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Investors Strain to Sell Start-Up Companies Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 10:42AMThe financial crisis left last year with the fewest public offerings of venture-backed start-ups since 1977.
HDTV and Mobile Gear to Steal CES 2009 Spotlight Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:41AMFrom multidisplay laptops and HDTVs wired for broadband to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content, the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has it all.
Google unveils Picasa for Macs Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:43AMMountain View-based Google Inc., seeking to expand further beyond its Internet search engine, released a test version of the Picasa photo-editing software for Macintosh computers.
MIPS-like 32-core SoC runs Linux Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:42AM— Dec. 16, 2008 — Tilera is shipping a 36-core version of its 64-core Tile64 SoC (system-on-chip). Aimed at graphics-intensive embedded applications and networking devices, the TilePro36 clocks from 600MHz to 900MHz, consumes 9-13 Watts (typical), and runs Linux on each, some, or all cores. ...
HDTV and Mobile Gear to Steal CES 2009 Spotlight Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:41AMFrom multi-display laptops, HDTVs wired for broadband, to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content, the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has it all.
Cisco Invests In Microsoft Outlook Startup Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:17AMCisco Systems has joined the roster of venture capital investors in Xobni, a startup that makes life easier for Microsoft Office users.
IP call centers will do well despite VoIP slowdown Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:57AMSales of IP contact centers will grow in 2009, but probably not as dramatically as they did in 2008 due to an expected slowdown in sales of IP telephony gear, according to a new Infonetics report.
Force 10, Turin Networks merging Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:55AMData center switching vendor Force 10 Networks this week says it is merging with Turin Networks, a provider of wireless backhaul, Carrier Ethernet and converged access systems for service providers.
Cisco to Introduce Digital Stereo System at CES Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 5:56AMCan the networking giant compete in the consumer electronics mass-market?
Network World: Bold 2009 prophesies for IT Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:49AMNetwork World looks at the year ahead, and tells you what to expect if you’re an IT professional.
Virtualization vendor names new chairman Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:42AM— Dec. 15, 2008 — VirtualLogix, which sells Linux-compatible "VLX" virtualization software designed for embedded devices, announced the selection of a new executive chairman after the departure of CEO Peter Richards.
Debug tool targets PowerQUICC processor Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:42AM— Dec. 15, 2008 — Ronetix announced the availability of new PowerPC firmware for its Linux-friendly JTAG/BDM emulator and flash programmer. The PEEDI JTAG/BDM Emulator and Flash Programmer now supports the Freescale PowerQUICC II Pro MPC83XX processor, says the vendor. ...
Business Briefs: January 1, 2009 Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:48PMCisco creates an initiative to expand communication technologies for small businesses, ESI announces plans to buy Vdot, and AMD warns of a drop in revenues for its fourth quarter. Visit website for full story...
VARs Vote Trapeze Networks Best WLAN Channel Vendor Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:00PM The readers of Business Solutions magazine have voted Trapeze Networks , a Belden Brand, as the best channel vendor for 2008 in the area of wireless and mobility, beating out a competitive field that included Cisco, Aruba and Meru.
Cisco Malaysia to launch small businesses solutions Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 3:46PMNETWORKING company Cisco will launch its first products developed specially for small businesses next month. The new products are for video surveillance, data storage and wireless office communications, the company said in a statement today.
CISCO TO LAUNCH PRODUCTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES NEXT MONTH Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 3:15PMKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- Networking company Cisco will launch its first products developed specially for small businesses next month.
Cisco music player available next month Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 11:01AMCisco Moving Into Home Electronics With Wireless Music Player
HP Launches New Home Server for PCs and Macs Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 4:31AMHP launched a home server designed for use with both Windows and Mac computers Monday. Based on the Microsoft Windows Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487 is a central repository for automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network. According to HP, the MediaSmart Server automatically organizes ...
Global crisis cast shadow on Indian leaders Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 4:34PMThe raging credit crunch saw many Indian-origin heads of global Inc embarking on a cost-cutting spree. 2008 has literally seen the fall of Mittal.
Cisco Launching Blade Servers in 2009 Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 4:54AMminutetraders writes "According to some sources, by next year Cisco Systems will be in the blade server business. ChannelWeb has a story, confirmed by several sources, that the San Jose, Calif.-based networking behemoth is readying blade servers, code-named California, for a release early next year. A blade server offering would put Cisco in direct competition with the likes of Dell, HP, and ...
Deal Done, Brocade Gets To Work Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 3:42AMBrocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) finally closed its $2.6 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks late last week. Now the hard part begins. The deal was announced in July, but ran into trouble in October amid a growing credit market crisis.
Android takes on medical diagnostics Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 3:12AM— Dec. 14, 2008 — A remote medical diagnostics application that integrates a Linux server and an application running on an Android cellphone is heading for a trial in the Philippines. The "Moca" software was developed by an open source project that grew out of an MIT Media Lab class. ...
World Wide Technology Recognized by Cisco as a Video Surveillance Authorized Technology Provider in the U.S. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:41PMWorld Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions announced today that it has achieved Video Surveillance Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco ® . This designation recognizes WWT as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to design, resell, install and maintain a ...
Cisco May Brandish Its Own Blade Server Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:36PMThe networking giant is rumored to be working on a blade server that could rival IBM and H-P.
World Wide Technology Recognized by Cisco as a Video Surveillance Authorized Technology Provider in the U.S. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:25PM ST. LOUIS----World Wide Technology, Inc. , a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions announced today that it has achieved Video Surveillance Authorized Technology Provider status from Cisco®.
INX Announces Contract Award for Infrastructure and Communications Upgrade with Clovis Municipal School District Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 10:15PM INX Inc., (NASDAQ: INXI ) announced today that it has been selected by Clovis Municipal School District to upgrade their existing network and communication infrastructure.
INX Announces Contract Award for Infrastructure and Communications Upgrade with Clovis Municipal School District Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 9:56PM HOUSTON----INX Inc., announced today that it has been selected by Clovis Municipal School District to upgrade their existing network and communication infrastructure.
Cisco Hit With Open Source Lawsuit Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 12:21PMThe Free Software Foundation (FSF), the group behind the popular GPL open source license, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco and wants an injunction against the networking giant.
IT Executives Vote AtTask Best Product Presentation at the Project & Portfolio Management Summit in Austria Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 7:41AMAtTask, the world’s most popular project and portfolio management (PPM) software, was voted Best Product Presentation by attendees at the PPM Summit in Vienna, Austria. IT executives from around the world recognize @task’s enhanced portfolio functionality, which allows executives to prioritize potential projects based upon business value.
Most U.S. Stocks Advance as Technology Shares Rise; GM Slumps Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 3:50AMDec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Most U.S. stocks advanced as speculation the government will boost spending on technology helped offset concern a bailout of carmakers won’t bring the nation out of a recession.
Free Software Foundation Hauls Cisco to Court for Open Source License Violations Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 3:20AMThe Free Software Foundation filed a lawsuit against Cisco Systems on Thursday, alleging the networking giant is in violation of numerous open source licenses. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Manhattan by the Boston-based nonprofit open source software group.
U.S. Stocks Gyrate as Energy Shares Retreat, GM, Ford Recover Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 2:52AMDec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks swung between gains and losses as investors speculated a bailout of carmakers won’t bring the nation out of a recession, offsetting expectations the government will boost spending on technology.
Business : Millenium Hotels Awards IT Project to Emirates Computers Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 2:51AMABU DHABI — Emirates Computers announced that it has won a prestigious project with Millennium Hotel to install a world class IT and audio visual system at the hotel’s new property in Abu Dhabi.
MetaData: Cisco Speaks In Tongues Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 6:14PMThe networking giant demos simultaneous translation during video conferencing.
Presidio Delivers Authoritative Case for Leveraging Managed Services Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 6:00PM Presidio Managed Networks, a division of Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc., today released a white paper explaining the advantages of "out-tasking" managed services. Unlike conventional outsourcing, which involves transferring the management or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to an external services provider, out-tasking involves transferring a specific segment of the ...
Cisco gears up for video Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 4:56PM Nick Farrell the inquirer Wednesday 10 December 2008 09:12:31 Networks must adapt
FacetPhone IP PBX Phone System Version 5 Announced Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 2:01PM FacetCorp (Dallas, Texas, USA), a leading provider of advanced VoIP PBX phone systems announced a number of important new features in FacetPhone. FacetPhone(TM) Version 5 provides customers with direct cost savings, better customer service, and higher employee productivity. FacetPhone V5 includes conference bridging capability, support for most SIP trunking and VoIP services, support for the ...
Cisco to shift resources to consumer push Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 9:57AMCisco Systems will shift resources into new product areas next year, including making a major push into homes, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Tuesday.
Yahoo Workers Will Learn Of Layoffs Wednesday: Source Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 8:32AMYahoo will cut its workforce in high-cost markets and hire aggressively in lower-cost locales such as Eastern Europe, India and Southeast Asia, the company has said.
Microsoft Agrees To Reduce Time It Keeps Search Data Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 8:02AMWhile Microsoft said it agreed to reduce the time it holds onto online search records, the software giant said all competing search engines, including Google and Yahoo, would also have to adopt the same anonymization policies in order for the request to be effective.
NSW hospitals upgrade networking, unified comms Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 10:15AMNorthern Sydney Central Coast Health (NSCCH) has awarded HP a $1.15m networking contract, while Prince of Wales (PoW) has chosen Siemens OpenScape UC server to transition to IP communications.
Sites Increase Rapidly in Q2/2008 Business Editors/Technology Editors Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 9:29AM(AP:LOS ALTOS, Calif.
Crimeware and Crimeware-Spreading Sites Increase Rapidly in Q2/2008 Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 8:56AMThe crimeware scourge is menacing the Web at levels never before detected by the APWG, with crimeware-spreading websites nearly tripling in number in the 12 months before the end of Q2/2008 - and the number of recorded crimeware variants shattering all previous records.
Networks Inc. Achieves Cisco Gold Partner Certification. Business Editors/Technology Writers Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 8:15AM(AP:SAN ANTONIO--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ Dec. 09, 2008--Genesis Networks, Inc. headquartered in San Antonio, TX; with US IT centers located in Memphis, TN and Abilene, TX; and International IT centers located in Hyderabad, India and Manila, Philippines.
Obamafy Yourself Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 7:34AMLessons from a successful--and geeky--campaign.
Cisco to video-optimize networks Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 6:04AMCisco this week is expected to unveil the first in a series of enterprise products designed to intelligently process video traffic in a network.
Top 5 Networking Vendors of 2008 - IT Management Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 5:40AMCisco’s dominance is under serious challenge from a host of smaller, nimble companies, according to our 2008 Vendor Value study.
Cisco announces video-sharing platform Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 3:00AMNetwork titan Cisco has announced the launch of a media processing platform designed to simplify media sharing across device types, such as digital screens, mobile devices and PCs.
CIR Announces Upcoming Report on 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet Market Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 1:50AM CIR, a leading industry analyst firm based here, has announced a new research effort that will examine the market opportunities in the emerging 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet market.
NetXen Completes Multi-Vendor Interoperability Testing for SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Products Monday, December 8, 2008 @ 8:01PM CUPERTINO, Calif.----NetXen, Inc., the market leader in 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter card port shipments, today announced that it has successfully completed multi-vendor interoperability testing of Small Form Factor Pluggable direct attach copper products.

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