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Cisco CEO: Video to Drive Market Expansion, Acquisitions Likely
Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) CEO John Chambers hinted that his company may be on the hunt for more acquisitions, saying that Cisco already has entered 30 adjacent markets to its core networking infrastructure market, and plans to be in 50 adjacent markets within 18 months. “The next generation of communications is about video,” Chambers said. “It’s about…
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Security Vendor SonicWall to Target MSP Integration, Licensing
Security appliance infrastructure vendor SonicWall is strengthening its play in the managed services space by offering solution providers a host of educational and marketing materials to help them get into the managed services business. But that’s just the beginning Later this year, the company plans to introduce more flexible licensing options to better match the managed…
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Lawsuit Could Refine Liabilities of Security Service Providers
Information security managers and executives have long been held accountable for security incidences and breaches, but what about the people who certify or provide the security? In other words, should auditors and managed security service providers be held accountable for breaches that happen after they’ve signed off on security measures? That is the question before…
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Verizon Offers Pay-as-You-Go Hosting Service
(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday unveiled a pay-as-you go hosting service for corporate customers looking to save money by buying only as much computing capacity as they need at any given time. Verizon is the latest U.S. telecom to jump on the bandwagon of so-called "cloud computing" services after AT&T Inc said last…
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Google Courts Business Customers with New Products
(Reuters) – Google Inc is stepping up efforts to infuse its search engine into the operations of the most technically sophisticated corporations as well as the least digitally savvy businesses. The Internet search giant unveiled a pair of new products on Tuesday aimed at large corporations with strict technology requirements and at small businesses that…
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NetApp Ups the Ante in Battle for Data Domain
NetApp bids $1.9 billion in cash and stock for deduplication vendor Data Domain, and says the acquisition would be more beneficial than In a press release issued this morning, NetApp announced a revised proposal to acquire Data Domain, heating up the battle between the storage giant and rival vendor EMC. Under the terms of the…