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• Eight Internet things that are not IoT

  Cisco's proclamations on the value of the Internet of Things/Everything market -- $14.4 trillion -- would seem to include everything but the kitchen sink... and maybe even that if it's IP-enabled.

• SDN system controls hundreds of Cisco routers; saves contractor time, money

  A global environmental engineering company is turning to software-defined networking as a way to boost productivity and save money.

• Cisco mum on future of ThreatGrid's partnership arrangements

  Having completed its acquisition of ThreatGRID this week, Cisco put forward plans for how the TreatGRID sandboxing technology will fit in the Cisco security portfolio. The company also acknowledged it's not entirely clear yet on what to do about the many technology-sharing relationships that ThreatGRID has had with other vendors, including Cisco competitor, Check Point.

• Cisco buys its way into AT&T SDN

  Cisco has announced vendor network service orchestration systems for traditional and virtualized networks, and one of the vendors AT&T selected for its Domain 2.0 SDN/NFV project.

• China accuses Cisco of supporting US cyberwar efforts

  China is attacking secret surveillance programs of the U.S. government with harsh words from its state-controlled press, accusing Cisco of helping the U.S. in cyberespionage.

• In Pictures: Celebrating 25 years of Cisco Networkers

  This year, Cisco recognizes the 25th anniversary of its Networkers user conference. To put this run in perspective, here's a timeline of Cisco-specific events interspersed with world, national, cultural and technology milestones that occurred over this period.

• Leading-Edge UTM: What C-Level Execs Need to Know

  Network and boundary security are more important than ever for organizations of all sizes. A variety of security specialist firms now offer leading-edge virtual and physical devices for Unified Threat Management (UTM) to raise the security bar ever higher and respond proactively to zero-day threats.

• Cisco announces security service linked with new operations centers

  Cisco today announced Managed Threat Defense, a set of security services for the enterprise that Cisco is providing through two new operations centers to remotely support intrusion-detection, incident response and forensics, among other services.

• Security Manager's Journal: Virtual machines, real mess

  It started out as a simple call to the help desk from an engineer at one of our major development centers: Phone calls were being dropped. Soon, similar complaints were coming in from other engineers, as well as from sales associates, who said the inability to maintain phone calls was making it difficult to close deals.

• Cisco, VMware take SDN battle to policy arena

  The focus in SDNs and programmable networking is shifting to application policy, an area where vendors can instill their unique architectures and maintain customer dependency.

• KinCare goes all in on cloud

  The CIO of aged care provider KinCare has said he will have moved everything to the cloud by the end of the year.

• Internet of Things to revolutionise industry: GE

  General Electric sees the Internet of Things as a “huge opportunity” for itself and its customers, said Mark Sheppard, CIO of GE in Australia and New Zealand, said yesterday.

• In Pictures: Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions

  These acquisitions helped Cisco jump on market trends early on, and take hold of them as they grow into money-makers.

• The 'Internet of things,' beyond the hype at Mobile World Congress

  If you want to find out how the so-called Internet of things is shaking up the tech industry, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place to be this week.

• M2M to fly with 27 million connections by 2018

  Around 27 million machine-to-machine (M2M) devices will be connected to mobile networks across Australia by 2018, driven largely by wearable computers, intelligent transportation systems, and smart city applications.