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Bang Bang: Cisco Dumps HP As Certified Partner HP Returns Fire With Deal with Qlogic
Update: Immediately following my report Cisco put out an official statement on the terminating their relationship with HP. Reason: conflicting visions. I got confirmation today from someone inside Cisco that an internal memo went out announcing that Cisco is dumping HP as a certified partner. Concurrent with the Cisco internal memo HP makes a move ...
Innovation Is Going Mobile – Skype and Verizon Change The Game
I’ve arrived at Mobile World Congress and the news has hit about Skype and Verizon teaming up for unlimited calls on Verizon’s smartphone. I’ll be seeing the Skype folks tomorrow for a briefing, but the news is awesome. Here is the news (note this was a joint release by both companies): At the 2010 Mobile ...
Breaking News: Juniper Network Throws Down Big "Judo" Move On Cisco and Opens Up to be “The Google of Networking”
Bang! Big move by Juniper. Juniper Networks is making a big move in the networking market and its’ mobile war with Cisco. Today, Juniper is announcing the formation of a software division business group, headed by executive vice president and general manager, Manoj Leelanivas to focus on service provider innovation. Also, they are moving key ...
Google Launches Competitor to Twitter Then Facebook – Called Google Buzz
Google announces Social Web product – Twitter Killer Then Facebook Killer. As you know we cover the social web in depth here at SiliconAngle and this announcement was something we were watching. Why? Because many were wondering how Google would respond to Facebook and Twitter. What’s impressive is how Google is thinking about this…. the ...
Mobile US Marketshare For December – Numbers Released by Comscore
Interesting numbers being reported by Comscore. In my favorite area Smartphones, in the US Apple and Google take a bite out of RIM (the Blakcberry). All players lost share except Apple. More impressive is the performance of Google. I expect Google to continue to take more share of the smartphone market. The report ranked the ...
Mobile News: Juniper Getting Stronger In Mobile – Research Validates The Market
News was broke by the Wall Street Journal yesterday that Juniper is announcing will begin selling new wireless products for mobile carriers, responding to bigger rival Cisco Systems recent acquisition of Starent – of which I was critical. According to Reuters news, Juniper said on Monday its new software includes Juniper Traffic Direct which, used ...
Citrix CTO Simon Crosby: “VMWare Had Nothing To Do With The Cloud Trend. Their Strategy is Flawed”
Simon Crosby CTO of Citrix Interview on Cloud and VMWare. Simon Crosby talked with me recently about the cloud and his views on VMWare. Specifically I asked him his views on VMWare. Simon knows what he’s talking about and is not afraid to speak his mind. Here is the entire conversation. You can download the ...
Mobile Rumor: The wPhone Coming? Microsoft Launching Windows Phone in Barcelona
There is some exclusive rumor going around according to PPC Geeks Blog. PPCGeeks is reporting that the a Windows Phone 7 is coming – I call it the wPhone. Note: according to PPCGeeks all the information may not be entirely official, although it’s definitely rumor worthy. It is not uncommon for vendors now to leak ...
Are Mobile Networks Melting? Growth Puts Massive Pressure on Carriers
The recent growth of the iPhone, Android (smartphones in general), and now the iPad has put enormous pressure on carriers and bandwidth – the networks. As the world has come to experience, the mobile web is amazing. Whether checking Facebook, email, or contacting business and family members, it’s a great utility. Here’s the problem: the ...
Techcrunch Blogger Accepts Product for Posts – Fires Under Age Blogger Daniel Brusilovsky
UPDATE: Daniel Brusilovsky wrote a blog post and would not go public with the information that he told me which I have on tape. Daniel’s post is not much of a denial and not much an admission. Let me just say that Daniel’s side was much different than what the Techcrunch post said. UPDATE: I ...