Cisco
Cisco 3Q Net Income Rises 14 Percent
May 16, 2013 7:11 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsCisco's net income jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter as revenue at all four of its divisions rose for the first time in a year and a half. Cisco earned $2.5 billion, or 46 cents per sharein its fiscal third quarter, which ended April 27. That's up from $2.2 billion, or 40 cents per share...
Cisco Intends to Buy Ubiquisys, Boost Its Small Cell Position
April 3, 2013 9:55 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsCisco today stated its intention to purchase U.K.-based Ubiquisys for $310 million. Ubiquisys’ product portfolio and team will be integrated into Cisco’s Small Cell Technology Group led by Partho Mishra. Ubiquisys provides 3G and LTE small cell technologies to help close the seams in wireless connectivity.
FCC Moves to Open More Unlicensed Spectrum
February 20, 2013 5:24 pm | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FCC today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to make more unlicensed spectrum available for robust public Wi-Fi networks. According to a press release, the commission today proposed to make up to 195 megahertz of additional spectrum in the 5 GHz band...
Cisco's Fiscal 2Q Earnings Rise Above Street Views
February 14, 2013 9:15 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsCisco's latest quarterly report provided further evidence that spending on technology gear is rising modestly in most parts of the world, despite persisting concerns about a still-shaky economy. The earnings announced Wednesday, covering the fiscal second...
Report: Mobile Data Traffic to Increase 13-Fold by 2017
February 6, 2013 10:45 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsGlobal mobile data traffic is expected to increase 13-fold by 2017, reaching 11.2 exabytes per month, according to Cisco's Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast. The company says the growth in mobile data usage will...
Cisco to Acquire Mobile Startup Intucell
January 23, 2013 10:14 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsCisco today announced plans to buy Israeli company Intucell for approximately $475 million in cash and retention-based incentives. Intucell provides self-optimizing network (SON) software to mobile carriers, which allows them to "plan, configure, manage, optimize and heal cellular networks automatically, according to real-time changing network demands."
Cisco Agrees to Acquire Broadhop
December 18, 2012 10:24 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsCisco today announced plans to acquire Colorado-based policy control and service management provider Broadhop. Specifics of the deal were not immediately available. Hilton Romanski, vice president and head of corporate business development for Cisco, said in a blog...
Cisco Culls Cius Tablet, Blames BYOD
May 29, 2012 7:13 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco is taking the axe to its Cius enterprise-grade tablet because of "market transitions" stemming from the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend.
Cisco Beats Estimates with 2Q Earnings, Sales
February 9, 2012 6:56 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsCisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, on Wednesday said that its net income jumped 44 percent in the latest quarter...
Cisco Introduces Faster Access Point
January 31, 2012 6:51 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsCisco used its Cisco Live! event in London today to introduce what it calls the fastest Wi-Fi access point on the market...
Cisco Names Former Juniper Exec as Mobility CTO
December 8, 2011 6:59 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco has named a former executive with rival Juniper Networks as the new chief technology officer for its mobile business.
Cisco's Latest Results Show Signs of Turnaround
November 10, 2011 6:53 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsCisco Systems is showing signs of pulling a turnaround, exceeding analyst sales expectations for the second quarter in a row.
Cisco Cuts Long-Term Sales Growth Forecast
September 14, 2011 7:53 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsCisco Systems lowered its long-term sales forecast on Tuesday, acknowledging that its days of heady growth won't return in the foreseeable future.
Cisco Goes on Offense Against Juniper
September 12, 2011 8:04 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco has launched an offensive against Juniper Networks, claiming its smaller competitor missed target dates for several key products.
Cisco 4Q Profits Slide on Restructuring Costs
August 11, 2011 8:17 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco's plan to turn itself around took a big chunk out of profits in its fourth fiscal quarter...
Cisco to Axe 6,500 Jobs, Sell Factory to Foxconn
July 19, 2011 8:21 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco said Monday it will cut 6,500 employees from its workforce and sell one of its factories...
Cisco's New ASR 9000 Routers Take It to the Edge
June 8, 2011 8:14 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco came out Tuesday with new routers and network technology that improves capacity at the edge of networks, where service is often the weakest.
Cisco To Cut Costs, Jobs as Profits Stall
May 12, 2011 8:15 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsCisco Systems said Wednesday that it's set to eliminate thousands of jobs as part of cost-cutting moves to get profits growing again.
Cisco Axes Flip Camera Business, Plans 550 Layoffs
April 12, 2011 8:28 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsNetwork gear maker Cisco is pulling the plug on its Flip camera business and plans to lay off 550 employees as part of a move to get out of its consumer products business.
Cisco: Mobile Data Traffic Up 26X by 2015
February 1, 2011 7:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe latest installment of Cisco's Visual Networking Index predicts that operators are about to get hit by a veritable tsunami of mobile data traffic.
Cisco Shares Hit by Growth Forecast
November 11, 2010 7:09 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco's stock dove more than 15 percent in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange after the company said...
Cisco Profits Climb, Stock Plunges on 4Q Results
August 12, 2010 8:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco's profits climbed 80 percent in its fourth quarter but its sales missed analysts' estimates...
Cisco Makes $2.2B in 3Q
May 13, 2010 8:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCisco increased its profits by nearly a billion dollars in its third fiscal quarter after rising sales boosted the company's financial results.
Cisco's New Access Points Promise Cleaner Air
April 27, 2010 8:35 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsCisco is offering new access points with CleanAir technology so that companies can track down and ferret out interference to make their Wi-Fi networks perform better.
Cisco Dropping Linksys Brand from New Routers
March 31, 2010 8:11 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsCisco Systems Inc. is trying to remove the techspeak from home Wi-Fi routers and make the equipment easier to install and set up.
