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Cisco Partnerships Power Networks
While it doesn’t aspire to be a consulting company, Cisco Systems Inc. does think it can show enterprises how to transform their networks to deliver new, intelligent services that can help them build their businesses and improve productivity. In fact, sharing that networking wisdom is part of an enterprise strategy company officials here hope will…
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Cisco’s Future: Smarter Nets
Despite the tough it spending environment, networking company Cisco Systems Inc. celebrated its 20th anniversary last week with hopes of double-digit growth in several key technology areas including security, storage and IP telephony. President and CEO John Chambers last week sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Paula Musich to discuss Cisco’s progress in building out…
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Hosted VOIP Isn’t Always Up to the Job
Businesses turning to managed and hosted services for a smooth path to voice over IP are discovering an uncomfortable reality—not all offerings are enterprise-strength. For Micro Office Solutions LLC, an office space rental company in Manhattan targeting small businesses, the attraction to VOIP’s savings and simplicity led to just such a disappointing false start. “It…
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Vendors Push Data Center Virtualization
As the use of virtualization capabilities in the data center grows, companies such as BladeLogic Inc. and SWsoft Inc. are developing new ways to meet the increasing demand for better management. Included in BladeLogic’s Operations Manager 6, released in October, is support for VMware Inc.’s ESX Server virtual machine technology. The Waltham, Mass., company is…
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HDS Opens Up SANs to SMBs
Hitachi Data Systems Corp. is enabling small and midsize businesses to take advantage of storage area networks in a new initiative that opens HDS’ storage systems to channel partners. HDS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., last week unveiled its midrange SATA (Serial ATA)-based Hitachi Thunder 9520V Workgroup Modular Storage System. Available now and…
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PeopleSoft Customers Voice Relief at End of Buyout Battle
Customers on Monday expressed relief more than dismay that Oracle Corp. had finally reached a definitive buyout agreement with PeopleSoft Inc., giving them hope that they will get reliable information about future product support. PeopleSoft’s fate was of particular concern to users of ERP (enterprise resource planning) software from J.D. Edwards & Co., which PeopleSoft…
