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John Chambers Says Cisco Systems Is “Tough to Beat”

Slow and steady wins the race.

Arik Hesseldahl in News
May 15, 2013 at 4:52 pm PT

170 posts and columns on networking

Cisco’s Q3 Results Beat Street Consensus

in News on May 15 at 1:13 pm PT

Winning in a “slow but steady economic environment,” CEO Chambers says.
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Cisco May Be Better Off Than Rivals Amid Weak IT Spending Trends

in News on May 15 at 12:20 pm PT

Stay cautious.
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Cisco Tries Reinvention in Tough Time

in Enterprise on May 13 at 12:42 pm PT

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.

Cisco’s Prashant Gandhi Bolts to Upstart Big Switch Networks

in News on May 6 at 8:34 am PT

A big executive move in the fast-moving world of software-defined networks.
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HP Makes a Big Play in Software-Defined Networks

in News on April 30 at 8:12 am PT

A conversation with HP networking head Bethany Mayer.
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News Byte

Cisco Acquires U.K.-Based Ubiquisys for $310 Million

in News on April 3 at 8:39 am PT

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.

U.S. Writes Its Worries About Buying IT Gear From China Into Law

in News on March 28 at 6:02 am PT

More hand-wringing.
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Dell Backs Standards-Setting Panel for Software-Defined Networking

in News on March 13 at 9:54 am PT

Did a small Cold War just break out?
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Telling Employees He Hasn’t “Walked the Talk,” Cisco’s John Chambers Leans In on Women in the Workplace Issue

in Enterprise on March 13 at 7:02 am PT

Here’s the memo.
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HP Did “Better Than We Expected We Would,” Whitman Says

in News on February 21 at 1:59 pm PT

A happier tone.
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How the Enterprise May Help Save Hewlett-Packard

in News, February 21, 2013 at 8:11 am PT

Dell Growing in the Right Places, but Not the Big Ones

in News, February 19, 2013 at 4:08 pm PT

NFC: What You Need to Know

in Product Reviews, February 18, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

A Quick Chat With Cisco CEO John Chambers About Earnings and the Year Ahead

in News, February 14, 2013 at 9:35 am PT

Cisco Beats Expectations in Second Fiscal Quarter

in News, February 13, 2013 at 1:10 pm PT

Intel Capital Joins Big Switch Funding Round

in News, February 7, 2013 at 9:00 pm PT

Huawei CFO Tied to Company Implicated in Attempted Sale to Iran

in News, January 31, 2013 at 8:25 am PT

Cisco Acquires Israel’s Intucell for $475 Million

in News, January 23, 2013 at 8:28 am PT

Cisco Sued for Trademark Infringement Over Marketing Slogan

in News, January 11, 2013 at 6:54 am PT

Cisco Aims to Wake Up Sleepy Brand With New Campaign

in News, December 10, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

Syrian Internet Outage Raises Question “Could It Happen Here?”

in News, November 30, 2012 at 12:05 pm PT

Syria’s Throwing of the Internet Kill Switch Raises Lots of Questions

in News, November 29, 2012 at 3:14 pm PT

Cisco Keeps Up Acquisition Pace With $141 Million Cariden Buy

in News, November 29, 2012 at 6:24 am PT

The Good News Is Dell’s Enterprise Business Is Growing. Then There’s the Bad News.

in News, November 15, 2012 at 4:20 pm PT

Why Cisco CEO John Chambers Loves Canada

in News, November 14, 2012 at 8:42 am PT