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• Cisco CEO Chambers one of 10 tech people you should know Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Mon, 01/05/2009
  
  Cisco CEO John Chambers is named as one of '10 tech people you should know', as compiled by Network World. Other 'power-brokers' listed whose decisions could shape enterprise IT for years to come include Paul Maritz, VMware CEO, Mike Neil, general manager of virtualization strategy, Microsoft. and John Lilly, CEO, Mozilla. Network World notes that Cisco means a lot more than switching these days, as Cisco saw increases in its fiscal quarter that ended Oct. 25 to its unified communications, video systems and wireless businesses. Network World also notes that Cisco's experiences in navigating past economic slowdowns puts it in a good position to ride out this current one.

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• Winners of December Cisco Subnet giveaways; details of January giveaways Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 01/02/2009

  Congratulations to the winners of the December book giveaway. The 15 winners below will each receive a copy of Kevin Wallace's book Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE) (Authorized Self-Study Guide), 3rd Edition. Plus, read on for this month's cool training and book giveaways.

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• Can Cisco compete in the consumer electronics mass-market? Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 01/02/2009
  
  Cisco has won much attention from consumer news sites since the New York Times reported Monday that the networking giant at CES next week is expected to unveil a digital stereo system that can move music wirelessly around a house, among other consumer offerings. But analysts and pundits say there are hurdles that Cisco must overcome in a market where Cisco is an unknown brand. Pundits also point to similar offerings from Sonos, Logitech and Apple.

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• Hacker demos reliable Cisco IOS exploit Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 01/02/2009
  
  Security researcher Felix 'FX' Lindner of Phenoelit on Monday gave the first public demonstration of a reliable technique for exploiting buffer overflows in Cisco IOS routers. The demo was delivered at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, reports Heise Online.

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