BILL WOULD GIVE OBAMA 'EMERGENCY' CONTROL OF INTERNET Aug 29, 2009
Ok everyone outside of the USA you must fly to the USA and turn in your routers and switches and computers if the president gets upset. by August 28, 2009 10:24 AM PDT. (The Drudge Report)
Cisco Banks on Silicon Valley, Music Biz Detente Aug 15, 2009
Cisco, better known for making routers and switches that direct Internet traffic, has expanded over the past several years into new businesses like software, servers, video conferencing, and consumer products like cable set-top boxes and video cameras. LATEST NEWS. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Cisco Systems' Q4 Revenue Drops 18%, But CEO Says That May Be 'Tipping Point' Aug 7, 2009
-based Cisco is considered a barometer for global tech spending as the top seller of routers and switches. Page. (Investors Business Daily)
Cisco profit exceeds estimates after cost cuts Aug 6, 2009
Investors view Cisco as a technology-industry bellwether because it dominates the market for routers and switches, products that direct the flow of data. Large companies account for most sales of switches, used to run their corporate networks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Juniper hardware for TEIN3 Aug 5, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Juniper Networks routers and switches have been deployed in the third generation of the Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3). The network provides a dedicated high-capacity Internet platform for research and education communities across 11 countries in Asia Pacific including the Malaysian Myren network which operates from the MSC Malaysia innovation centre in Cyberjaya. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Earnings Preview: Cisco to report fiscal 4th qtr Aug 4, 2009
Longtime Cisco partner IBM Corp. said in July that it would start selling Juniper's routers and switches under its own brand. The move was interpreted as a response to Cisco's move this spring into selling its own servers for data centers, competing with IBM's products. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Free flow of IT parts import on cards Aug 1, 2009
It is considering a proposal to lift the ban on the import of refurbished IT equipment such as routers and switches to gain access to a new stream of revenue but most hardware manufacturers are resisting the move, fearing it will hurt sales of new gear. MAIT, the hardware industry grouping, is arguing that grey market sales are not so large after allless than 5% of the Rs 18,000-crore IT hardware market. (India Times)
Setting up cloud computing with Eucalyptus Jul 15, 2009
bly network routers and switches. CPU: The processing cycles may or may not be hidden from the user of the cloud depending on the solution being provided. (Search Enterprise Linux)
New Web-Based Software Player: Cisco? Jul 2, 2009
Cisco, over the past decade, has expanded its focus from routers and switches to a wider range of products including software and video products, such as a high-end video conferencing systems called TelePresence and the WebEx service that facilitates online meetings. Chief Executive John Chambers said on Tuesday the expansion into new services would continue, including a TelePresence product for homes in the next one to two years. (Datamation)
Hi-tech home Jun 16, 2009
While the bread and butter of its $40bn in annual revenue come from the sale of routers and switches to big companies and ISPs, Cisco is keen to lay claim to new markets such as consumer electronics. Its recent acquistion of Pure Digital, maker of the popular Flip video camera, has been seen as Cisco's most aggressive move into this area. (BBC News -- Technology)
Freescale debuts apps for multicore chips Jun 16, 2009
There also are stateful packet inspection firewalls for edge routers and switches, virus and spam filters for business networks and network address translators for gateways. "Our goal is to help our customers ship products to the market more quickly," said Sathyan Iyengar, vice president of software products in Freescale's networking and multimedia group. (EETimes)
Cisco Systems gives its clients a look ahead Jun 3, 2009
Over the past 15 years, Cisco, best known for its routers and switches - the "plumbing of the Internet," has acquired 15 New England companies for a total investment of $11 billion. And the Boxborough campus is the company's third largest in the United States, after the San Jose headquarters and a location in Raleigh, N.C. The company also has smaller facilities in Boston, Burlington, and Portsmouth, N.H.. (Boston Globe)
Arris Debuts Ethernet-Over-Optical Solution For Cable May 22, 2009
The FTTMax OLT media converter, which provides 20 ports in a two rack units, uses DOCSIS back-office systems and existing routers and switches. Up to 1,280 customers can be served from one OLT.. (Multichannel News)
Cisco discloses server ASICs May 20, 2009
Cisco is one of the world's largest developers of ASICs, used liberally in its routers and switches. Most computer servers use only off-the-shelf chips to save costs. (EETimes)
Cisco CEO Sees Stability After Results Beat May 7, 2009
Cisco, the biggest maker of routers and switches, forecast revenue in the current quarter falling 17 percent to 20 percent from a year earlier. The midpoint of that outlook was slightly better than Wall Street's expectation for a 19 percent decline to $8. (ABC News -- Wire)
Cisco earnings fall 21% but beat expectations May 7, 2009
Cisco is vulnerable to economic downturns because its routers and switches, which direct traffic over the Internet, each can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's the kind of big expense that companies try to cut when times get tough, Jankowski says. (USA Today -- Tech)
Starting at the Bottom May 3, 2009
Pooja Bhalla, the organization's associate director of clinical operations, describes Cowgill as "irreplaceable," while Bob Taube, the executive director, says he's "very kind, very compassionate, genuine, honest, and straightforward." But what makes him unique, Taube explains, is that "he really lives the mission of our program -- but he does it totally behind the scenes. He works with computers and routers and switches, but there's no mistaking that he does it with a passion that goes to the... (Boston Globe)
Cisco Debuts Cloud Computing Security Apps Apr 29, 2009
Cisco, known for making routers and switches, has been expanding into a wider range of products including software. It has identified collaborative software and cloud computing as key areas of growth. (Datamation)
IBM-Brocade deal pits Big Blue against Cisco Systems Apr 29, 2009
Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM (NYSE:IBM) initially will sell Brocade products such as Ethernet routers and switches, and additional products are expected to be added. This agreement with IBM underscores Brocade s long-term commitment to its OEM customers, a strategy we believe delivers the full promise of next-generation enterprise networking solutions in a pragmatic, non-proprietary way to protect customers IT investments, said Mike Klayko, CEO of San Jose-based Brocade. (Triangle Business Journal)
Brocade deepens IBM ties, steps up attack on Cisco Apr 29, 2009
By Jordan Robertson, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO Brocade Communications Systems is deepening its ties with a powerful ally, IBM, forging a new distribution deal for Internet routers and switches at a time when bigger rival Cisco Systems Inc. is straining some of its old relationships ... Tuesday's announcement is an expansion of that partnership, in which IBM will resell the Internet routers and switches that Brocade picked up as part of its $3 billion acquisition last year of Foundry... (USA Today -- Tech)
* Cisco Systems could boost S Korea investment: CEO Apr 16, 2009
San Jose, California-based Cisco, founded in 1984, makes routers and switches that companies use to send data on the Internet and internal networks. It has recently been expanding aggressively into other areas, including servers, and making acquisitions including Pure Digital Technologies Inc, which makes the popular Flip camcorders. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Fujitsu and Cisco Expand Strategic Alliance to Deliver Unified Communications Solutions in Japan Apr 16, 2009
Since 2004, Fujitsu and Cisco have built a strategic alliance in the networking field including routers and switches, such as the collaboration towards the joint development of the Cisco IOSR XR operating system for high-end routers. Based on the success of this alliance, Cisco and Fujitsu will continue to provide combined solutions that lower costs and increase growth for business customers in Japan, Asia-Pacific and Europe. (JCN Network, Japan)
Business today Apr 13, 2009
The company is deploying new faster and higher-density routers and switches as well as increasing its band-width capacity. Hobach said the newly announced changes will allow CyberLynk to expand into northern Illinois. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
The Cisco bid: To branch out while others retrench Apr 8, 2009
Since its founding in 1984, San Jose-based Cisco has become the largest provider of the routers and switches that companies use to send data on the Internet and internal networks ... Rather than just being in the middle, with its routers and switches, now Cisco wants to sell products at more places on the chain. (USA Today -- Tech)
Cisco to buy maker of Flip Video for $590M Mar 21, 2009
Lazard Capital analyst Ryan Hutchinson said the acquisition fits into Cisco's "larger strategic vision" of encouraging more network usage, which allows it to sell more routers and switches. The Flip Video makes it easy to share video on the Internet through sites like YouTube, he noted. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Cisco Systems acquires maker of the Flip for $590 million Mar 20, 2009
The more the Flip encourages consumers to videoconference, the more money the company looks to make selling the routers and switches needed to process the large video files flying off Flip devices and onto YouTube. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Cisco sharpens consumer focus Mar 20, 2009
Cisco has been moving gradually into the consumer electronics market after making its fortune selling routers and switches to companies. More than five years ago, it purchased home wireless firm Linksys Group Inc., and then spent nearly $7-billion to acquire set-top box supplier Scientific-Atlanta Inc.. (Globe and Mail)
* Cisco enters blade server market to rival HP, IBM Mar 18, 2009
NO SUGARCOATING: The company is entering uncharted territory as it begins building computer servers instead of focusing on routers and switches AFP , NEW YORK Wednesday, Mar 18, 2009, Page 10 ... John Chambers, the chief executive of Cisco, which has enjoyed spectacular growth making networking hardware such as routers and switches for the Internet and for corporations, unveiled the shift into an area dominated until now by HP and IBM.. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Red Hat joins Cisco's server push Mar 18, 2009
Cisco s move into servers is in contrast with the company s traditional business of selling the routers and switches that direct Internet traffic. Among Cisco s allies in the move: Raleigh-based Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the provider of open source computer software. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Cisco goes up against IBM, HP in computer server market Mar 18, 2009
As the dominant provider of routers and switches that direct Internet traffic, Cisco's big advantage is that its network equipment is already ubiquitous in data centers. Cisco says that by combining its new servers with networking and storage products, it will help customers manage their data centers more cheaply and efficiently. (USA Today -- Tech)
Cisco pushes into server computer market Mar 17, 2009
The product encroaches on the turf of Cisco's traditional partners like Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M. and Dell, which have sold billions of dollars of computers over the years that flank Cisco's core networking hardware, routers and switches. But John T. Chambers, the chief executive at Cisco, insisted the time was right for the company to turn more aggressive. (International Herald Tribune)
Cisco announces entry into servers Mar 15, 2009
As the dominant provider of routers and switches that direct Internet traffic, Ciscos big advantage is that its network equipment is already ubiquitous in data centers. Analysts expect the company, led by chief executive John Chambers, to combine its new servers with software and storage products to help customers manage their data centers more cheaply and efficiently. (India Times)
Cisco sees clients uncertain Mar 5, 2009
The world's biggest manufacturer of routers and switches is often seen as an early benchmark for global technology spending. The company has forecast revenue in the current, fiscal third quarter to fall 15 per cent to 20 per cent from a year earlier. (India Times, India)
Masses to Marvell at tiny wall plug computer? Feb 25, 2009
an AC/DC adaptor would've been nice as I have a cordless phone UPS (a universal and small battery backup for cordless phone that outputs 3 to 12VDC), that I use for routers and switches. 2. (CNET News)
