Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer.
View ArticleVideo spurs explosion of Internet traffic
Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday.
View ArticleCisco to proceed with $3.4 billion Tandberg deal
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. says it is waiving its condition that 90 percent of shareholders of Norwegian videoconferencing equipment firm Tandberg ASA back its $3.4 billion takeover offer and will...
View ArticleCisco going from Internet plumber to platform
Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's "plumber" to a platform and provider of products for online work and leisure.
View ArticleCisco and British Telecom head for the 'cloud'
Cisco and British telecom giant BT Group on Wednesday announced a partnership aimed at a growing hunger by businesses worldwide for Internet-based communications services.
View ArticleGadget makers focus on cost-effective temptations
(AP) -- Electronics sales rebounded in the just-ended holiday season, but the industry's biggest event will still have the recession hanging over it. The International Consumer Electronics Show, which...
View ArticleCisco sees 'dramatic' sales improvement in 2Q
(AP) -- Cisco blew past its own forecast for the latest quarter, reporting its first sales increase in a year as it leaves the recession behind.
View ArticleCisco to introduce new heavy-duty Internet router
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, a router that's used to power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone.
View ArticleHuge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect
(AP) -- The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially...
View ArticleFujitsu cedes 'iPad' trademark to Apple
Japan's Fujitsu has ceded rights to the "iPad" name to Apple, just in time for the tablet computer from the California company to hit US stores next month.
View ArticleUS clears Cisco-Tandberg deal
The US Justice Department on Monday approved Cisco's 3.4-billion-dollar purchase of Norwegian video conferencing company Tandberg, saying it would not hamper competition.
View ArticleCisco extends recovery, net income up 63 pct in 3Q
(AP) -- Cisco said Wednesday that its net income for the latest quarter rose 63 percent from last year, as the economic recovery gave customers the confidence to spend on big-ticket networking gear.
View ArticleFederal investment in basic research yields outsized dividends
(PhysOrg.com) -- Investment in basic scientific research may be one of the best ways to foster long-term economic growth locally and nationally, according to a report released this week by The Science...
View ArticleCEOs try to predict who'll win tomorrow's tech race
It seems every major tech giant is celebrating a landmark birthday these days. This year, it's been Microsoft (35), Cisco Systems (25) and Yahoo (15). Next year, IBM turns a century old, and Apple hits...
View ArticleCisco to buy design consulting firm Moto
(AP) -- Cisco Systems is buying Moto Development Group, a private design consulting firm in San Francisco.
View ArticleMedvedev to tour Silicon Valley, seek investors
(AP) -- Russia's Dmitry Medevedev visits Silicon Valley for the first time on Wednesday, eager to reinvent his country's outmoded, oil-dependent economy - and lure talent and money from the high-tech...
View ArticleCisco commits $1B in meeting with Russian leader
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. says it will invest $1 billion to help foster high-tech innovation in Russia.
View ArticleVideo chat comes closer to the mainstream
In a series of TV ads in 1993, AT&T pitched a vision of a near-future absolutely brimming with live video communication. From a busy mom tucking her kids in bed from a video phone booth and a...
View ArticleCisco seeking to acquire Skype: TechCrunch
US networking giant Cisco has made an offer to acquire Internet communications firm Skype, technology blog TechCrunch said Monday.
View ArticleCisco, Westcon pay 48 million dollars in overcharging case
Cisco Systems and Westcon Group North America have agreed to pay 48 million dollars to settle an overcharging case, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
View Article
