Tag archive: Cisco

One-third of college students and young employees consider the Internet to be as important as air, water, food and shelter, according the 2011 Cisco Connected World Technology Report. Nearly half of those surveyed (49 percent of college students and 47 percent of employees) say that the Internet is almost as important as those basic human necessities. The importance of an Internet connection is just one of many findings in Cisco's latest… Read More

Technology giant Cisco has announced it is acquiring privately-held Versly for an unspecified amount. Versly makes collaboration tools that interoperate with Microsoft Office productivity applications, enabling users to work together on documents, spreadsheets, email, and presentations. Cisco plans to integrate Versly capabilities into its WebEx online collaboration and conferencing system, along with Cisco Jabber, Cisco Quad, and other online… Read More

As Web filtering and antivirus technologies get most sophisticated at identifying malware and blocking hostile Web sites, spammers and scammers are increasingly turning to individualized email attacks and customized versions of their malware to get their payloads past protection systems—and make potential victims more likely to click. According to Cisco's second-quarter Global Threat Report (PDF), the company identified almost… Read More

In a bid to save in the region of $1 billion a year, networking and communications giant Cisco has announced plans to cut 9 percent of its workforce. It will also sell a set-top box factory to Taiwan-based Foxconn. The news of the job losses comes several months after Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers (pictured) spoke of the need for change in order to make the company more competitive. In news posted on its website on Monday, Cisco said… Read More

Networking giant Cisco has announced new Universal Power over Ethernet (UPOE) technology that offers up to 60 watts per port, significantly expanding the range of devices and services that can be operated by juice received over an Ethernet network, rather than by plugging into wall power or running off batteries. Common examples of devices you might want running off Ethernet power include thin clients for inventory management and sales,… Read More

Networking and communications giant Cisco is reportedly preparing for the largest layoffs in the company's history as CEO John Chambers tries to slash some $1 billion off the company's expenses to make the company's bottom line look better. Cisco currently has about 72,000 full time employees and an unknown number of contractors. Media reports of estimated layoffs range anywhere from 3,000 to has high as 10,000—Reuters… Read More

Cisco's Security Intelligence Operations group has published a new report, Email Attacks: This Time It's Personal (PDF) that indicates the Internet is experiencing a fundamental shift in the nature of spam: instead of spammers relying on sending as many messages as possible and hoping to get responses from a tiny fraction of one percent of gullible recipients, spammers are shifting to a far smaller number of targeted, personalized… Read More

Although it doesn't come as much of a surprise, telecommunications service developer Avaya has files to offer a $1 billion initial public offering, saying it primarily wants to use the money raised by the stock offering to pay down “certain long-term indebtedness.” The company has not announced when the common stock would be offered to the public, or announce a target share price. Some of that debt like stems from the… Read More

Telecommunications equipment maker Avaya is planning an initial public offering to raise approximated $1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The company has been aggressively pursuing its telecommunications and unified digital communications platforms that handle everything from instant messaging to voice mail, video conferencing, and email for medium-to-large size enterprises. However, the global economic… Read More

Networking giant Cisco has released its fifth annual Visual Networking Index Forecast, and predicts that by the year 2015 there will be more than 15 billion devices connected to the global Internet—that's more than double the planet's human population. What's more, Cisco also forecasts that the total amount of Internet traffic carried by the Internet in a year will quadruple by 2015, totaling up to 966 exabytes. A… Read More

The latest innovation to come out of Silicon Valley's minds is…a grilled cheese sandwich? Or rather, a faster, more efficient way to buy a grilled cheese. Flip founder Jonathan Kaplan's newest project straight out of stealth mode, THE MELT, lets you remotely order a grilled cheese from a computer or phone from the website. There also may be an app in the works. Smartphone users receive a QR code when they order that can be… Read More

Networking giant Cisco is best known for building a lot of the backbone gear on which the Internet has been built, like routers, switches, hubs, and other key components of network architecture—the kinds of things that make data centers and cloud computing possible. The massive growth of the Internet would seem to put Cisco in a secure business position, but the reality is that the company faces significant competition from the likes of… Read More

Cisco's recent surprise move to shut down its Flip camcorder business—and axe 550 employees—has another casualty: the FlipLive, an un-announced new camcorder from Flip that would have streamed live video to the Web via Wi-Fi. And, according to reports, Cisco pulled the plug on Flip just before the FlipLive was set to launch. Reports had been circulating since mid-2010 about a forthcoming camcorder from Flip that would… Read More

Buzz in the tablet market my be dominated by consumer devices like the Apple iPad 2 and Android devices like the Galaxy Tab and the Motorola Xoom, but networking giant Cisco is looking to get into the game too—only its targeting enterprises and video conferencing capabilities, rather than Web browsing, social networking, and application markets. The Cisco Cius sports a 7-inch display, Android 2.2, and a five megapixel video-capable… Read More

Along with the recent announcement that struggling tech company Cisco would be cutting hundreds of jobs came news that the Flip cam is not long for this world. Production for one of the world’s most popular pocket camcorders will halt and Cisco will redirect itself away from consumer electronics. It’s a sad day whenever a popular device is killed off. That said, we’re still not entirely sold on the idea of a mini camcorder: Most people who love… Read More