Posts tagged “Internet”
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
Tech briefs: New Clinipace exec; Pfizer picks Biologics; Bronto marketing whitepaper; new Telit deal; ChannelAdvisor client win; Mariner training
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.
RTP broadband firm Overture, minus two top execs, launches new look
The global provider of Ethernet related broadband services shortens its name, creates a new logo and revamps its websites. The changes come in the post-Hatteras Network merger, and among the recent moves is the departure of the former Hatteras CEO.
Overture's new logo
Redbox-Verizon streaming plan to crowd online video space
In addition to leader Netflix, several other companies offer Internet access to videos. For consumers, that means many choices.
A screen shot of Amazon Instant Video offerings
'Investing in Gen Z' is Emerging Issues Forum theme
Through Monday and Tuesday, panelists and speakers will be discussing, debating the 'Gen Z' - youths born between 1990-2000 and the issues they face today as well as tomorrow.
Who is Gen Z?
Netflix threat: Verizon, Redbox team up for video streaming service
Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox's parent, say the service will be national, apparently setting it up to compete with Netflix.
Google bows to India's censorship demands
The action follows weeks of intense government pressure for 22 Internet giants including Facebook and YouTube - to remove photographs, videos or text considered "anti-religious" or "anti-social."
Google India website in Hindi
Will RTP-based ChannelAdvisor go public? They're thinking
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Scot Wingo says action on Wall Street such as Facebook's IPO plans give his ecommerce services firm fodder for thought. But for now the mission remains driving growth.
Business booms for Scot Wingo
What brands are winning Super Bowl hype? Two Durham firms to find out
Ad agency McKinney and Internet startup EvoApp are prowling social media to see which companies are performing best heading into and then during the Sunday night football and ad showcase.
Who's winning Super Bowl branding?
'Anonymous' hackers intercept, release FBI call about them
"The FBI might be curious how we're able to continuously read their internal comms for some time now," the group gloated in a message posted to Twitter.
European Union wants Google to delay new privacy policy
The chairman of the EU's 27 national privacy regulators has written a letter to Google CEO Larry Page informing him that a French regulator is now probing the new rules.
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.
AOL, Huffington Post to launch live 'never-ending talk show' video network
The Huffington Post Streaming will launch this summer, streaming news video live 12 hours a day on weekdays, expanding to 16 hours a day next year.
In filing to go public, Facebook reveals its profitable secrets
The social media giant is very profitable and getting stronger. The company Mark Zuckerberg started with some friends in 2004 has seen its annual revenue soar from $777 million in 2009 to $3.7 billion last year. Facebook's earnings have grown at a similar rate too, ballooning from $122 million in 2009 to $668 million last year. Facebook ended 2011 with $3.9 billion in cash.
Facebook's Building 1 in Western NC
