Cisco's Signal Is Fading
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Inventory and accounts receivable growth are outpacing sales.
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Cisco Systems posted solid financial results for its most recent quarter on Wednesday, but the networking giant lowered its financial forecast for the months ahead, citing a slowdown in U.S. and European markets.
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EarthLink Inc.'s current contract to build a municipal Wi-Fi network in San Francisco appears to be dead follow...
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(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems Inc. is clearing the air around enterprise wireless LANs with a partner that specializes in radio spectrum analysis. The company is offering Cognio Inc.'s Spectrum Expert for Wi-Fi, a tool for studying interference around a wireless LAN, to complement its own Wireless Control System. Together, the tools are intended to help enterprises lay out wireless LANs and take care of rogue wireless gear and interference from a variety of sources, including non-Wi-Fi devices such as microwave ovens. Cognio's product is available now through Cisco's regular sales channels. Interference and security are two key issues for enterprises that want to set up comprehensive wireless LANs for demanding new applications, namely VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol). Cognio is one of many specialist companies that offer tools for working out those issues. Cisco, which is betting big on the spread of Wi-Fi from vertical industries to general businesses, wants to make sure its networks deliver a good experience. The Spectrum Expert is a CardBus device that plugs into a Windows notebook and works with software to detect and identify interfering devices and help a technician locate the device. Wireless LAN security systems from AirMagnet Inc., Fluke Networks Inc. and WildPackets Inc. use Cognio technology. Cisco's Wireless Control System is a server-based application for planning, designing, monitoring and managing wireless LANs. It can support thousands of access points around an enterprise and carry out tasks including user tracking and security monitoring, according to Cisco.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Cisco Systems Inc. channel partners will be able to offer real-time monitoring of enterprises' networks after the company agreed to acquire NetSolve Inc., the networking giant said Thursday.
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(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems is taking it to the storefront, the stadium and possibly even the streets by acquiring a digital signage company. The acquisition of privately held Tivella Inc. will let the networking vendor extend its video, image and information distribution system beyond desktops, said Thomas Wyatt, director and general manager of Cisco's Digital Media Management division. Tivella, in Half Moon Bay, California, was founded in 2001 and has just 10 employees, most of whom work in Milpitas, California, near Cisco's home town of San Jose. They will join Cisco's Emerging Markets Technology Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cisco is branching out in many new directions, with a particular emphasis on video, executives said this week at the company's C-Scape analyst conference in San Jose. At the conference, President and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers demonstrated networked electronic signs using technology from Tivella, which has had a partnership with Cisco for a few years, according to Wyatt. The Cisco Digital Media System, introduced in September, lets enterprises create, schedule and publish content to desktops via the Cisco Video Portal interface. That content could include video on demand for training or live messages to employees. Through Tivella's technology, Cisco can bring that kind of content to monitors and TVs in stores and other public places, Wyatt said. The company's Piccolo Media Players are small, lightweight devices with a wide range of display interfaces for use with different kinds of screens, including analog TVs. No PC is needed and they can be powered via Ethernet, without a local electrical socket. Linked via an IP (Internet Protocol) network, they could display constantly updated messages or video tailored to the place where each is located. The new technology adds more flexibility to public video displays, which traditionally have been stand-alone, manually controlled devices, Wyatt said. For example, displays in a store could be used for employee training during off hours and for up-to-date promotions while the store is open. Networked screens, on an IP network that also included surveillance cameras and police and fire radios, could also be used for public safety, he said. For example, they could be used to direct stadium crowds to the nearest exit for evacuation. Combining the two companies' technology, Cisco will have a suite of products in the near future for remote control and management of displays over IP, Wyatt said.
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A software vulnerability in some Cisco Systems Inc. routers and switches could allow an attacker to cause the devices to hang, the vendor warned this week.
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Fiber-optic networks transmit massive amounts of information quickly, but the signals weaken as the data-carrying light travels long distances.
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Investor's Business Daily - Offices still lag homes when it comes to wireless networking, or Wi-Fi. But they're catching up.
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The bloom is off the municipal Wi-Fi rose, according to attendees at a conference who said rollouts of wireless networks in U.S. cities are being slowed by technical concerns and other issues.
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Demand for fiber-optic network telecoms  equipment is starting to creep back, Nortel Networks Corp. said   on Thursday, following a long slump sparked by the  burst of the tech bubble.
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3Com Corp. COMS.O on     Thursday posted  a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss, amid stiff  competition from Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O and others in the  telecommunications networking market.
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On Monday, the company announced two new sets of low-cost access routers that are designed to be replacements or alternatives to routers sold by Cisco.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Just days after Cisco System
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Cisco Systems Inc has made a slew of announcements, which include beefing up 10Gb connectivity on its switches and launching fan-less compact versions of a couple of its midrange boxes for markets like education, utilities and the public sector.
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It could be a single malfunctioning power supply. Or, from the other side of the glass, it could be a portent of doom for a technology that would make good use of all those TV channels that no one's broadcasting on, for wireless networking.
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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, reported its second quarter results for the period ended January 27, 2007.