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Cisco Systems is picking its battles these days.

Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | yesterday

Building on its smart-grid initiative announced in May, Cisco Systems has unveiled its Smart Connected Buildings solution, at Cisco Live in San Francisco, as a key component for delivering its vision for Smart+Connected Communities. The networking equipment giant also rolled out the first Smart Connected Building solution, the Network Building Mediator, which will interconnect and enable [...]

• Cisco Targets Energy Efficiency in Buildings - eWeek
• Cisco EnergyWise Targets Energy Efficient Buildings - eWEEKeurope

Cisco, VMware Look to Move VMs Between Data Centers

eWeek (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Cisco and VMware are working on a proof-of-concept around the idea of using VMwares VMotion technology to move live virtual machines between multiple data centers, a capability that would aid in such areas as load balancing, data center maintenance and disaster avoidance. The two companies demonstrated the proof-of-concept during the Cisco Live show. However, VMware officials warn that more work needs...

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ADTN, CAL, EXFO, JCI, LUV, VAR, CSCO, KMT, EZCH

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Cisco Systems (CSCO) , Southwest Airlines (LUV) , Contl Airlines'B' (CAL) , Analyst initiations , Johnson Controls (JCI) , Juniper Networks (JNPR) , Delta Air Lines (DAL) Analyst upgrades: Citigroup upgraded Adtran (NASDAQ: ADTN ) to Buy from Hold on expectations the company will benefit from the broadband Stimulus funds. Morgan Stanley...

Interop: The cloud, applications, switching and routing

newsletter archive (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Cisco won't take on Amazon in cloud; ICANN says Web filters will 'embarrass' Aussie govt Wide Area Networking Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Cisco Keep Global Threats at Bay with Cloud-Based Security Bolster your defenses with a security platform that correlates and interacts with other security tools. Reduce false alarms and focus on defenses that stop attacks with a system...

Red Hat creates program for cloud providers

newsletter archive (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Cloud Computing: How to Get Some; Cisco won't chase Amazon in cloud; IT spending continues 2009 drop Cloud Security NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Zenprise NWW Effectively Supporting Consumer-Owned Smartphones Resolve Smartphone downtime incidents quickly by sharpening your approach to mobile device management. In this whitepaper Osterman Research clearly explains which Smartphones...

Cisco nears Jabber integration with WebEx Connect

Fierce VoIP (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Cisco Systems is close to integrating the IM software back end and collaboration features it gained through its acquisition of Jabber into its SaaS WebEx Connect client, eWeek reports. Cisco also plans to add a status update function, similar to Twitter and Facebook updates, to the program for real-time collaboration. WebEx Connect currently employs AOL's AIM back end for its instant messaging capabilities,...

Cisco may offer web-based office software | Gadgets & Gizmos

Indiantags (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp’s popular Office software 2 Vote(s)

Faux pas at virtual world discussion highlight continuing 'transitional phase'

The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Virtual worlds are growing in colleges and universities despite significant problems in using them to teach courses and communicate, a panel of experts said during a virtual discussion sponsored by Cisco Systems Inc. The problems range from giving students and educators access to networks to reach the online virtual worlds to ease-of-use with the applications and tools inside of the virtual worlds,...

Faux pas at virtual world discussion highlight continuing 'transitional phase'

Computer World (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Virtual worlds are growing in colleges and universities despite significant problems in using them to teach courses and communicate, a panel of experts said during a virtual discussion sponsored by Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco Keeps Eye on Data Center, Cloud Computing

eWeek (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

Cisco Systems has a number of projects underway designed to offer businesses solutions that will enable them to run their data centers more efficiently, according to CTO Padmasree Warrior. Speaking at the Cisco Live event, Warrior said Cisco was moving from a product-driven company to a solution-driven one, and that such Cisco products as the UCS, TelePresence, WebEx and the Flip video camera will...

Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture Competition

NextBillion.net (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

Authored by: Rob Katz Husk Power Systems , a company we profiled here on NextBillion back in October, was announced today as the winner of the Global Business Plan competition sponsored by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems. As the winning entrant, Husk Power walks away with $250,000 in seed funding, which they will use to build and operate more power plants in rural areas of Bihar, India's...

Nortel enterprise chief: Bring back Bay; Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service? Pilot to Pre, in pics

newsletter archive (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

News podcast: Network World 360; Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service? Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by IBM NWW The Business Case for Server Virtualization Can an investment in new servers really save money? Yes, in fact their increased performance, lower energy costs and ability to optimize virtualization can reduce annual energy costs by 92%...

Cisco Taking a Page From Twitter to Compete in Collaboration

eWeek (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

Cisco is close to integrating its Jabber instant messaging and collaboration tool into its WebEx Connect SAAS suite. The networking giant is also thinking about adding a Twitter-like status update tool to the cloud computing suite. Cisco hopes these integrations will help it better compete with Microsoft, IBM and Google in the collaboration software space. - Cisco Systems is putting the finishing touches...

Cisco’s WebEx Changes Aimed at Microsoft’s Market (NewsFactor)

News Beast (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

NewsFactor - Cisco Systems on Tuesday discussed its Web-based software strategy at a press conference that outlined new features and functions for its WebEx conferencing service. By adding more software, including voice integration, into WebEx, Cisco is moving into Microsoft's territory.

• Cisco's WebEx Changes Aimed at Microsoft's Market - Mobile Tech Today

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smallcapvoice.com | 06/01/2009

Wall Street is starting June with a gain, boosted by reports that paint a more upbeat picture of the global economy. Investors looked past General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy filing and instead took cues from overseas markets, which surged on Asian and European surveys showing improvements in manufacturing. The stock rally gained more momentum Monday from better-than-expected reports on the U.S. economy,

Cisco, Clearwire in WiMax supply deal

dhall987 | 05/14/2009

Clearwire Corp said on Wednesday that Cisco Systems Inc would build devices for customers of a high-speed wireless network Clearwire is building based on emerging WiMax technology...(read more)

Cisco offers security for "cloud" computing

dhall987 | 04/22/2009

Cisco Systems Inc on Tuesday introduced new network security products to help protect companies' Web-based software and services from attacks on their networks...(read more)

• Cisco Offering Security Products - Red Orbit