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• McNab upgrades WAN, LAN to increase performance speeds

  Construction company McNab has moved to upgrade its WAN and LAN after an increased need to scale its IT systems emerged.
  

• Cisco fights for 'fair share of SMB pie' with unified communications gear

  NEW ORLEANS -- Cisco this week unveiled two unified communications products optimized for small and midsize businesses, a market Cisco admits it needs to increase share in.

• Cisco releases video collaboration tools

  With an eye on business collaboration and communication, Cisco has released a range of new video production products aimed at enterprise customers.

• Cisco's moment of truth

  Cisco achieved a milestone in its most recent fiscal quarter, one with profound implications for the future of the company: Cisco made more money from its new products and services than it did from routers and switches.

• Cisco announces three new security certifications

  It's Cisco Live this week - in London, at least. As usual, Cisco makes certification announcements around the time of the show, and this time the announcement has to do with Security.

• Cisco bolsters video, buys digital media company Inlet

  Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately held Inlet Technologies, a provider of adaptive bit rate (ABR) digital media processing platforms, for $95 million in cash and retention-based incentives.

• Cisco vulnerability could allow billing system rorting

  Cisco is warning that a vulnerability in its second generation Cisco Content Services Gateway (CSG2) could allow hackers to bypass billing policies and gain access to restricted sites.
  

• Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES

  Cisco this week unveiled a suite of video products designed to combine digital TV, online content, social media and other communications applications into an all-inclusive home and mobile video session.

• Microsoft and tablets: A failure to launch could hurt

  What are the implications if Microsoft fails or falls behind in the tablet PC race, which at its current pace, is a decent possibility?

• Cisco eschews cloud services - for now

  Cisco's cloud strategy encompasses pretty much everything under the sun save one - actual cloud services.

• 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.

• Dell in talks to buy storage vendor Compellent

  Dell said Thursday it is in advanced talks with storage vendor Compellent Technologies regarding a merger that would call for Dell to pay US$27.50 per share, or roughly $876 million, for the company.

• Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers

  Cisco and BMC Software today announced a cloud delivery platform that’s designed to help service providers simplify and automate the provisioning of cloud services.

• Cisco to acquire LineSider for cloud tech

  Muscling up on cloud technologies, Cisco Systems is in the process of acquiring network management software vendor LineSider Technologies, the company announced Wednesday.

• Wall Street Beat: Cisco stirs worry, but forecasts solid

  Word of slowing growth from Cisco put the brakes on the tech rally in the markets, but Lenovo results and forecasts for the mobile, online and consumer electronics markets suggest that IT's recovery from the recession still has legs.