Cisco will need to tackle these high-tech issues in 2016
Disaggregation, security, software licensing all part of challenges Cisco faces.
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Cisco CEO not big on spin-ins
Robbins favors small, internal "start-up" teams over funding and acquiring companies
Cisco acquires a third company this week
1 Mainstream has a cloud-based video service networking giant needs
In Pictures: How Cisco's Chambers kept a high profile
Cisco CEO, John Chambers, has rubbed elbows with many business, political and entertainment VIPs during his 20 years at the helm
Cisco retools UCS server line
Cisco this week revamped its UCS server line with systems designed to scale form the largest cloud deployment to those with only up to 15 servers.
Juniper jettisons mobile security business
Juniper Networks has divested its mobile security product line, selling the assets to a private equity firm for $250 million.
Cisco, Microsoft chasing Clouds
Cisco this week expanded its datacentre arrangement with Microsoft with a multiyear sales and go-to-market effort for integrated products. The deal builds upon one agreed to 15 months ago, when the two companies combined cloud offerings under their respective Cisco Unified Data Center and Microsoft Fast Track 3.0 architectures.
HP refreshes enterprise switch line
HP this week is refreshing its 5400 series switch line with new chassis that features double the switching capacity of its predecessor.
SDN system controls hundreds of Cisco routers; saves contractor time, money
A global environmental engineering company is turning to software-defined networking as a way to boost productivity and save money.
Juniper hones product development for cloud, intelligent networks
Juniper Networks combined its hardware and software units to better align product development and share technology across products lines for cloud and intelligent networking.
Cisco buys its way into AT&T SDN
Cisco has announced vendor network service orchestration systems for traditional and virtualized networks, and one of the vendors AT&T selected for its Domain 2.0 SDN/NFV project.
In Pictures: HP has lots to Discover
HP's annual Discover conference unearths new IT products
In Pictures: Celebrating 25 years of Cisco Networkers
This year, Cisco recognizes the 25th anniversary of its Networkers user conference. To put this run in perspective, here's a timeline of Cisco-specific events interspersed with world, national, cultural and technology milestones that occurred over this period.
HP pivots, says open sourcing SDNs is right
Seven months after dismissing OpenDaylight, HP has raised its membership in the vendor-driven open source SDN consortium to its highest and most expensive tier.
Little-known Cisco open source project among contributors to OpenStack Neutron policy blueprint
Multiple vendors, including an open source project within Cisco, have had a policy blueprint approved for the OpenStack cloud platform's Neutron networking component.