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Cisco Unleashes Fastest Open Network Fabric

The Cisco Unified Fabric cuts customer data center costs, and offers greater business agility

Cisco Unleashes Industry's Fastest, Most Extensible Open Networking "Fabric" for Data Centers, Clouds New industry-leading innovations include the highest-density 40-gigabit Layer 2/3 fixed switch; simplest hybrid cloud solution; and expansion of the Cisco Open Network Environment with the most … [Read more...]

Cisco Helps Cable Service Providers Get Closer to CCAP With New CMTS Modules

Cisco: The Network Headquarters

New Line Card and Broadband Processing Engine Double CMTS Downstream Capacity for Existing Chassis SAN JOSE, Calif., December 12, 2012 – As part of its ongoing Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) migration plan, Cisco announced today the availability of a new high-density line card and a … [Read more...]

Cisco Purchases NDS: What it Signals for Company Performance

Cisco to buy video-software firm NDS

Yet another acquisition for Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), albeit NDS (Private),  with synergies, after coming off lackluster performance against competitors like Juniper Networks while trying to get itself righted on financials and stock price. It continues to signal that John Chambers is looking at … [Read more...]

Broadband CEO Quotes: What they are sharing

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Recent quotes from top executives in broadband help us define the direction of their company’s vision and scorecard going forward in 2012. Here is a compilation of CEO quotes shared with media in recent months along with analysis of the challenges they face. Four CEO's were highlighted from Cisco, … [Read more...]

Cisco Restructures: Ouch! The Pain of it All

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It is never appealing for companies to end up in the position Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), finds itself at the present moment, as it restructures and downsizes to mitigate loses of market share to more price nimble competitors like HP (NYSE: HP), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), and Juniper (NYSE: JNPR). See … [Read more...]

CEO Dilemma: Profits Vs Jobs

Jobs Protest in Washington D.C.

The most notable and recent dilemma faced by a high-profile company CEO recently, is the announcement of broadband networking vendor Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), to layoff approximately 10,000 workers related to its consumer business unit. Cisco’s downsizing will represent 14% of its world-wide workforce … [Read more...]

Pay TV Operator Dilemma: Cannibalism Vs Flexibility

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In order for incumbent pay tv operators to get a handle on so called “cord cutting” or better yet, demand from Internet Generation demographics, those 25 – 35 or younger consumers; continued R&D should be a top priority. At this point the impact of such demand is not enough to warrant a … [Read more...]

Cisco bets on the future of video with contest: What do you wish your TV could do?

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Cisco is doing its research in coming up with a video contest designed to engage constituents interested in video platforms, and produce a smart video that portrays how video content could integrate with your TV in the future. Titled, “If your TV could do anything, what would you want it to do?” … [Read more...]