July, 2011

Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior addresses reported layoffs: We don’t comment on speculation

Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior addressed a reporter's question about reported coming layoffs of approximately 14% of the networking giant's workforce. She...

As Cisco preps for comeback kickoff, reported layoffs steal the show

Cisco's juiced up Catalyst 6500 was supposed to be the cornerstone of Cisco Live! 2011 comeback kickoff. Instead, the return-to-roots messaging has been dampened by...

Exclusive first look at new Cisco Catalyst 6500′s overhaul

The press briefing for Cisco's latest edition of the Catalyst 6500 is just about to start, but Cisco already dropped some more details after yesterday's maddeningly vague leak. From the...

For Cisco, TelePresence business is bigger than China

Cisco drops 25 priorities for the 5 that matter

We see all of these market transitions going on at the same time; so, instead of doing 1 or 2 [priority initiatives] a year, like we did during each of the economic slowdowns—the four that we’d seen before—we’re going to do 30. And it sounds impossible. -

Cisco’s big news: A Catalyst 6500 revamp

Kudos go to the Wall Street Journal's Don Clark for

IT’s stance on social networking in the enterprise

When I chatted with David Sacks about social networking in the enterprise, he seemed to think that IT was coming around to cloud-based offerings. But when I

Cisco Live 2011! prepares to rally the base

Next Sunday, I'm packing up and shipping back to Vegas for Cisco Live! 2011, the IT giant's annual user conference. Last year, they proudly announced the Cisco Cius, the tablet built for enterprise which has been lingering on the horizon for a year, limply...