Your chance to engage in a live text chat with IT industry celebrities, your favorite Network World columnists and other newsmakers.
Popular Cisco Subnet blogger, author and trainer Wendell Odom (CCIE No. 1624) is returning as a guest for a Network World chat. Odom splits time between writing books for Cisco Press and teaching classes for Skyline ATS. His books include titles on QoS, CCIE R/S, as well as several titles related to CCNA certification, including his newest book Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802). In his blog, he wrote an immensely popular series on building a home lab to fit nearly any budget. He can answer your questions on Cisco certifications, studying for exams, building a home lab and many other Cisco topics.
2 - 3 p.m. ET, Wednesday, July 30
Implementing WAN acceleration with Jim Metzler
Application performance management and WAN acceleration are hard problems to solve and is a market segment loaded with vendor mythology from players like Cisco, Riverbed, Blue Coat, Sliver Peak Systems and others. Dr. Jim Metzler will be joining us for a live Network World chat where he can answer your questions on this topic. Widely known as one of the industry's foremost gurus of WAN acceleration, Jim is also a sought-after speaker and consultant. He has logged over 28 years of experience with network technology and its business applications. Metzler is vice president of Ashton, Metzler & Associates, and co-author of Network World's Wide Area Networking newsletter.
2 - 3 p.m. ET, Tuesday, July 22
Network Access Control Face-Off: Joel Snyder versus Richard Stiennon
Is NAC a worthwhile technology today? Joel Snyder says yes and Richard Stiennon says no. Come join us for this live debate where two of the industry's most outspoken (and entertaining) security pros will explain their positions. Each guest will answer the same question, have the chance to rebut the other's answers and to quiz one another. Attendees will also be invited to ask questions and share opinions. Snyder is a senior partner with Opus One, a consulting firm in Tucson, AZ, and a member of Network World Lab Alliance. He has been working with networks and information security since 1981 and has penned several books. Stiennon is a security consultant, popular speaker and founder of Seccom Global, a managed security service provider focused on unified threat management. He writes the Stiennon on Security blog for Network World. No registration necessary. Just login at www.networkworld.com/chat/
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