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Cisco lays off hundreds of workers

US computer networking giant Cisco Systems has laid off between 600 and 700 employees at its headquarters in San Jose, California, in a bid to reduce costs amid slow sales, The Wall Street Journal reported ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Environmental program helps companies save energy

The first time Sarah Shapiro walked into a Cisco Systems lab filled with racks of blinking routers and miles of multicolored electrical wires, she felt like she was on a movie set.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco outlines strategy for Smart Grid infrastructure

Continuing its expansion into lucrative business niches, Cisco Systems on Monday will announce its entrance into the smart grid infrastructure market, which the company estimates will grow to $20 billion a year within the ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cisco to supply Clearwire with WiMax devices

(AP) -- Clearwire Corp., which is building a nearly nationwide wireless data network, says Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to make devices that can use that network.

Technology / Telecom

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Cisco earnings fall 21 pct but beat expectations

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. says earnings fell 21 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit comfortably beat Wall Street expectations.

Technology / Business

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Swede indicted for hacking NASA, Cisco computers

A 21-year-old Swede was indicted on charges of hacking into the computer systems of NASA and US networking giant Cisco, the US Justice Department said.

Technology / Internet

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Obama's tax plans raises high-tech hackles

(AP) -- President Barack Obama's plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America's overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies.

Technology / Business

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Brocade deepens IBM ties, steps up attack on Cisco

(AP) -- Brocade Communications Systems Inc. is deepening its ties with a powerful ally, IBM Corp., forging a new distribution deal for Internet routers and switches at a time when bigger rival Cisco Systems Inc. is straining ...

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco buys Tidal Software for 105 mln dlrs

Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Tidal Software Inc. for 105 million dollars in a move aimed at enhancing the US networking giant's next-generation data centers.

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Cisco bid: To branch out while others retrench

(AP) -- On the surface, there doesn't seem to be much of a connection between the servers that run corporate data centers and a handheld video camera you use to film family vacations. Yet both have somehow become part of ...

Technology / Telecom

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IBM cuts Sun takeover price: WSJ

IBM has cut the price of its takeover bid for Sun Microsystems Inc. to nine to 10 dollars a share from 10 to 11 dollars a share, The Wall Street Journal online reported on Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Cisco buys Flip Video maker

US networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Thursday it was buying Pure Digital Technologies, maker of the popular Flip Video camcorder, in a deal worth more than 600 million dollars.

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cisco announces its first servers, riling rivals

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. wants a bigger chunk of the corporate computing market, and plans to start selling servers in competition with old partners like Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp.

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0