Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Leaner and meaner isn’t always enough. After a company-wide restructuring, growing profits is proving tougher than Cisco CEO John Chambers expected. You know, it don’t come easy.
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Back in Its Skinny Jeans, Cisco Systems Looks for Fat Profits

Its restructuring done, Cisco Systems will today attempt to make the case that it is turning the corner.
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Apple Starts Work on Oregon Data Center

Apple has broken ground on its next big data center.
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Greenpeace’s Hazy iCloud Numbers

How clean is Apple’s iCloud? Evidently, a lot cleaner than Greenpeace says it is.
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Intel’s Romley Chip Is Good News for Storage Players EMC and NetApp

But maybe not so much for Intel itself, Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore argues.
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Dell to Acquire Virtual Desktop Player Wyse Technology

Virtual desktops are in, and Wyse is the company that makes more of them than any other.
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Google to Invest $120 Million in Singapore Data Center

Google Inc. will invest $120 million in a data center in Singapore, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, executives of the Internet search giant announced Thursday, in a move to significantly expand operations in Asia.

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Google’s Newest Approach to China? More Data Centers.

Google’s new approach to China has done little to reduce the company’s need for infrastructure there. The company said Thursday that it will spend $300 million to build a data center in Hong Kong, its first company-built data center in the Asia-Pacific. The facility is to be built in Kowloon, where Google bought 2.7 hectares of land this past September. Google expects to bring it online by early 2013, political challenges in the region be damned.

HP Wants to Optimize Your Information, Whatever That Means

One big question that’s been dogging HP in recent months is its plans for Autonomy, the British software firm it paid $11.7 billion for earlier this year. Expect some answers today.
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Apple’s Secret Solar Farm [Updated]

When Apple next breaks ground in Maiden, N.C., it won’t be to build a second data center alongside its vast Catawba County facility. Instead, it will be to construct a massive solar farm to power it.
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Google Adds to Cloud Coverage in Asia