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  • Cisco's Cius tablet coming to Verizon LTE

    Verizon Wireless will introduce Cisco's Cius tablet for its fast LTE mobile broadband network in the spring of 2011, and the companies will also offer LTE interfaces for Cisco's second-generation Integrated Services Router for small and medium-size businesses.

    Written by Stephen Lawson07 Jan. 11 07:02
  • Duke MBA program networks over Cisco's Quad

    Diversity is key in Duke University's MBA-Cross-Continent program, which brings together students from around the world and sends them to several continents to learn. But when it comes to tools for linking the students and faculty in that program, a unified platform from Cisco Systems has brought several advantages.

    Written by Stephen Lawson22 Dec. 10 00:18
  • Greenpeace rates climate-change leaders and laggards

    Greenpeace International released the fourth version of its "Cool IT Leaderboard" on Tuesday, and Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu ranked atop the list of 17 global high-tech companies.

    Written by Thomas Wailgum10 Dec. 10 05:12
  • BMC and Cisco team up to deliver new cloud platform

    BMC and Cisco have teamed up to address the multi-tenancy cloud market. The two companies have agreed to develop software to simplify the offerings made to service providers. As part of the deal, BMC and Cisco are set to introduce the Integrated Cloud Delivery Platform

    Written by Maxwell Cooter09 Dec. 10 04:32
  • Desktop virtualization: Vendors fight but users still happy

    There is so much competition for what computer companies perceive as a tremendous growth opportunity in desktop virtualization that the leading virtual desktop vendors have taken to re-announcing packages and products to highlight small improvements and garner some attention.

    Written by Kevin Fogarty18 Nov. 10 07:02
  • Cisco revenue, profit rose in fiscal Q1

    Cisco Systems posted gains in both profit and revenue on Wednesday for its fiscal first quarter that ended Oct. 30, despite what it called "a challenging economic environment."

    Written by Stephen Lawson11 Nov. 10 11:41
  • Cisco SA 520 firewall disappoints

    There are two ways to look at the Cisco SA 520 network security appliance. On one hand, it offers a solid array of features: 65Mbps IPSec VPN throughput, 100Mbps overall throughput, integrated firewall (limited to 100 rules), built-in filtering for common services like IM and P2P networking, SSL VPN, IPS, DDNS, and multi-WAN support. On the other hand, it has nearly no relation to the rest of Cisco's security solutions.

    Written by Paul Venezia10 Nov. 10 03:28
  • Wi-Fi won't kill the office LAN ... yet

    While Wi-Fi has increasingly become the primary choice for office worker connectivity, it may be some time before it replaces wired networks altogether, according to panelists at the Interop conference, held last week in New York.

    Written by Joab Jackson29 Oct. 10 05:19
  • Global survey predicts 'death of the office'

    The office workplace that has dominated business since the 19th Century is dying and most employees would be quite happy not to work in it, a global study by networking giant Cisco has found.

    Written by John E Dunn20 Oct. 10 03:38
  • Cloud computing and video conferencing: What's next

    One of the most interesting areas in technology these days is telephony, with all its flavors: voice, video, and video conferencing. And, as far as we've come, we're about to see another wave of innovation in the space.

    Written by Bernard Golden16 Oct. 10 05:57
  • Cisco unveils Umi home videoconferencing

    Cisco has introduced Umi, a home telepresence system that uses existing high-definition TVs and also works with Google Video Chat.

    Written by Stephen Lawson07 Oct. 10 07:27
  • Cisco bolsters branch switches, routers

    Cisco Tuesday announced a doubly powerful Catalyst Ethernet switch, a condensed edge router and a slew of other new and enhanced products designed to help companies extend more powerful networking services to branch offices and beyond.

    Written by Jim Duffy06 Oct. 10 01:07
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