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As I explained in the article “Security Device Manager aka SDM“, 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. What is a virtual private network? A virtual private network (VPN) is a computer network in which some of the links between nodes are carried by open connections or virtual circuits in some larger network (e.g., the Internet) instead of by physical wires. The link-layer protocols of the virtual network are said to be tunneled through the larger network when [...]

Cisco has created its own channel on the green.tv platform. The channel launches with a series of films focused on Cisco’s Connected Urban Development initiative, which looks at how to reduce carbon emissions through improvements in the efficiency of the urban infrastructure made possible by information and communications technology (ICT) such as Cisco(R) TelePresence. Future programs will focus on creating sustainable cities, virtual collaboration, mobility solutions and smart energy solutions. green.tv has partnerships with some of the world’s leading environmental organisations, including the United Nations Environment Programme and Greenpeace.

The Cisco® Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. Encompassing threat and trends information collected between January and October 2008, this 49-page document provides a snapshot of the state of security for that period. The report also provides recommendations from Cisco security experts and predictions of how identified trends will continue to unfold in 2009. There was an enormous amount of activity related to data and online security during the past year. Although no single, overwhelming attack—such as the spread of Melissa, Slammer, or Storm malware in previous years—turned into the [...]

Discovered during Cisco CCNP course, Tcl (originally from “Tool Command Language“) is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout and introduced from IOS version 12.3(2)T. But what is Cisco Tcl? The Cisco IOS Tcl shell was designed to allow customers to run Tcl commands directly from the Cisco IOS CLI prompt. Cisco IOS software does contain some subsystems such as Embedded Syslog Manager (ESM) and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) that use Tcl interpreters as part of their implementation. These subsystems have their own proprietary commands and keyword options that are not available in the Tcl shell.

Surfing the web, I have found this video. It’s quite old, but… no comment -.-” And you, what do you want for Christmas?

Cisco’s C-Scape Global Forum 2008 brings industry analyst and press communities together with John Chambers, his executive team and guest technology leaders for discussion, debate and dialogue on the industry’s prevailing issues and trends. This year’s interactive forum will focus on the process of building the Next Internet – a much richer user experience on a global scale – and feature discussion around key market transitions in video, collaboration and data center/virtualization.

Due to Raid hardware damage, I have lost all data of Ciscozine.com (web, mail and settings). I have restored Ciscozine.com using the backup of one month ago; the remaining articles are been recovered using google cache… but the comments are permanently lost. Sorry for the inconvenient The admin – Fabio

Today Cisco has officially introduced the CCIE Wireless Certification. So, at the present time, the expert certifications are 7: CCIE Routing & Switching, CCDE, CCIE Security, CCIE Service Provider, CCIE Storage Networking, CCIE Voice and… CCIE Wireless. The written exam for CCIE Wireless will be made available through Pearson VUE on February 17th, 2009. The lab exam for CCIE Wireless will be made available in April, 2009. The Cisco CCIE Wireless certification assesses and validates wireless expertise. Candidates who pass the CCIE Wireless certification exams demonstrate broad theoretical knowledge of wireless networking and a solid understanding of wireless local area [...]