Cisco Study: IT Saying Yes To BYOD

5/16/2012

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 16, 2012 – Cisco today announced findings from the Cisco IBSG Horizons Study of 600 U.S. IT and business leaders that shows IT is accepting, and in some cases embracing, "bring your own device" (BYOD) as a reality in the enterprise. The study shows some of the quantifia ... Continue Reading

Tags: Mobility, Network Security, Collaborative, Virtualization, Senior Executives, Channel Partner, Padmasree Warrior

Government and Cloud Computing

5/16/2012 By Steve Wildstrom

The federal government, like the private sector, sees great opportunities in moving its IT infrastructure in the cloud. A 2011 white paper by then-Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra estimated that $20 billion of the government's $80 billion in annual IT spending could move to the cloud. ... Continue Reading

Tags: Cloud, Government, Core Networks

Essar Group Deploys SAP HANA on the Cisco Unified Computing System Platform

5/15/2012

NEW DELHI, India: May 15, 2012 – Cisco today announced that the Essar Group has deployed the award-winning Cisco Unified Computing System ™ (Cisco UCS®) to support the implementation of SAP HANA (High Performance Analytic Appliance).  Optimized on the Cisco UCS platform, HANA -- along ... Continue Reading

Tags: Data Center, Unified Computing, Asia Pacific, India, Strategic Alliances

Cisco to Highlight BYOD Research Findings and Unveil Its Vision and Approach to Network Mobility: Going Beyond ‘BYOD’

5/15/2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 15, 2012 – Senior Cisco executives, customers and partners will host two global webcasts to address challenges that many organizations are facing today as they look to accommodate the influx of personal devices on their network – the"bring your own device" (BYOD) phenomeno ... Continue Reading

Tags: Mobility, Network Security, TelePresence, Technology Innovation, Unified Communications, Collaborative, Channel Partner, USA, Padmasree Warrior, Rebecca Jacoby

Cisco Supports Chunghwa Telecom Cloud Service Optimizing Cloud Applications and Expanding Cloud Business Opportunities

5/14/2012

TAIWAN, May 14, 2012 – Cisco today announced that Chunghwa Telecom, a leading cloud service provider in Taiwan, enhanced its ‘hicloud' Cloud Server Service with the deployment of the Cisco® Unified Data Center architecture. This offers virtual server computing services through a stable, ... Continue Reading

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Telecommunications/Service Providers, Asia Pacific, Taiwan (ROC)

Brazil’s Bright Future as a Connected Economy

5/14/2012 By Jason Deign

Even in today's networked world it is difficult to imagine technology plays a big part in the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Do not be fooled, though. Last year J Walter Thompson , the advertising giant, noted that social media-mad Brazilians were behind the re-emergence of local st ... Continue Reading

Tags: Education, Government, Mobility, Smart and Connected Communities

Cisco CIO Offers Insight on Private Cloud

5/13/2012

Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby talks about the business benefits of the private cloud. ... Continue Reading

Tags: Cloud, IT

First Public Telepresence Room in Russia Welcomes Clients

5/11/2012

MOSCOW – May 11, 2012 – Cisco today announced that Russia's first public telepresence service has been launched by Cisco, Tata Communications and BizKomm, a Cisco Registered Partner in Russia. The public telepresence room located in Moscow's Monarch business center offers immersive virtual ... Continue Reading

Tags: Video, TelePresence, Emerging Markets, Russia

Cisco and AMIDEAST Launch Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Training Center in Morocco

5/11/2012

SKHIRAT, Morocco, 11 May 2012 - Cisco has announced the opening of a Cisco® Entrepreneur Institute Training Center in Morocco in conjunction with the America-Mideast Education and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST). The Entrepreneur Institute will provide business acceleration skills thro ... Continue Reading

Tags: IT, Education & Training, Corporate Citizenship, Emerging Markets, Africa, Strategic Alliances

Nilesat Chooses Cisco Media, Satellite, and Broadcast Solution

5/11/2012

CAIRO, Egypt, 11 May 2012 - At Cairo ICT 2012, Cisco and Nilesat, the leading satellite operator in the MENA region, announced that Nilesat has successfully installed Cisco® Digital Media solutions for its contribution network. Cisco's end-to-end Media, Satellite, and Broadcast Video So ... Continue Reading

Tags: Digital Media, HDTV, Media/Entertainment, Cable Operators, Emerging Markets, Middle East - Arabic, Africa, Success Stories

The Network Week in Review and Look Ahead: May 7-11

5/10/2012

Happy almost Mother's Day! What do all the sons, daughers and husbands have planned for mom? Cisco wishes all the moms out there a Happy Mother's Day! Now, check out The Network's top stories of the week. 1.) Cisco Reports Third Quarter Earnings On Wednesday Cisco rep ... Continue Reading

John Chambers Discusses Cisco's Q3FY'12 Earnings to Bloomberg

5/10/2012

John Chambers, chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc., talks about the company's third-quarter results and fourth-quarter sales and profit forecast. ... Continue Reading

Tags: Cisco Culture, Corporate Business, John Chambers, Senior Executives, Corporate Finance

DEMO: Performance Routing and TelePresence

5/10/2012

Engineering for TelePresence on the network means you likely need to be familiar with the tools needed for the job. In this clip from episode 114, Chief Geek Jimmy Ray Purser digs into the details of the power behind Performance Routing with configuration samples, traffic classes, policy control... ... Watch Video

Tags: Collaboration, Unified Communications, Collaborative, Demo Thursdays

Cisco Reports Third Quarter FY 2012 Earnings

5/9/2012

Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate reported its second quarter financial results for the quarter ending April 28, 2012. ... Listen to Podcast

Tags: Corporate Business, John Chambers, Corporate Finance

Cisco Systems CEO on Earnings & Facebook

5/9/2012

John Chambers discusses Cisco's third quarter financial results with CNBC. ... Continue Reading

Tags: Cisco Culture, Corporate Business, John Chambers, John Chambers

Cisco Reports Third Quarter Earnings

5/9/2012

SAN JOSE, CA-- May 9, 2012 - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Q3 Net Sales: $11.6 billion (increase of 7% year over year)   Q3 Net Income: $2.2 billion GAAP (increase of 20% year over year); $2.6 billion non-GAAP (increase of 11% year over year)   Q3 Earnings per Shar ... Continue Reading

Tags: Corporate Business, John Chambers, Corporate Finance, Keith Goodwin

Cisco Announces Key Technology Partners of Cisco House

5/9/2012

LONDON, United Kingdom, 9th May 2012 – In the spirit of collaborative working, Cisco is delighted to announce five key technology partners as supporters of Cisco House - an inspirational experience created to illustrate transformational opportunities for countries, cities and organisations toda ... Continue Reading

Tags: Corporate Business, United Kingdom, Strategic Alliances, EMEA, UK & Ireland

Cisco Global Cloud Networking Survey (Infographic)

5/8/2012

Cisco surveyed over 1,300 IT influencers and decision makers from 13 different countries to understand expectations and challenges faced as they move to the cloud. View the infographic to see the results. ... Continue Reading

Tags: Cloud, Core Networks

Root Canal or Cloud Migration? Cisco Study Reveals Many IT Professionals Have Ways to Go in Getting Their Networks Ready for Cloud Migration

5/8/2012

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 8, 2012 – As the role of cloud computing is growing significantly in its ability to deliver business applications, many IT decision makers are facing challenges with their existing network infrastructure to support the migration of their business applications ... Continue Reading

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Senior Executives, Keith Goodwin

Cisco Paves Way for CIOs to Fight Costly Voice Fraud, Theft and Service Attacks

5/8/2012

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 8 , 2012 – As IT managers look for ways to thwart voice fraud and other types of malicious activity, Cisco today announced the Cisco® UC Gateway Services API, a Web-based application programming interface (API) that could play a direct role in helping organizatio ... Continue Reading

Tags: Routing, Unified Communications, Success Stories