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• Juniper adds OpenFlow to its routers, switches

  Juniper Networks this week said it is making the source code of its OpenFlow application accessible to developers of applications for its Junos networking operating system software.

• F5 BIG-IP upgrade improves IP services, battles DDOS attacks

  F5 is touting new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/071510-dns-security-cloud.html?ap1=rcb">DNS</a> capabilities in its BIG-IP v11 software as a way for service providers to save money, stave off <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/100411-ddos-voip-251553.html">distributed denial-of-service attacks</a> and scale to support rapidly expanding IP services.

• Huawei gunning for Cisco in the enterprise

  Things are about to get a little hotter for Cisco in the enterprise market.

• Juniper follows Cisco with edge upgrade

  Juniper this week enhanced its service provider edge routers to address growing bandwidth requirements of emerging mobile, cloud computing and enterprise network applications.

• Cisco unveils routers, takes swipe at Juniper

  Cisco this week unveiled three service provider edge routers, along with an aggressive marketing campaign against rival Juniper.

• Cisco nabs Juniper sales execs

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a> has nabbed a couple of Juniper Networks sales executives for its own service provider sales force.

• Juniper's disappointing quarter not due to switching

  No one can blame enterprise switching for Juniper's disappointing second-quarter results. Sales of Juniper's EX switches were up 18% year-over-year, switching overall was up 33%, and enterprise sales were up 9% due to strength in enterprise switching and routing products.

• Cisco's resolve unflagging despite massive layoffs coming

  LAS VEGAS -- Despite the specter of perhaps the largest layoff in Cisco's history overhanging its annual customer conference, the company last week conducted business pretty much as usual at Cisco Live!

• Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability

  Cisco's massive user show, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a> Live, is going on this week in Las Vegas. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's senior vice president of engineering and CTO sat down with Cisco Subnet editor and blogger Julie Bort. They discussed Cisco's progress since Warrior took the helm as CTO, the reorganization of Cisco's engineering groups, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071211-cisco-live-catalyst6500.html?hpg1=bn">Catalyst</a> vs. Nexus, the so-called Cisco "tax" (its prices vs. the competition), network <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102510-burning-questions-virtualization-storage.html">virtualization</a>, Cisco's toe dipping into the brave new world of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/opensource/">open source</a> and the future <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/it-careers/">careers</a> of the Cisco CCIE faithful. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview. 

• Cisco will be leaner, faster, more attentive, Chambers pledges

  LAS VEGAS: <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a> CEO John Chambers briefly addressed the company's current challenges, restructuring and imminent layoffs during his keynote address at this week's Cisco Live customer conference.

• Nortel's patents more valuable than its products

  Nortel’s patents were slightly more valuable than its products, as the transactions for Nortel’s product groups combined did not quite measure up to the single deal for its intellectual property.

• Cisco adds IPv6 migration features to routers

  Cisco this week rolled out products and services designed to ease the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 for enterprise customers.

• Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole

  Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes.

• Juniper rolls out latest Cisco challenge

  Juniper Networks this week is rolling out its first dedicated line of enterprise edge routers, a collection of products that borrow technology from the company's powerful service provider routers and that will give customers a new alternative to Cisco ASR gear.

• OpenFlow opens new doors for networks

  With a new industry organization to promote it, routing protocol OpenFlow is about to give users unprecedented ease of control over the way their networks operate.