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Article | 9/06/2011 Industry upbeat about IPv6 Day despite low traffic volume
It's been billed by its organizers as the most important day for the future of the Internet, but so far World IPv6 Day has probably served to confirm ...
Article | 21/05/2011 Industry agrees on security vulnerability reporting format
Three years after its founding, the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) is starting to bear fruit with the launch ...
Article | 21/05/2011 FAQ: SAP's HANA in-memory computing platform
This week's SAP Sapphire Now conference marked about a year since the company launched its HANA (High Performance Analytic Appliance) in-memory comput...
Article | 10/05/2011 Microsoft set to acquire Skype: Report
Microsoft is close to finalizing a deal to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies for over US$7 billion, and a deal could be announced by Tuesd...
Article | 6/05/2011 Cisco restructures, streamlines operations
Responding to criticism of its management structure after consecutive quarters of uninspiring performance, Cisco this week restructured operations in ...
Article | 6/05/2011 Cisco's 3 biggest weaknesses
Cisco has stumbled, realized it needed to change course and has begun to make those changes. This week's management and business unit restructuring is...
Article | 28/04/2011 Cisco offers early retirement to certain employees
Cisco this week instituted a voluntary early retirement program, its first in two years, in an effort to reduce costs.
Article | 9/04/2011 Wall Street Beat: Underlying confidence marks tech sector
Another strong earthquake in Japan Thursday and rising oil prices caused turmoil in the markets this week, but there still appears to be strong underl...
Article | 31/03/2011 Lawmakers question patent reform bill
New legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to overhaul the nation's patent system could face an uphill battle, with some lawmakers questioni...
Article | 19/03/2011 Wall Street Beat: Quake rocks tech stocks
The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 took a tragic toll on human life but also rocked markets this week, sending shares o...
Article | 4/03/2011 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...
Article | 21/02/2011 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...
Article | 4/02/2011 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 anno...
Article | 5/02/2011 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 plat...
Article | 20/01/2011 Cisco invests in cloud chip maker
Cisco has invested in Tilera, a developer of multicore processors for cloud computing and communications, as part of the chip maker's $45 million roun...