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News With the purchase, HP hopes to boost its networking business, particularly in the Chinese market where 3Com is strong, in order to compete better with Cisco. HP has announced plans to acquire networking products maker... [12 Nov 2009]
UK lagging in 25th place in global broadband stakes
News The figure was revealed as part of the Broadband Quality Score study, carried out by the Saïd Business School and the University of Oviedo on behalf of Cisco. In a study of broadband quality and penetration across the... [02 Oct 2009]
Cisco adds to collaboration arsenal with $3bn Tandberg buy
News Networking giant Cisco has agreed to buy Tandberg, a videoconferencing company, the companies announced today. The deal, worth about $3bn, will see Norwegian company Tandberg's video and network infrastructure products... [01 Oct 2009]
HP video conferencing and collaboration tools reach for the sky
News Cisco offers similar software with its WebEx brand. Looking to take advantage of tightened corporate travel budgets, HP has showed off the latest tech to come out of its labs, called Skyroom. Unveiled together with Intel... [23 Sep 2009]
Cisco and EMC planning to partner up and go after large datacentres
News Networking giant Cisco Systems and storage area networking company EMC may be teaming up to form a new joint venture to provide technology services to big companies, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. [04 Sep 2009]
Cisco wireless LAN: At risk from 'skyjack' attack
News Cisco Systems wireless local area network equipment used by many corporations around the world is at risk of being used in denial-of-service attacks and data theft, according to a company that offers protection for WLANs. [25 Aug 2009]
Could new internet routing chop 40 per cent off Google's electricity bill?
News Cisco Systems, the largest networking company in the world, recently said it sees a $100bn market in helping power utilities better manage their electrical grids using communication technology. Some utilities are already... [19 Aug 2009]
Microsoft: 'Cloud shift not doom and gloom for Exchange'
News In addition to Google, IBM continues to push its Lotus Domino/Notes combination, while Cisco has said it will have a Linux-based email offering based on last year's Postpath acquisition. The fact that many customers are... [18 Aug 2009]
Cisco CEO: Green shoots of recovery spotted at last
News Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers says the economic recession that's gripped the world for the past year may have reached a tipping point in the last three months, as he sees the company's corporate customers return to... [06 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News Cisco will release free software updates for any of its software that is affected by the vulnerability and is making available workarounds that mitigate the issue, the company said in a detailed advisory. [29 Jul 2009]
Is tech a chocolate teapot when it comes to green cities?
News Cisco Systems CTO Padmasree Warrior noted that there will be 100 new cities with populations of more than one million people by 2025. Technology has the potential to help build smarter, greener cities, but whether it... [23 Jul 2009]
Avaya to buy Nortel Enterprise Solutions for $475m?
News Analyst Henry Dewing, from Forrester Research, said in a statement that the deal "puts Avaya ahead of Cisco for enterprise voice sales and enters them into the networking business". Nortel Networks' Enterprise Solutions... [21 Jul 2009]
More than 600 jobs to go at Cisco
News Another round of employees at Cisco Systems reportedly got pink slips on Thursday as the company laid off several hundred employees as part of its plan to cut costs and realign its business. The Wall Street Journal... [20 Jul 2009]
Nortel dropped from Olympic role - and Cisco steps up
News Nortel has been dropped as the official communications supplier for the 2012 London Olympics, and has been replaced by Cisco. Nortel was a tier 1 sponsor of the 2012 Olympics but Cisco is apparently a... [10 Jul 2009]
ATM hack talk pulled from security conference
News In 2005, a security researcher was able to give his presentation at Defcon on how attackers could take over Cisco routers but hours later Cisco Systems filed a lawsuit against him. It's almost security... [02 Jul 2009]
