Yahoo Falls For Tumblr, Google I/O, and Bill Gates on Steve Jobs — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

The week in AllThingsD, in one convenient post. You’re welcome!
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Cisco’s Q3 Results Beat Street Consensus

Winning in a “slow but steady economic environment,” CEO Chambers says.
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Cisco Tries Reinvention in Tough Time

Cisco Systems Inc. shares tumbled this time last year after executives warned their biggest corporate customers were ordering less equipment. If history repeats itself this week, the networking giant will join a dreary but growing club.

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The Future of the Data Center

It’s software-defined.
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HP Makes a Big Play in Software-Defined Networks

A conversation with HP networking head Bethany Mayer.
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Google and Cisco Have Best 2013 Energy Records, Says Greenpeace

Google got credit for energy investments, while Cisco won praise for long-term commitments to move away from coal.
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You Lookin’ at Me? Reflections on Google Glass.

The challenge for Glass is that the costs of ownership fall on people in proximity of the wearer, and that its benefits have yet to be proven out.
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Cisco Acquires U.K.-Based Ubiquisys for $310 Million

Networking giant Cisco Systems said today that it will spend $310 million to acquire Ubiquisys, a maker of indoor, small-cell LTE wireless networking gear, based in the U.K. The company specializes in making femtocells, miniature wireless base stations that boost wireless coverage inside buildings where traditional cell towers sometimes struggle. In a statement, Cisco described the deal as a “doubling down” of its own existing small-cell business.

500 Sacked at Cisco

Less than 1 percent of the company’s global workforce.
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