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Cisco WebEx Shines as Travel Costs Skyrocket

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cisco notched one of its more unusual acquisitions last year when it picked up WebEx, a provider of Web and video conferencing software. There's a sense, though, in which Cisco's WebEx acquisition now seems prescient.

It's Official: VoIP Goes Supernova

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

According to market watcher Infonetics Research, in fact, VoIP revenues exploded last year, notching 52 percent growth (amounting to some $24 billion), following on the heels of an even more impressive 66 percent growth spurt in 2006.

Cisco and HP Partner for UC

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cisco last week unveiled a partnership with HP to push its unified communications (UC) products to global customers.

Survey: Cisco's VoIP Execution a Mixed Bag

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The good news, at least from Cisco Systems Inc.'s perspective, is that a recent survey of service provider customers has named it one of the top five VoIP vendors in the industry.

Survey: Networking Job Sector Is Red-Hot

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If The Graduate's Mr. McGuire were to give Ben Braddock one word of career advice today, it might very well be "networking" and not plastics.

Cisco Tops in Worldwide Telecom/Datacom Segments

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

It shouldn't surprise you that the combined telecom/datacom equipment market is enormous, totaling $139 billion last year.

Cisco Tops in NAC -- for Now

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

According to a new survey from market watcher Infonetics Research, Cisco sits atop the NAC space -- at least according to prospective buyers, who rate Cisco as tops in a number of areas.

Cisco Nabs Pure for Home Networking Expertise

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cisco Systems Inc. was on the acquisition prowl once again last week, snapping up privately-held Pure Networks for $120 million.

Companies Ditch ATM, Frame Relay -- Finally

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Out with the old (frame relay, ATM and subscriber lines) and in with the new (e.g., Ethernet or IP MPLS VPN services). That's the latest trend in enterprise networking, according to market watcher Infonetics Research.

Cisco Touts IPoDWDM Enhancements, Pushes IPoDWDM Leadership

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cisco Systems Inc. likes to talk up its seminal involvement with IP-over-dense-wavelength-division-multiplexing (IPoDWDM) technologies, which it claims it was first (among big-name vendors, anyway) to bring to market.