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Comcast confirms new network management practices

Comcast, the second largest broadband provider in the U.S., has stopped network-management practices that focus on slowing the BitTorrent peer-to-peer application, the company said.



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What are Cisco's top network-management challenges?

Cisco CEO John Chambers annually seems to lament the state of Cisco network management when he's asked where the company is most challenged or weakest from a product development and marketing aspect. Perhaps it doesn't help that Cisco has acquired more than 125 companies since 1993. An acquisition binge at that pace will keep network management integration efforts continually on the back burner.

| Opinion | Networking | 09/04/08 at 8:47 am |


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Network monitoring and diagnostic tools – features to consider

Following is a list of recommended features and functions when evaluating a network management solution.



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