6 posts and columns on deployment

Microsoft Bing's Yusuf Mehdi Talks About Facebook Search Lovefest!

in News on October 14, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

After yesterday’s event at which Facebook and Microsoft declared their never-ending love for each other via a search integration into the Bing service of a lot of data from the powerful social networking behemoth, I sat down to talk about it with Yusuf Mehdi, a longtime exec at the software giant. It is the first sign of a major deployment of a deal announced last year between Microsoft and Facebook. Here’s the video.

Aliph Collaboration Deal With Cisco for Jawbones in the Workplace Launches

in News on September 30, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

In April, Cisco unveiled a wide-ranging collaboration with Aliph–a San Francisco start-up that is famous for the noise-canceling Jawbone Bluetooth mobile headset–to deploy its software and device in Cisco’s IP phones in the enterprise. It launches today. The idea is to use the Jawbone device and the software that manages it to allow workers to move around an office and have the call move with them, echoing increasingly mobile consumer behavior.

Cisco to Unveil an Affordable Home TelePresence Product for Consumers Next Week

in News on September 29, 2010 at 3:01 am PT

Cisco, the networking giant, is making yet another big step into the consumer space, with the introduction next week of an inexpensive home telepresence product for personal use. Consumer or Home TelePresence, sources said, might be launched with Comcast and Verizon. It is not clear if AT&T is involved. The cost for a small unit is reportedly around $200, but that price will be heavily subsidized. Another source said a $500 price point was also possible with fewer hooks.

Microsoft Comms Head Smacks Back by the Numbers (Plus a "Rocky"-Inspired Internal Email!)

in News on June 25, 2010 at 1:33 pm PT

After what he considered weeks of unfair press coverage and running down of Microsoft, the software giant’s Corporate VP of Corporate Communications, Frank Shaw, posted a pugnacious corporate blog today that trotted out some impressive numbers about Microsoft’s business. Of course, he also took the opportunity to put up some not-so-much figures about competitors such as Apple, Netflix, Salesforce.com and, of course, Google. And this comes after a fists-swinging email to staff!

Cisco Unveils "Next-Generation" Routing System to Speed Up Video on the Web

in News on March 9, 2010 at 8:04 am PT

In a highly hyped announcement, Cisco today unveiled a new version of its key routing system, which the networking giant said has a dozen times the traffic capacity of competitors and three times as much as the company’s previous version. Cisco’s CEO John Chambers said the CRS-3 Carrier Routing System is aimed at the huge growth in video on the Internet, a trend that has also caused increasing slowdowns. Cisco claimed the system could deliver all the movies ever made in just a few minutes or allow everyone in China to make a video phone call at once.

A Problem Has Been Detected With Your Classified Mission. Windows Has been Shut Down to Prevent Damage to Your Computer.

in News on May 25, 2009 at 10:11 am PT

How slow are government agencies at adopting new technologies? So slow that the U.S. Army is planning a major upgrade of its information systems–to Microsoft’s Windows Vista OS. Though Windows 7 is expected at market by the end of the year, the United States military has set that as a deadline for its migration from Windows XP to Windows Vista and from Office 2003 to Office 2007.
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