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• Networks go green and save money

  Servers get most of the glory when it comes to energy management, but networking gear is about to catch up.

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 22 April, 2010 07:37

  Tags: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Standards, Cisco, energy efficiency, juniper, Telecommunications Energy Efficiency Rating

• HP sets sights on Cisco in networking battle

  It was nearly an hour into the opening keynotes at the Americas Partner Summit on Monday until a Hewlett Packard executive finally used the C-word: Cisco. But the one-time networking partner was certainty front of mind though as HP re-affirmed its commitment to become the leader in every business segment it competes in including networking.

  By Jeff Jedras | 28 April, 2010 03:49

  Tags: Cisco, HP

• Special report: Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches

  Cisco, HP and others are waging an epic battle to gain control of the data center, but at the same time they are joining forces to push through new Ethernet standards that could greatly ease management of those increasingly virtualized IT nerve centers.

  By Jim Duffy | 19 January, 2010 17:34

  Tags: Cisco, datacentre, Ethernet, HP, VEPA, virtualisation

• Quiz: What were the first products from today's biggest tech companies?

  Cisco, Microsoft, IBM: They all started somewhere. Take this quiz to see how well you know the humble origins of today's tech titans

  By Tim Greene | 18 January, 2010 12:17

  Tags: Apple, at&t, Cisco, HP, IBM, iron mountain, Microsoft

• Cisco defectors

  A round-up of recent and not so recent departures by Cisco executives and where they landed

  By Jim Duffy | 30 November, 2009 09:09

  Tags: Cisco

• Consumers wary of speech recogntion technology: report

  Organisations looking to implement voice automation systems need to think very hard about the needs of their customers before doing so, a new report has found.

  By Tim Lohman | 02 September, 2009 12:50

  Tags: Cisco, customer service, dimension data, IVR, speach recognition, Tellme

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  Who says the router can't be sexy?

  Technology vendors have often been on the cutting-edge of technology innovation, but the same can't always be said of their design. Manufacturers have more often been concerned about what's inside the box, devoting less time and resources to the look and feel of the box itself.

  By Jeff Jedras | 12 August, 2009 04:24

  Tags: Cisco, Linksys, networking, routers

• Data center derby heats up

  Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up with Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware.

  By Beth Schultz | 16 June, 2009 00:17

  Tags: Cisco, HP, IBM, oracle, servers, sun, VMware

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  Cisco TelePresence 500: Full collaboration

  More affordable midrange telepresence systems, such as offerings from Polycom and LifeSize systems, offer fine picture and audio quality, along with usability. But in the overall product continuum, Cisco TelePresence System 500 is the most economical system that gives you the full experience of telepresence rooms.

  By Mike Heck | 11 June, 2009 08:53

  Tags: Cisco, video telepresence

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  Telepresence shatters communication barriers

  Well before the current world financial crisis struck, organizations have sought inventive ways to engage in face-to-face meetings without the need to travel. Companies have turned to services such as Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, Cisco WebEx, Citrix GoToMeeting, and Microsoft Live Meeting as a means for workers in multiple locations to share presentations and otherwise collaborate.

  By Mike Heck | 11 June, 2009 08:27

  Tags: Adobe, Cisco, Citrix, Microsoft, video telepresence

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  Cisco, EMC, VMware form private cloud pact

  The current ratio of IT spend on maintaining IT systems against innovation has become unsustainable according to EMC’s Australian president, David Webster.

  By Tim Lohman | 02 June, 2009 14:22

  Tags: Cisco, EMC, VMware

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  7 reasons MPLS has been wildly successful

  The IETF last Thursday threw a birthday party for one of its most successful standards: Multi-Protocol Label Switching.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 31 March, 2009 12:24

  Tags: Cisco, Internet Architecture Board, Multiprotocol Label Switching, United States, verizon

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  Can Cisco sell 'unified' vision to a tough server crowd?

  Cisco's biggest challenge in gaining market acceptance for its new Unified Computing System is to convince data center managers to buy blade servers from the router giant instead of from traditional, incumbent suppliers.

  By Jim Duffy | 23 March, 2009 08:19

  Tags: Cisco, unified communications market

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  Cisco quietly downsizing through outsourcing

  When Cisco celebrated the fifth anniversary of its New England Development Center last year - a ceremony attended by Massachusetts Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and a representative from Gov. Deval Patrick’s office - the company was quietly preparing to move several jobs from there and other locations to contractors in India and elsewhere, mostly in the company's Network Management Technology Group (NMTG).

  By Jim Duffy | 13 March, 2009 10:26

  Tags: Cisco, data centres, outsourcing

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  Top 10 Ethernet switching stories of 2008

  In terms of significant announcements, 2008 did not disappoint in Ethernet switching: Juniper entered the market, Cisco unveiled its next-generation platform, and other major vendors consolidated. It will be hard for 2009 to match. Here's a countdown of the top 10 stories for the year soon to pass.

  By Jim Duffy | 28 December, 2008 08:16

  Tags: Cisco, juniper networks, networking