Massive banking exploits and easy to deploy threats will be more prevalent in 2010, but the real cash cows will remain scareware, spyware, click fraud, advance-fee fraud and pharma, according to Cisco's annual security report.
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.
Three months ago, Cisco sounded a few IT spending alarm bells, but other tech giants said the challenges were specific to the networking giant.
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 beefing up its video conferencing arsenal, picking up Tandberg, a Norwegian video conferencing outfit, for $3 billion.In a statement, Cisco said it is acquiring Tandberg to expand its collaboration platform.
Networking giant Cisco Systems put a troubled fiscal 2011 to bed and CEO John Chambers promised a "focused, agile, lean and aggressive company" in the year ahead.
Pari, a privately held company based in Milpitas, Calif., will plug into Cisco's smart services effort. Cisco's smart services manage the health of networks proactively.
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.
What does 2011 hold for the technology industry? Mobile will again dominate the headlines as all companies not named Apple will be searching for tablet strategies. Laptop price depreciation will regain steam. On the software front, cloud computing may put the hurt on established enterprise application players.
Cisco outlined its global mobile data projections through 2015. The upshot: Mobile data traffic will hit an annual run rate of 75 exabytes by 2015. Video will account for most of the data traffic.