Computerworld: Five critical network chores for year's end
"With the new year rapidly approaching and users easing up on their network usage, IT experts say now is the time to prep your network for optimal performance and reliability in 2007."

SDA Asia Magazine: Cisco Beefs Up its Cisco 7600 Series Router
"Cisco has rolled out a slew of enhanced products designed to let carriers deliver application and subscriber-aware video services to the Cisco 7600 Series Router portfolio. Carrier Ethernet service edge platform for converged Internet Protocol (IP) video, voice and data offerings with mobility (any-play)."

Computerworld TechCast: OSI Reference Model [podcast]
This podcast episode [MP3] features an overview of the OSI Reference Model, which is used to describe networks, network protocols, and network hardware. Podcast duration: 7 minutes

ITSM Watch: The Truth About Configuration Management and the CMDB
"Given the descriptions of configuration management, it can appear that ITIL implementation is not possible without a mature configuration management process and that most mythical of beasts, the configuration management database (CMDB). This is not true."