Posts tagged “Cisco”
Good days are back at Cisco: Earnings rebound, hiring resumes
Cost-cutting has restored investor confidence in Cisco, and the company looks set to expand again. After shedding nearly 10,000 jobs last year, Cisco added a net 400 employees in the latest quarter. Chief Financial Officer Frank Calderone said the hires were mainly in the services arm, and were partly offset by the last layoffs of the restructuring program.
Tracking Cisco revenues
Red Hat's new Fedora lead; Cree LED breakthrough; Google, Cisco top 'green' list; Oracle rejects SAP settlement; Yahoo board shakeup
Inside the Bulldog blog: Red Hat's new Fedora project lead focusing on 'cloud;' Cree claims bid advance on LEDs in price, performance; Greenpeace lists Google, Cisco as top "Cool IT" firms; Oracle says no to $272M settlement in SAP lawsuit; Yahoo's chairman is out.
Will Cisco report progress in its turnaround efforts?
Cisco was in the doldrums a year ago, missing out on the economic recovery and losing out to competitors on orders. CEO John Chambers slashed jobs and narrowed the company's focus, which had been scattered as it tried to expand into new markets. Latest earnings are due Wednesday.
Cisco server fire threat; Lenovo Android upgrade; cloud startup vs. Cisco; Epic's Blesinski to host awards; Google 'Solve for X'
Inside the Bulldog blog: Cisco is warning about a fire threat from some of its servers; Lenovo tablets get Android 4.0 in May; Marc Andreessen funds cloud startup targeting Cisco; Epic Games' Cliff Blesinski lands awards host honor; Google unveils "solve for X' site - what is it?
Checking Android apps for malware; VeriSign's multiple hacks; IBM VCs on prowl; defending Nortel bonuses; Cisco targets UK startups
In the Bulldog blog: Google's new "Bouncer" screens Andorid apps for malware; security firm VeriSign acknowledges multiple hacks; IBM looking for "Smarter Planet" linked venture deals; defense says Nortel bonuses were legitimate; Cisco launches awards program for new UK firms.
Apple's digital textbooks?; prosecutors press Nortel case; social media helps site 'stickiness;' LightSquared says GPS evidence rigged; Cisco hits 10,000 server customers
Red Hat, IBM, EMC, Cisco join 'cloud' open standards group
The Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications is intended to ensure portability of cloud services. But will the effort pay off without some key players such as Amazon and Microsoft?
Cloud computing
Cisco restructures engineers; GSK expands vaccine alliance; Red Hat share target rises; RIM shares tumble
Cisco ups spending on lobbying to $850,000
One of the issues involves corporate taxes on products sold abroad. Many companies including Cisco have been reluctant to bring that money back to the U.S. because they would have to pay a U.S. corporate tax of 35 percent. Many companies took advantage of a tax amnesty for repatriating cash in 2004, and some have been pushing for a repeat of what was supposed to be a one-time event.
Cree stock cut; AT&T, FCC argue spectrum; Dell drops tablet; Red Hat upgrades enterprise Linux; Cisco unveils cloud product
Lenovo's Windows phone; Wikileak's 'Spy Files;' Google 1-day delivery; Cisco's bigger tablet
Triangle poised for growth in high-tech, report says
A national real estate consulting firm's analysis puts the Raleigh-Durham solidly among areas to benefit from growth in high-tech services.
John Chambers the evangelist and cheerleader returns
Cisco's CEO transformed back to his typical enthusiastic mode to deliver the latest earnings report. He praises the networking giant's "ability of a $40 billion revenue company to turn quickly and move forward, and not emerge weaker but much stronger."
John Chambers
Analysts see signs of a turnaround for Cisco
Latest quartertly financial report demonstrates that Cisco is making "very solid progress," CEO John Chambers says.
Cisco's John Chambers is upbeat.
