Pure Storage, Cisco tighten converged infrastructure links
Cisco and Pure Storage are offering more validated designs for their solid state converged infrastructure. The partnership is worth watching given the merger of Dell and EMC.
Cisco and Pure Storage are offering more validated designs for their solid state converged infrastructure. The partnership is worth watching given the merger of Dell and EMC.
Ned Hooper, who led Cisco's merger and acquisition strategy, will leave. CTO Padmasree Warrior also becomes head of strategy.
What's going on? HD video conferencing is good enough for small groups and immersive telepresence has a limited market.
LifeSize's pitch is that the Unity systems can just be plugged into any room without worrying about microphone placement, furniture and room makeovers
Speaking on Cisco's third-quarter earnings conference call, Chambers was asked about competition from Huawei — a Chinese networking rival — and didn't pull any punches.
Cisco holds up well in the third quarter in "a cautious IT spending environment."
Cisco's rivals have stumbled with their quarterly financials, but the networking giant appears to be safe with its quarter.
Cisco said it will acquire ClearAccess, which provides provisioning and management software for providers.
Cisco reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $2.2 billion, or 40 cents a share, on revenue of $11.5 billion. Non-GAAP earnings were 47 cents a share.
Cisco is betting that the Aironet line can maintain quality as workers video conference, connect to virtual desktops and make wireless local area network calls from their devices.