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Big changes ahead for Cisco
Cisco chief executive John Chambers is slashing jobs and exiting less profitable businesses as competitors such as Juniper Networks Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. take market share in Cisco’s main businesses with lower-priced, simpler products. Sales of Cisco’s switches and routers, which made up more than half of revenue last year, will continue to slip, said Brian Marshall, an analyst at Gleacher & Co.
Cisco may cut up to 10,000 jobs – The Boston Globe
Continue reading: Cisco may cut up to 10,000 jobs – The Boston Globe
Or, EMC could merge with Cisco…
Tucci, 63, who plans to step down as CEO of the storage provider after next year, has considered at least four candidates, Gelsinger, an EMC president, said in an interview last month. Those are Gelsinger, Goulden, Howard Elias, president of EMC’s services unit, and Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware Inc., majority owned by EMC. Maritz wants to stay at VMware, and Elias isn’t a serious contender, said the people, who asked for anonymity because the search is private.
EMC Search for New CEO Is Said to Pit Goulden Against Gelsinger – Businessweek
Continue reading: EMC Search for New CEO Is Said to Pit Goulden Against Gelsinger – Businessweek
More expensive than the iPad, limited app selection, 7” display (tbd if sandpaper is included), docks with your employer-provided desktop phone; what could possibly go wrong?…
This gives an IT department much greater control over what a Cius user can do. IT managers can shut down access to the Android app market to protect a company from malicious apps. Cisco has also created its own app store, AppHQ, that contains only apps deemed stable and secure by Cisco. Companies can even create their own app store within AppHQ and limit employees to certain applications, or apps built in house.
A WiFi only version of the tablet will be available worldwide… Continue reading: A Tablet that Wants to Take Over the Desktop – Technology Review
I expect the Cius will become a collector’s item, along with the HP TouchPad and the RIM PlayBook
Cisco announced the details in advance of an event Wednesday at which some initial users and partners were expected to discuss their plans. Medical institutions were prominent on the agenda, including Nottingham University Hospitals in the U.K. and Palomar Pomerado Health, north of San Diego. Doctors and nurses have been widely discussed as potential tablet users–particularly for devices like Cius that have been promoted as having beefed-up security, a concern for institutions that must safeguard confidential patient records.
Perhaps Cisco’s biggest challenge is that iPads, though not particularly designed for such customers, are being used… Continue reading: Cisco Prices Its Tablet, Talks Apps – Digits – WSJ
Excerpts from some Cisco projections; see this Cisco page for the full report
It predicts that by 2015, one million minutes of video will be watched online every second.
The predictions come from Cisco’s fifth annual forecast of upcoming trends.
Cisco’s Visual Networking Index also estimated that at the same time more than 40% of the world’s projected population will be online, a total of nearly three billion people.
The networking giant forecast that by 2015 internet traffic will reach 966 exabytes a year.
BBC News – Cisco predicts internet device boom
Continue reading: BBC News – Cisco predicts internet device boom
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