In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based “thin” virtual switch for servers and commodity switches. Switch Light is ...
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KEN Boal has taken the reins at Cisco Australia and New Zealand, replacing Richard Kitts, who has been moved upstairs to a broader Asia-Pacific role for the networking giant. Boal joined Cisco in 2004, handling the public sector, and his ...
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Intel aims to deliver more targeted packages of TV and Internet content at different price points through its upcoming TV set-top box, which will better address user needs than bundles offered by cable TV and satellite companies. Later ...
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IBM's decision to base its cloud services on OpenStack may prove to be a key to establishing the fledgling open-source platform as the enterprise standard. The announcement earlier this month follows similar moves by rival enterprise IT ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision last month to call all of the company's telecommuters back to the office posed a creative challenge for video collaboration services provider Blue Jeans Network. In response, the three-year-old startup ...
Belkin completed its acquisition of Linksys on Friday and will keep the longtime home networking company's brand, products and support channels. Cisco Systems agreed to sell Linksys to privately held Belkin in January for an undisclosed ...
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While U.S. markets have surged lately, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting milestone after milestone in 10 straight days of advances, a relatively modest increase in the value of IT company shares reflects the reality that a ...
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The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. The new encryption algorithm is called Type 4 and ...
There are three technologies that will fundamentally change the nature of video over the next few years, and these are having a significant impact on the collaboration market, according to Cisco. The first technology is High Efficiency ...
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Anticipating explosive growth in video communications, Cisco is readying product improvements designed to simplify the management of videoconferencing traffic and to streamline its use for employees. The products, announced Tuesday, ...
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A jury in Texas has found that Cisco Systems did not infringe four patents held by VirnetX Holding, according to court records. The jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler division, however, found in its ...
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Having completed its acquisition of Linksys on Friday, Belkin said that it will keep the long-time home networking company’s brand, products and support channels. Cisco Systems agreed tosell Linksysto privately held Belkin in ...
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The U.S. Congress needs to shut down so-called patent trolls whose infringement lawsuits are diverting company resources from hiring and research, a group of technology companies told lawmakers Thursday. Representatives of Cisco Systems, ...
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A Cisco-funded router startup has unveiled its first product, which the company says implements breakthrough silicon-to-photonics circuitry for scaling service provider networks and enabling them for software-defined networking (SDN). ...
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For the Internet of Things to become a reality, networks need to get a whole lot smarter and more flexible, according to Cisco. The company aims to build an "Internet of Everything" that will link sensors, mobile devices and network ...
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