured as either a [...]

As you see in the article “Implementing High Availability with HSRP“, it is quite simple configure Hot Standby Router Protocol.
Some cases require a custom configuration, using priority, track, preempt etc…and these are:

The standby preempt interface configuration command allows the router to become the active router when its priority is higher than all other HSRP-configured routers [...]