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Cisco is the enterprise and telecom networking leader, but the company's expansion into new markets such as telepresence, collaboration, video conferencing and consumer electronics may be more notable. Cisco reloads well in an economic downturn, makes smart acquisitions such as Pure Digital, WebEx and Tandberg, and plots a long-term strategic vision well.
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A 300Gbps distributed denial-of-service attack thought to be the largest in the world has put key internet infrastructure to the test, and, so far, the attack has failed.
Cisco report highlights biggest business, IT challenges of big data
Cisco's latest world tech report hones in on IT managers, and the challenges and opportunities they see with all of this data.
Cisco adds SolveDirect, bolsters services
Cisco is also a SolveDirect customer. SolveDirect will be lumped into Cisco Services.
Cisco ordered to pay $70M in civil fraud, patent case
Cisco led along a firm for six months over a potential lucrative partnership, despite already deciding to reject a deal, according to a collapsed patent licensing firm.
Cisco names new Aussie head
Ken Boal takes over from Richard Kitts, who is moving to a new role within the Cisco family.
Belkin completes Linksys deal; looking towards tackling smarter homes
With new Linksys products promised to roll out this spring, Belkin's focus for the unit is going to center around networking solutions for mobile devices and smart homes.
Cisco engineers debate what emerging tech will disrupt business in next 10 years
CTOs and engineers debate which new technologies are most likely to transform the way we live, work, learn and play in the decade ahead.
Cisco pegs potential profit value for Internet of Everything at $14.4 trillion
Cisco is projecting that the Internet of Everything has the potential to grow global corporate profits by 21 percent in aggregate by 2022.
The trials and tribulations of BYOD at Cisco
Network giant Cisco has managed to save 25 percent per user in costs by shifting to a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) model, but the journey has many obstacles.
Australian mobile data boom on back of 4G
The amount of data that Australians are consuming over mobile networks is set to increase six-fold by 2017, with 4G leading the way, according to Cisco.
ME Bank rolls out first video-conference kiosks
Telstra's Melbourne contact centre was the first to get ME Bank's virtual bank teller systems.
BYO iPads not the best medicine for St Vincent's Hospital
St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, is dipping its toes in BYOD, but conflicts with Microsoft and Apple compatibility will make it tough.
A very open cloud
By 2016, the total amount of data generated by businesses will double, but most countries will actually decrease proportionally what they send over managed networks.
Telstra goes to the cloud for unified comms
Telstra has partnered with Cisco to offer its unified communications products as part of its cloud service.
IBM leads server race, Cisco breaks top 5
The most notable server battle was in the No. 4 position. Oracle's market share slide continued and Cisco edged into a statistical tie. IDC noted that this quarter was the first time Cisco broke into the top 5.