Cisco

  • Shareholders sue 3Com directors over HP merger 19/11/2009 06:03:00

    But a financial analyst claims both vendors will benefit from the deal if approved
    3Com's board of directors is facing a lawsuit over the proposed acquisition by Hewlett Packard Development Company, but a financial analyst who studies Ethernet switching argued if approved, both vendors would benefit from the deal.
  • Brocade takes aim at Cisco with new Carrier Ethernet line 18/11/2009 02:36:00

    NetIron CER 2000 series routers launched
    Brocade has launched a line of small form factor Carrier Ethernet routers designed to make Ethernet service delivery at the edge more cost and power efficient.
  • Cisco ups offer for videoconferencing firm Tandberg to $US3.4B 16/11/2009 22:17:00

    The new offer has swayed holders of an additional 30 percent of Tandberg shares
    Cisco has raised its bid for Norwegian video conferencing vendor Tandberg to 19 billion Norwegian Kroner (US$3.4 billion), up from $3.0 billion, but says it will raise its price no further.
  • Cisco pushes to open up telepresence 13/11/2009 06:40:00

    Networking giant looks to improve telepresence compatibility
    Cisco is making a concerted effort to improve the compatibility of its telepresence gear, something that industry observers say has been lagging, but that is sorely needed if it and other vendors are to succeed.
  • HP-Cisco battle spreads to China with 3Com deal 12/11/2009 20:46:00

    HP's acquisition of the networking gear vendor will unlock a major new market
    Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of networking gear vendor 3Com will unlock a major new market for the company, taking its growing rivalry with Cisco Systems to China, analysts said Thursday.
  • Acadia, Cisco, EMC, VMware data center cloud unveiled 11/11/2009 23:43:00

    Will sell 'Vblocks' - preconfigured Cisco, EMC, VMware combination packages
    Cisco, EMC and VMware last week unveiled the much rumored joint venture to sell their products to companies wanting to build internal clouds. Called Acadia (for who knows what reason), the joint venture is a collaboration between the three companies that will launch in 2010 and sell what they call Vblocks, preconfigured packages of Cisco UCS blade servers, EMC storage gear, VMware virtualization software and EMC Ionix management software.
  • Cisco UCS wows 11/11/2009 05:55:00

    Cisco's Unified Computing System is a more manageable, more scalable, essentially superior blade server system, despite warts
    Revolutionary. Cutting edge. State of the art. These are words and phrases that are bandied around so very many products in the IT field that they become useless, bland, expected. The truth is that truly revolutionary products are few and far between. That said, Cisco's Unified Computing System fits the bill.
  • Cisco extends Tandberg deal deadline 10/11/2009 07:36:00

    Terms and conditions remain in place but deadline extended
    Cisco this week said is extending the acceptance period for its $US3 billion cash offer to acquire Tandberg to Nov. 18. The initial acceptance deadline was Nov. 9.
  • Cisco doubles down on collaboration with 61 new products 09/11/2009 16:15:00

    Among new products are enterprise e-mail and social networking software
    Cisco Systems has massively expanded its portfolio of collaboration technologies, announcing 61 products, including a corporate-grade hosted e-mail system called Cisco WebEx Mail as well as a social networking application and a video system to help groups securely share video content and search capabilities.
  • Cisco undervalues Tandberg, investment firms say 09/11/2009 06:51:00

    An investment consultant reportedly said Cisco should offer at least 11 percent more for the company
    Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg.
  • Cisco computer game lets you play CEO 05/11/2009 09:54:00

    Cisco created the game for the company’s network certification site, the Learning Network
    If you want to be a CEO but not have any of the real responsibilities of one, you could try to play a new online game being offered by Cisco. The company this week posted myPlanNet, a computer game that lets anyone be a broadband executive making network deployment decisions.
  • Big IT is back, say HP, IBM, Oracle, EMC, Cisco 04/11/2009 16:10:00

    HP's converged infrastructure, Cisco-EMC's joint Acadia convergence sign of return
    A certain truth about the big IT vendors is they want to sell as much as possible to any one customer and now, with virtualization, cloud computing and very tight IT budgets, they believe they have an opening.
  • Cisco, EMC unveil data center joint venture 04/11/2009 06:28:00

    VMware and Intel also have supporting roles in joint production
    Cisco and EMC this week unveiled their anticipated collaboration, which will provide integrated products and services for customers building private cloud computing infrastructures.
  • Cisco to buy Chinese set-top box business 03/11/2009 15:11:00

    The move takes Cisco into a huge cable TV market
    Cisco Systems will buy a Chinese set-top box maker as the country works to digitize all cable television by 2015, creating market opportunities for Cisco, the company said late Monday.
  • Cisco lays out why it might let Tandberg go free 03/11/2009 12:06:00

    A blog entry by Cisco's strategy chief describes challenges and a need for 'fiscal prudence'
    Cisco Systems may be laying the groundwork for dropping its US$3 billion offer for videoconferencing vendor Tandberg despite the emphasis it has placed on video as the future of communications.
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