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Mike Isaac in News on May 17 at 4:30 am PT
Consumer companies may be hot among investors, but big data and networking start-ups are hotter still to Valley engineering talent, according to a recent LinkedIn report. The study claims that analytics firms and networking start-ups like Cloudera and Arista Networks are garnering the most engineering mindshare. The study took into account the LinkedIn activity of more than 240,000 Bay Area engineers from January through March.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 9 at 7:01 pm PT
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.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 9 at 8:25 am PT
Its restructuring done, Cisco Systems will today attempt to make the case that it is turning the corner.
Liz Gannes in Social on May 3 at 2:13 pm PT
Business networking service LinkedIn had good news to deliver to investors today.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 3 at 11:50 am PT
Cisco Systems said it had reached a
deal to acquire Truviso, a privately held company that provides real-time network data analysis and reporting software. The deal is aimed at boosting Cisco’s offerings in helping its customers analyze what’s happening on their networks, and how to make them run better. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 23 at 2:18 pm PT
The once secretive start-up continues its impressive round of executive staffing.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 12 at 4:38 pm PT
PC sales weren’t horrible, so investors cheered the world’s largest PC maker. It’s nice, but it’s not where HP needs the most success.
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Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Enterprise on April 6 at 4:29 pm PT
Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive John Chambers identified Huawei Technologies Co. as its toughest rival, stating that the Chinese company doesn’t always “play by the rules” in areas such as intellectual property protection and computer security.
