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CSCO, JNPR, FFIV, RVBD Sufficiently ‘Cloudy’ for Citi

Citigroup’s Kevin Dennean nowadays started out coverage of 4 networking stocks with obtain ratings, writing that though company knowledge networking sales won’t outperform overall IT spending, nevertheless there’s the prospect for growth in sales to phone firms, given their “still incomplete move to IP-based networks and layer 4-7 switching/routing.”

Dennean started F5 Networks (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR) Riverbed Technology (RVBD), and Cisco Systems (CSCO) with obtain ratings, with worth targets of $130, $22, $22, and $19, respectively. Continue reading “CSCO, JNPR, FFIV, RVBD Sufficiently ‘Cloudy’ for Citi”

Hands On With the Cisco Cius Tablet

Toss all preconceptions of the Cisco Cius out the door. This is not just another Android tablet. Instead, Cisco has taken great pains to position the Cius as a very different type of tablet, and one whose primary purpose lies less in competing head-to-head with the tablet masses, and more at changing how corporate America does business.

Cisco aims the Cius squarely at large enterprises, companies whose pockets are deep and whose workforces are scattered and thus crave the easy visual communication the Cius aims to provide. That said, the device’s seamless visual communications, coupled with Cisco’s support, could offer a lot to smaller businesses that have far-flung staffers, too. It also is ideal for vertical industries that are developing an Android-based app infrastructure, and for healthcare and other organizations that rely heavily on videoconferencing.

The Cius tablet, while it can be used on its own, is really intended to be employed in conjunction with the “media station” dock that Cisco sells separately and that turns the Cius into an office workstation and an advanced telecommunications system in one. The media station has no price as yet, but the tablet will cost between $650 and $750 and will not be sold via retail; pricing will depend in part upon the volume sold and other incentives. The model here is the Wi-Fi-only variant; a 4G version is expected from Verizon in the fall. Continue reading “Hands On With the Cisco Cius Tablet”

Cisco Pulls The Plug On Its Cius Android Tablet

The pill market appears to finally be evolving into an actual pill market instead of a strictly iPad market with a bunch of wannabe also-rans. this crop of tablets from Samsung, Toshiba, and Asus provide compelling options at an affordable price. However, the Cius is following within the footsteps of the HP TouchPad and won’t be sticking around to affix the fray.

You might be saying to yourself, “Cisco had a tablet?” If therefore, you’re forgiven. apart from the initial unveiling and hoopla when Cisco announced the Cius, it hasn’t very been within the spotlight. That’s as a result of Cisco solely offered it to enterprise customers through partner channels. You couldn’t simply choose one up at Best purchase. Continue reading “Cisco Pulls The Plug On Its Cius Android Tablet”

Cisco’s Nexus is a big deal

It’s arduous to overstate how vital the Cisco Nexus data-center switching platform, set to be unveiled Monday, is to Cisco Systems: for the dominant networking vendor’s enterprise business, it is the biggest factor since the Catalyst 6000, that created its debut in 1999, in line with the 2 key executives on the project.

At a dinner with press last week, they compared it to the CRS-1 (Carrier Routing System), a large switch for the core of carrier networks that Cisco rolled out in 2004. To bring that platform to life, the corporate developed a brand new version of its flagship IOS (Internetworking Operating System) software and designed the hardware to scale up to 92Tbps of throughput. The core of the net is Cisco’s turf, and it wasn’t willing to grant any ground to upstarts. Continue reading “Cisco’s Nexus is a big deal”

What Went Wrong at Cisco in 2001

Cisco Before was CFO Larry Carter writing in April’s Harvard Business Review about the San Jose, Calif.-based company’s “virtual close” software. “We can literally close our books within hours,” Carter boasted in the article. “More important, the decision makers who need to achieve sales targets, manage expenses and make daily tactical operating decisions now have real-time access to detailed operating data.” Cisco’s decision makers possessed a godlike ability to peer into every nook and cranny of the business, 24/7, which Carter says allowed the company to forecast a slowdown in Japan’s economy and garner half of the switching market there. Cisco After was CEO John Chambers, admitting to The Economist that same month, “We never built models to anticipate something of this magnitude.” Continue reading “What Went Wrong at Cisco in 2001”