With Cisco gobbling up Tandberg for $3 billion and bolstering its video conferencing lineup all eyes turn to Polycom, another market leader that looks ripe to be acquired. If not, Polycom is expected to be able to hold its own against Cisco.
Cisco launched a compact set of Catalyst switches designed to cut out wireless clutter in remote offices, kiosks, point-of-sale areas and other tight spots.
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.
Cisco said it will acquire ClearAccess, which provides provisioning and management software for providers.
Cisco delivered solid first quarter earnings and said it is focused on "execution in the areas we can control." In other words, capital spending is tailing off for some of Cisco's businesses.
If weak public sector spending---state and local governments---was enough to cast a pall on Cisco's first quarter earnings report other big technology vendors may feel the heat too.
Cisco Systems said it will acquire LineSider Technologies, which specializes on network management software for rapid provisioning.
Cisco and BMC Software said they are expanding their partnership to enable telecommunications companies to offer multi-tenant cloud computing services.
Cisco on Tuesday reported fiscal third quarter results that were better than expectations.The company reported net income of $1.
IBM took its relationship with Juniper up a notch by announcing and original equipment manufacturer deal. Big Blue also announced deals with Brocade and Cisco.