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Juniper steals spotlight from Cisco again with second flavor of 100G Ethernet

10x10G interface for the T1600 joins single 100G Ethernet card; Cisco still mum on shipping for CRS-1, ASR 9000
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 11/20/09 - 8:29pm.

In the jostling to grab the headlines for next-gen 100Gbps Ethernet, Juniper this week unveiled its second offering: a 10x10G Ethernet physical interface card (PIC) for its T1600 core router.

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Cisco iPhone app tracks security

Free program can be used to receive alerts
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 11/20/09 - 4:16pm.

Colleague Ellen Messmer has a story this week on a new iPhone application from Cisco that can be used to receive more than a dozen security-related information feeds pertaining to Cisco products and general security topics. The application is free too, Messmer reports.

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Wi-Fi enabled Flip videocam coming from Cisco

First half 2010 device a precursor to mobile multimedia handheld?
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Thu, 11/19/09 - 9:20pm.

Several media reports this week say that Cisco will unveil a Wi-Fi-enabled Flip video camera early next year. The device might be the first to feature Cisco technology; Cisco bought Flip maker Pure Digital earlier this year.

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Cisco leading in 10G Ethernet data center deployments

Q3 Dell'Oro report on switching links growth to 10G
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Thu, 11/19/09 - 8:18pm.

To the surprise of no one, Cisco is the leading vendor of 10G Ethernet to data centers and everybody else. Yet it's 10G data center deployments that accounted for the second consecutive quarter of growth for the Ethernet switch market in Q3, according to Dell'Oro Group.

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HP adds more apps in Cisco battle

Rolls out more ISV software for server blade in ProCurve switches
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Wed, 11/18/09 - 3:02pm.

HP this week added a slew of applications to the server blade in its 5400 and 8200 series switches. The applications are from partners in HP's ProCurve ONE program who are writing packages to run on the ProCurve ONE Services zl Module on those switches.

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Cisco tops in content security

Infonetics survey finds users would like to move it into cloud
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Tue, 11/17/09 - 7:33pm.

Cisco rates highest overall in user ratings of content security manufacturers, according to data compiled by Infonetics Reseach on user plans for content security. But Cisco leads only by a slight margin for most criteria, followed closely by Symantec.

The real meat of the Infonetics study of 240 small, medium, and large North American organizations though is in these findings:

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Cisco increases Tandberg bid

Now offering $3.4 billion after pressure from shareholders
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Mon, 11/16/09 - 9:52pm.

Cisco has upped its offer for videoconferencing leader Tandberg to $3.4 billion from $3 billion to appease a skittish bloc of shareholders who felt the inital offer undervalued the company. Cisco has also extended the offer deadline to Dec. 1 from Nov. 18, according to this report form the IDG News Service, and said the new price was its final offer.

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Cisco issues TLS advisory

Still evaluating which products are affected; VPN client cleared
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 11/13/09 - 3:08pm.

While everyone was distracted by the HP/3Com deal, Cisco this week quietly issued a security advisory warning of an "industry-wide" vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that could impact any Cisco product that uses TLS or the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

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HP's Haas ready to spend (almost) as much as Cisco

ProCurve networking chief puts money where mouth is with 3Com deal
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 11/13/09 - 2:45pm.

At the end of an interview we did this week with HP's Marius Haas on the $2.7 billion deal to buy 3Com, we asked, 'What would you say to competitors like Cisco?'

"We're here to build a networking powerhouse and we're determined to make the investments to make that happen," was Haas's reply.

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HP buying 3Com to take battle to Cisco

Cites single vendor dominance in data centers as reason for $2.7 billion buy
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Wed, 11/11/09 - 4:36pm.

HP is acquiring 3Com for $2.7 billion to fill out its data center product portfolio and customer base, a move that clearly has Cisco in its gunsights. The companies hope their combined entity will give Cisco a run-for-the-money in data center networking and convergence.

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Cisco data center rival Brocade not for sale?

Blogs say CEO Klayko emphatically denied company's on the block at sales meeting
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Tue, 11/10/09 - 2:06pm.

Brocade is apparently not for sale after all, if the blogosphere is correct about CEO Mike Klayko flashing a "Not For Sale" slide at a recent company sales meeting. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Brocade had put itself on the block and that HP and Oracle were sniffing around.

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Cisco unleashes collaboration barrage

61 products in all, spearheaded by e-mail, social networking
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Mon, 11/09/09 - 4:09pm.

Cisco fortified its collaboration portfolio on a massive scale this week, unveiling 61 products in all including hosted enterprise e-mail and a social networking application. Colleague Matt Hamblen at Computerworld has the full story here.

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Cisco lets Tandberg think about it a little more

Extends deadline for $3 billion offer; no hike yet
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Mon, 11/09/09 - 2:32pm.

Cisco thinks Tandberg needs more time, not money, to close the deal. Tandberg got another 9 days to think about it when Cisco extended the deadline to respond to its $3 billion offer to Nov. 18.

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Cisco urged to raise Tandberg bid

Open letter publicly presses for higher offer
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Fri, 11/06/09 - 4:40pm.

Cisco was urged yet again this week to raise its $3 billion bid for Tandberg. As IDG News Service's Steve Lawson reports, the company was addressed in an open letter urging a hike in the price:

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Winners of Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet contests

Winners of our October giveaways snagged free books and training
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Thu, 11/05/09 - 5:33pm.

Posted by Cisco Subnet editor Julie Bort: We are tickled to announce the winners of our October giveaways. The grand prize from Cisco Subnet of a free training course from Global Knowledge goes to David Kotlerewsky (pictured), systems engineer for InterVision Systems Technologies Inc. David thinks he'll use his free training for a class that will get him closer to his CCIE.

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Cisco shutters Cerent HQ in Petaluma, CA

Spent $6.9 billion on optical transport company in 1999
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Thu, 11/05/09 - 4:45pm.

Cisco has closed the old Cerent headquarters in Petaluma, CA, effectively ceasing operations in that area. Cisco paid $6.9 billion for Cerent in 1999 -- Cisco's largest acquisition ever at the time -- to obtain its multiservice SONET/SDH optical transport platform, which Cisco calls the ONS 15454.

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Cisco confident it can get Tandberg deal done

Cites "healthy" premium but another shareholder tries to block deal
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Thu, 11/05/09 - 2:50pm.

Cisco executives this week expressed optimism that it will close the deal with videoconferencing leader Tandberg. Cisco's $3 billion offer is facing resistance from a block of shareholders owning 24% of the company, and now OppenheimerFunds, which represents accounts holding another 6%.

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Cisco blows away Q1 expectations

Forecasts were upbeat but company surpasses them and own guidance
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Wed, 11/04/09 - 4:57pm.

Even the bullish forecasts for Cisco's Q1 fell far short. Cisco this week posted first quarter results that far exceeded Wall Street, and its own, expectations.

Sales for the first quarter ended Oct. 24, 2009, were $9 billion. Analysts queried by Thomson Reuters were expecting $8.74 billion in revenue. Likewise, earnings for the quarter came in $.05 better per share on a non-GAAP basis than expected. Non-GAAP earnings per share were $.36 vs. Street estimates of $.31.

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Cisco, EMC roll out joint venture

Collaborate with VMware on data center gear and form company to push it
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Tue, 11/03/09 - 2:56pm.

The joint venture everyone's been waiting for for the past couple of months has finally arrived. Cisco and EMC have formed a joint venture to "accelerate" the products it develops under it new Virtual Computing Environment coalition with VMware.

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Cisco's Q1 expected to be "strong"

Analyst preview cites improvements in enterprise, carrier capital spending
Submitted by Cisco Subnet on Mon, 11/02/09 - 4:08pm.

Investment firm UBS expects Cisco to report "strong" results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter on Nov. 4. UBS cites improved spending in US enterprise, strong federal government sales, and a "modestly improving" carrier capital spending environment.

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