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• Unified communications boosts merged NZTA

  Mergers can upset the best planned IT projects, but they can also offer unexpected opportunities to help manage change.

• HP, 3Com gear-up for switch battle with Cisco

  Cisco's dominance in enterprise switching is legend. But HP and 3Com have put together compelling product portfolios and value stories, which add up to the first real competition the switch king has faced in years, and buyers are beginning to pay attention.

• Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office apps?

  There is only one obvious question in Cisco's overture yesterday that it might take on Microsoft and Google in the online productivity application arena — what took so long?

• Cisco won't take on Amazon in cloud

  Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure to those companies and provide its own software as a service.

• Cisco plans to offer virtual voice service

  Cisco Systems will be making aspects of its IP voice technology available virtually and sold as a service as part of a continuing set of improvements to its cloud computing strategy, the company's CTO said today.

• Universities explore visions of student connectivity

  Modern universities are facing technology challenges undreamed of even a few years ago, with many of those centred on the network.

• Dow Jones replacement of GM with Cisco is momentous

  It's official: General Motors is off the Dow Jones Index, and Cisco takes its place. The transition is more than just a dry Wall Street accounting manoeuvre: From a cultural, economic, and societal perspective, it marks a seismic shift in how our world is organised.

• Cisco's huge router reaches five-year milestone

  Five years ago when Cisco Systems introduced its CRS-1 core router platform some criticized it as overkill, but it has enabled a growth in network traffic that in turn has fueled demand for thousands of the devices.

• Cisco settles lawsuit with Free Software Foundation

  Cisco Systems will appoint a director to ensure that its Linksys products comply with the terms of free software licenses, and in return the Free Software Foundation will dismiss its lawsuit against the networking giant, the parties said on Wednesday.

• HP claims Cisco 'alternative' mantle

  Emboldened by its extended partnership with Microsoft, HP ProCurve is positioning itself as the clear alternative to Cisco with renewed vigor.

• Cisco's Chambers sees hope after recession

  The current recession is almost the opposite of the 2001 downturn for Cisco Systems because of permanent cost-cutting and the company's move into new technologies and markets, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Monday.

• Cisco's UCS move has rivals taking stock

  As Cisco entered the blade server market with its hotly anticipated Unified Computing System last month, competitors lined up to dismiss the new technology, saying it raises the problem of vendor lock-in and is too limited in scope to address broad customer needs.

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• Cisco cutting home broadband perks for staff

  Cisco Systems is ending a longstanding policy that allows its employees to expense their home broadband service, as part of a wider effort to reduce costs, sources at the company say.

• Cisco enters server market with Unified Computing System

  In a much-anticipated announcement, Cisco Systems Monday launched its Unified Computing System, comprising virtualization technology, services and blade servers aimed at helping enterprises develop and manage what it calls "next-generation data centers."