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HenryTo
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New, next-gen router from Cisco. This is pretty darn fast:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/grid_cluster/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223300149&subSection=All+Stories
| Quote: | Cisco claims the CRS-3, which will be available in a few months for prices beginning at $90,000, has 12 times the traffic capacity of its nearest competing system. The Tuesday announcement was hyped for weeks as an event that would "change the Internet forever," and the implication now is that Cisco is betting on the CRS-3 as its entry in the race to roll out 100G networks.
Pankaj Patel, SVP and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Business, predicted the CRS-3 will become the company's flagship router of the future and will form the foundation of intelligent and advanced broadband networks in the Internet.
The presentation Tuesday also featured an appearance by AT&T's Keith Cambron, who talked about the carrier's successful 100G field trial between Florida and Louisiana as a harbinger of better networking things to come. Cambron, who is president and CEO of AT&T Labs, noted that AT&T's video traffic is growing at a rate of 80% a year.
AT&T has been under pressure to speed up its wireless network, because its exclusive arrangement with Apple to provide the iPhone has pressured AT&T's mobile network while the carrier's landline broadband struggles to keep up with growing traffic.
Praising Cisco's CRS-3, Cambron said: "We are entering the next stage of global communications and entertainment services and applications, which requires a new set of advanced Internet networking technologies. AT&T's network handled 40% more traffic in 2009 than it did in the previous year and we continue to see this growth in 2010." |
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HenryTo
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Still one more trick up their sleaves:
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Cisco to unveil network boost for Internet - source
Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:22pm GMT
NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) will announce in March new technology for communications service providers to offer more advanced, high-speed Internet connections, a source familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
The move comes as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to demand faster Internet speeds as part of its National Broadband Plan to be unveiled on March 17.
Cisco said on Wednesday it will unveil technology on March 9 that will "forever change the Internet." On its website, the network equipment maker said the change would show "what's possible when networking gets an adrenaline boost."
The company declined to elaborate, but the source said the technology would help telecom service providers like phone companies offer better, high-speed Internet service.
The FCC wants minimum Internet data transmission speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to 100 million homes within a decade, compared with current industry estimates of less than 4 Mbps.
Google Inc (GOOG.O) has also rattled the service provider industry with a plan to build a super-fast Internet network of its own.
Cisco is the world's top maker of routers, switches, and other network equipment that help phone companies and corporations manage their networks and enable faster, more stable Internet connections. |
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HenryTo
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Latest Morningstar's notes on the Cisco acquisition of Norway's Tandberg:
| Quote: | | We're still considering the impact of Cisco Systems' CSCO $3 billion bid for Norway's Tandberg, a competitor in the videoconferencing/telepresence market. At first blush, it appears to us that Cisco is paying a reasonable price (at least as measured by current market multiples) at about 20 times last year's free cash flows. As a comparison, Cisco is trading around 15 times last year's free cash flows, and competitor Polycom PLCM is trading around 19 times last year's free cash flows. Given Tandberg's torrid growth rate over the past couple of years, and given that Cisco has the potential to increase its reach via Tandberg's sales channels and could push Tandberg's products through its own sales, it isn't a stretch to think that this acquisition could be value-neutral or even add some additional value to Cisco over the coming years. The all-cash offer represents less than 10% of Cisco's current cash position, and while we've been critical of some of Cisco's prior acquisitions, we think buying Tandberg makes sense from the perspective of Cisco's product portfolio and its big push into teleconferencing. |
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emergingwave
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Thanks for that link.
Mr. Chambers, I mean, John, is a man open to change. While he was talking it reminded me of the book, "Leadership and the New Science", by Margaret Wheatly
He seems to have insight into his "command and control personality." He is also sees the true value of collaboration. So the shift seems to be from mechanistic and hierarchical to more organic, collaboration and intuitive.
What an interesting man...if only he would do something about his hair. |
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HenryTo
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Cisco's earnings. More details to come:
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Cisco Reports First Quarter Earnings
Wednesday November 7, 4:05 pm ET
SAN JOSE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 7, 2007 -- Cisco (NasdaqGS:CSCO - News)
-- Q1 Net Sales: $9.6 billion (increase of 17% year over year)
-- Q1 Net Income: $2.2 billion GAAP; $2.5 billion non-GAAP
-- Q1 Earnings per Share: $0.35 GAAP (increase of 35% year over year);
$0.40 non-GAAP (increase of 29% year over year)
Cisco® (NasdaqGS:CSCO - News), the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, today reported its first quarter results for the period ended October 27, 2007. Cisco reported first quarter net sales of $9.6 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $2.2 billion or $0.35 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.5 billion or $0.40 per share. A tax benefit of $162 million or approximately $0.03 per share relating to a settlement of certain U.S. income tax matters was included in both the GAAP and non-GAAP results for the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
"Cisco delivered another record quarter based on balanced execution across the company," said John Chambers, chairman and CEO, Cisco. "We believe these strong results show that Cisco is well-positioned in terms of our vision, differentiated strategy and execution, and our ability to act upon key market transitions.
"We believe the migration to the second phase of the Internet and the proliferation of networked Web 2.0 technologies will help drive dramatic gains in productivity and innovation across all industries. If this market transition continues to unfold as we expect, it has the potential to power Cisco's and the industry's growth for many years to come." |
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