#Intel Buying Ethernet Chip Maker #Fulcrum Microsystems

This is interesting... and I suspect will be very good for industry as hopefully Intel will drive down prices of high end networking asics

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Intel-Buying-Ethernet-Chip-Maker-Fulcrum-Systems-661149/

#CSCO #Kool-AID.... going out of style

Ran across this blog entry...thought it was funny

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/mastering-art-cisco-kool-aid-keg-stand

I think I recognize some of these guys from Cisco TAC.

Free #HPN Training for customers & parnters on #networking

http://www2.ibtalk.net/index.php?cmp=mtx_pre_registration&PHPSESSID=283034f1fecca9ee5d7be161db0633d4

#Wisconsin school district goes with #HPN and Shoretel

And saves considerably over #CSCO

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041111-shoretel-voip-kaukauna.html?page=2

#CSCO to elimnate 10,000 jobs

John Chambers is partying like its two thousand and one.... that was the last really really big layoff.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/12/cisco-jobs-idUSL3E7IC05120110712

For being touted..or is it self-touted as a great leader... why does this keep happening?  I'll tell you.
The problem is all John.  It's John's ego that has the best of him, the best of those 10,000 employees, and the best of two many stock investors that wrongly listened to John.  No wonder Cisco is now a corporate villian.

For over the last decade, CSCO has enjoyed 70+% margins.  But..if you were a stock investor, you lost money.
John runs the company not for the stock holders..but for his own ego.

Time to go John.

#CSCO loses 5.8% marketshare, #HPN gains 2.5%!

So reports CRN magazine

http://www.crn.com/news/networking/231001334/hp-touts-share-gains-in-networking-war-with-cisco.htm?itc=refresh

Who is #2 in Worldwide Router market share?

It would surprise you...as I'm thinking the name you had in mind starts with a J...

Nope... its HP!

HP has it both in units and in revenue!

In revenue, HP is 5.5% and Juniper is 5.3%.

In units, HP is 10.3% and Juniper is 1.9%.

OneAccess and Adtran both sell more in units than Juniper does.