@cisco lays off 500 folks

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/032713-cisco-layoffs-268165.html?hpg1=bn

The article mentions internal sources hear that the layoffs are orientated around Vmware and other data center business development.     Which..combined from I've heard on the street about how VCE is struggling.  Layoffs.  People defecting. That potentially that coalition is breaking down as well. Thats my rumor and I'm sticking to it.

@hp_networking releases World's first #router with #IRF

http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/networking/products/routers/HP_HSR6800_Router_Series/index.aspx

Nice article on the @hp #turnaround

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/The-Employee-Heroes-at-HP-Making-an-Impossible-Turnaround-77472.html

@hp_networking #2920 140x faster stack failover than @cisco #3750x

http://tolly.com/ts/2013/HP/2920/Tolly213106HP2920SeriesVsCisco2960and3750.pdf

@hp_networking #2920 40% lower latency than @cisco #3750x

http://tolly.com/ts/2013/HP/2920/Tolly213106HP2920SeriesVsCisco2960and3750.pdf

@tolly says that the @hp #2920 performs better than the @cisco #3750x and #2960s

http://tolly.com/Docdetail.aspx?Docnumber=213106

@packetpushers does podcast on @hpn #sdn products & strategey

http://packetpushers.net/show-138-hps-sdn-products-strategy/

@hp_networking hits five year anniversary with #networking in space

HP just hit its five year milestone in space with the HP 2524 swtich!

"Today we had a "birthday" celebration since Columbus is already 5 years in orbit. In that time we had no major problems with our data handling system.

That means HP Networking went very well in this time."  

Rolf Schmidhuber,

Columbus data management system technology team leader for EADS , 8. Februar 2013