7 posts and columns on switches

Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending to Grow, Despite Japan Earthquake

in Enterprise on June 30, 2011 at 6:45 am PT

The earthquake in Japan isn’t having as much of an impact on worldwide IT spending as expected, the market research firm Gartner says. Growth, it says, will be healthy.
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Meet Lew Tucker, Cisco's Mr. Cloud

in Enterprise on December 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm PT

Cisco Systems is serious about cloud computing. If today’s news about its strategic alliance with BMC Software doesn’t make that clear, talking with Lew Tucker, Cisco’s CTO for Cloud Computing certainly will.

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IBM Offers Faster Chips, Thanks to the Memory

in News on November 8, 2010 at 11:09 am PT

Chip makers use many techniques to make their products do more while using less energy. IBM is preparing to share more of its tricks, particularly an unusual type of built-in memory it had previously limited to Big Blue’s own computers.

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Arista Networks Zooms Out with VMware Announcement

in News on August 26, 2009 at 2:40 pm PT

VMworld, the annual conference hosted by software maker VMware, is fast becoming one of the hot tech conferences, in large part because VMware’s technology has become an important selling point for tech-equipment makers like Dell and Cisco Systems. There are likely to be dozens of new product announcements made at the conference, which kicks off Monday.

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Cisco Steps up Entertainment Efforts

in News on August 13, 2009 at 12:05 am PT

Cisco Systems on Wednesday held a news conference with Warner Music to promote software to create and manage Web sites, one of nearly 30 new businesses the tech-equipment maker is getting into that it says has the potential to someday reach $1 billion in revenue.

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Cisco Diversifies Again as Chambers Discusses Rivals

in News on May 19, 2009 at 4:49 am PT

Cisco on Monday announced an initiative to sell high-tech gear to utilities, a market the company says could be a $20 billion-a-year market by 2014. Political junkies may have heard the term “smart grid,” which is one of the areas that the Obama administration has targeted with its stimulus package. The government is committing billions to facilitate building a next-generation electrical grid that’s more energy efficient.

Cisco to Rivals: Tonight You Sleep in Hell!

in News on March 16, 2009 at 11:06 am PT

Cisco has finally crossed the Rubicon. Long a partner to the big server makers, the networking equipment giant today became a competitor, announcing an aggressive push into the server market. No longer content to peddle switches and routers alone, Cisco is now selling a full-blown data center solution.
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