January 8, 2010 2:39 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
service platform,
social mediaCisco may be taking its social media platform, EOS, to service providers, and in fact we have already heard one that’s been pitched on the concept. Not only that, there is rumored to be some interest within Cisco and among operators in
December 17, 2009 2:31 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
handset technology,
Juniper,
mobile solutions,
service layer architectureAt least one financial analyst (Avian Securities) says Juniper is considering a bid for Bytemobile, a provider of specialty service tools and mobile optimization solutions for the wireless space. There...
December 8, 2009 4:27 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
data center,
mergers & acquisitions,
service layer architecture,
telecom equipment vendorsCisco is expected to take a bold step this week and tell the financial community it can return to its historical targets of 12-18% growth, owing in part to the economic recovery and in part to Cisco’s radical moves to increase...
November 12, 2009 2:01 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
3Com,
blade servers,
Brocade,
Cisco,
data center,
enterprise networking,
Foundry,
HP,
IBM,
IT,
JuniperHP has made a somewhat-surprise move and acquired 3Com, a venerable but now fallen giant in the networking field, and the move is very...
November 5, 2009 2:08 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
financial results,
mergers and acquisitionsCisco saw both revenues and profits fall, but both also beat analyst expectations. Chambers was upbeat about the next two quarters, pumping estimates ahead of current guidance. Order growth in the U.S. was flat,...
October 21, 2009 10:17 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
control plane,
equipment vendors,
Linux,
service layer architecture,
VirtualizationCisco has announced a new generation of its popular ISR platform (G2, fittingly), and also announced an initiative/architecture called Borderless Networking. The ISR upgrades...
October 20, 2009 1:21 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
collaboration,
data center,
HP,
IBM,
Oracle,
VirtualizationOracle and Cisco may change the landscape in the data center if the companies continue to pursue their current tracks, according to most pundits, and we...
October 14, 2009 11:26 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
Juniper,
LTE,
M&A,
procurement zones,
service layer architectureCisco wrote another big check, this time to acquire Starent, a major player in the mobile/LTE space. And with the move, it may have leapfrogged a number of competitors. Starent and Cisco were somewhat competing previously, and Wall Street reports that it expected Juniper to announce a partnership...
