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Cisco’s Recovery: Management, Cloud, and e-Printing
John Chambers, the current CEO of networking behemoth Cisco, has put in place a council-based system in 2006 designed to boost cooperation between regional managers. This system, however, only slowed down the company and internal processes including innovation and financial development, becoming a major factor in Cisco’s decline in the past 12 months. Throughout that ...
HP Still Targets Consumers with New Product Line
Electronics giant Hewlett-Packard had quite a weekend, considering it launched multiple new business laptops which seem to be sharing a border with more consumer-sided devices. This is a part of the company’s effort to get into higher margin areas, both in the cloud and hardware space. And, it seems to have been working out quite ...
Cloud Sector Takes On Open Source as EMC World Kicks Off
This past week in the cloud had its fair share of news and updates, especially when it comes to open cloud initiatives. This field has become so attractive it not only spurred OpenStack and a number of other major presences, but also attracted VMware in the picture. The virtulization’s giant open-source PaaS offering, Cloud Foundry, ...
Check Out These Business Apps for iPad, Android Tablet
The invasion of tablets into the workspace has been going on for quite some time now, and its gaining momentum by the day. This is represented by all the ever-more powerful and handy apps, as well as the first product to enter this week’s list. The Enterprise App Store by Partnerpedia While it falls in ...
Growing Support for VMware’s Open Initiative Cloud Foundry
VMware’s Cloud Foundry, the first of open PaaS offerings, is currently in beta but having quite a start. We’ve heard of quite a bit of developments related to the offering in the past few weeks in particular, and now, the support for Cloud Foundry is beginning to accelerate. The Register reports that ActiveState, the company ...
WiFi Hotspots Prove Mobile Ad Gold Mine, JiWire Raises $20M
JiWire, a provider of mobile and location-based marketing solutions, announced it has raised $20 million in a third round of funding. The round was led by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Trident Capital, and existing investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Norwest Venture Partners and Panorama Capital also participated in the financing. “As part of its ...
Does Skype Need Another Daddy?
Reuters broke the news last night that social networking titan Facebook may just be buying Skype. A source reportedly said that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is amidst deep talks about buying Skype. This multi-billion deal would be valued at $3 billion to $4 billion, but, it’s important that Skype’s IPO is still scheduled for the second ...
The Cloud M&A Scene Too Hot to Handle?
The cloud industry represents a constantly maturing and expanding trend, and it seems that every spark of innovation can trigger quite a bit of interest from some of the biggest players in IT. This phenomenon is the main driver behind the exceptional amount of activity we’ve seen in the cloud mergers and acquisition scene lately. ...
Oracle vs. Google: Judge Removes Vast Majority of Claims
Oracle and Google have been clashing in court over alleged Android and Java-related infringements on seven of Oracle’s patents. And now, it turns out that Google won the latest battle. The California judge handling the case, Hon. William Alsup, has released an order which details how much each side must cut back its claims. The ...
Cisco Overhauling Management In light of Skidding Market Share
Cisco’s stock skidded by roughly 34 percent in the past year or so, and after four very weak quarters, CEO John Chambers is carrying out his intentions, which he outlined in a memo he sent out a few weeks ago. Chambers has established a council-based management structure back in 2005, which was designed to enhance ...