05/10/2011
MarketWatch
Firm aims to challenge Cisco with new offering, claiming its rival has been overcharging customers.
Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled Monday a corporate technology architecture that it said will simplify and lower the cost of data-center systems.
The initiative was aimed at the dominant player in the networking market: rival Cisco Systems Inc. , which, according to a [...]
05/06/2011
Network World
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 the most recent change.
But how did it get to this point? How did things get this bad?
There are three key factors, three big weaknesses in Cisco’s operations: over-ambition, [...]
05/02/2011
IDG News Service – San Francisco Bureau
Cisco Systems launched its first containerized data center on Monday, coming late to the party but offering some unique management features that could help set it apart from other vendors.
Containerized data centers typically are standard 20- or 40-foot shipping containers packed with servers, switches and other IT equipment. [...]
04/06/2011
Wall Street Journal – San Francisco Bureau
John Chambers, the veteran chief executive of Cisco Systems Inc., confessed the once highflying technology company has lost its focus, lacks discipline and needs to overhaul its operations.
“We have disappointed our investors and we have confused our employees,” Mr. Chambers, who has been Cisco’s chief since 1995, told [...]
10/2011
Wall Street Journal – San Francisco Bureau
Cisco Systems Inc. posted an 18% profit drop in its latest quarter amid growing competitive pressures in its core network switching business despite a 6% increase in overall sales.
The San Jose, Calif., technology company said fiscal second quarter income fell to $1.5 billion, or 27 cents a share, [...]
09/24/2010
Bloomberg News – San Francisco Bureau
Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Chambers said the global economy is on the verge of a productivity increase, driven by collaboration and social networking.
Companies around the world are likely to see a 7-year to 10-year increase in worker productivity, Chambers said today in an [...]
09/24/2010
Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Online
Technology companies from Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) to ABB Ltd. (ABB) are angling for pieces of the smart grid, the next-generation electricity-delivery network designed to monitor consumption better at households and businesses.
San Jose (Calif.)-based Cisco, the largest maker of computer-networking equipment and a producer of energy-monitoring devices, has partnered with meter-maker Itron [...]
03/09/2010
CNET.com – New York Bureau
Cisco Systems will be making a major announcement Tuesday that the technology company says “will forever change the Internet.” But could this new announcement include an AppleTV-like set-top box that does everything?
Exactly what Cisco will be announcing is still under wraps, but some folks are speculating that the announcement will [...]
12/08/2009
Bloomberg News – San Francisco Bureau
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Chambers said the company has “little interest” in selling its own smart phone, though it sees partnerships in that industry as a way to boost network demand.
Chambers said he is focused on working with Research In Motion Ltd., Apple [...]
12/04/2009
Thomson Reuters
OSLO (Reuters) — Cisco Systems, the network equipment maker, said on Friday that it had control of more than 90 percent of the Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg, and will buy out remaining shareholders.
Cisco said it had 89.1 percent acceptance for its offer of 19 billion Norwegian crown or $3.4 billion in addition to 2 [...]
