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Cisco's 'Crazy Cabling Contest' Complete Official Rules

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:00:00 PST

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A Purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. This Promotion (the "Promotion") opens on March 1, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time and ends on March 25, 2011 at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time, or if earlier, until there are no more available prizes (the "Promotion Period"). Entry into this ...

Glossary of Terms for computing and virtualization

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 PST

October 11, 2010 By Leslie T. O'Neill Several different phrases are used to discuss cloud computing and virtualization. A few key words are crucial to understanding these technologies. Cloud computing: Standardized, scalable and elastic computing capabilities that are delivered over the Internet on demand. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Infrastructure equipment, including ...

Cisco Putting Internet of Things to Work

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PST

September 27, 2010 By Charles Waltner While Cisco Systems is actively guiding development of networking standards for the Internet of Things, it is also exploring methods for addressing the myriad of other issues facing this new era for the world's communications network. Most notably, Cisco is involved in several initiatives that pioneer ways of melding the Internet with our physical ...

Cisco@25, Cisco In 25 Video Contest: Official Rules

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PST

"Cisco@25, Cisco In 25" Video Contest Official Guidelines Cisco Invites You To Enter the Cisco@25,CiscoIn25 Video Contest Enter the "Cisco@25, Cisco In 25" Video Contest September 1, 2010 To participate in the "Cisco@25, Cisco In 25" video contest please read the ...

The Next Step in Commercial Building Energy Management

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:30:00 PST

June 29, 2010 By Jenny Carless Having real-time visibility into their energy consumption, and therefore being able to act upon it to achieve both financial and environmental efficiency, is a relatively new concept for most residential consumers. Commercial building owners and operators, on the other hand, already have some experience with tools like the Cisco Network Building ...

Cloud Computing Security: What Cisco and the Industry are Doing About It

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:00:00 PST

Cloud Computing Security: What Cisco and the Industry are Doing About It June 7, 2010 By James A. Martin Cisco is working with its partners in a variety of ways to help evolve cloud computing security and the cloud market overall. These initiatives include product development, collaboration with technology partners, and the company's collaboration in standards bodies and industry groups. ...

IT Skills Training Could Help Europe's Economic Recovery

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 PST

June 1, 2010 Go back a couple of years and an IT background was arguably a guarantee of a job. Now, as most of Europe is only beginning to limp out of recession, there are no guarantees when it comes to finding work. So is IT training off the agenda? Or still a safe bet for career hunters? Stefano Venturi, Cisco VP for the Public Sector Segment in European Markets, spoke to News@Cisco ...

Cruises with a High-Tech Twist

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 PST

June 1, 2010 By Jenny Carless Wireless mobility and digital media technologies are at the heart of many new and enhanced guest experiences on Royal Caribbean International's newest and largest ship, the Oasis of the Seas. For example: Wireless Mobility Technology More than 1,100 Cisco wireless access points provide pervasive coverage. All Oasis wait staff use wireless point-of- ...

National LambdaRail Making Mega-Bandwidth Affordable

Mon, 03 May 2010 04:00:00 PST

May 3, 2010 By Charles Waltner Before switching its network onto National LambdaRail (NLR) in late 2008, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute had used the "regular old Internet like millions and millions of other people," says Eric Hicks, the organization's director of information technology. The before and after experience has been dramatic, he says. The institute can now much ...

The Making of National LambdaRail

Mon, 03 May 2010 04:00:00 PST

May 3, 2010 By Charles Waltner National LambdaRail (NLR) is now one of the world's most formidable public networks, capable of boosting economic development and scientific research through the power of ultra-fast broadband communications. But getting NLR this far has required a little luck and a lot of perseverance. The idea for NLR started with Tom West, who in 2001 headed the ...

Chairman and CEO John Chambers and CFO Frank Calderoni Discuss Cisco Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Performance

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:50:00 PST

John Chambers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco Cisco Reports Second Quarter Earnings Q2 FY'10 Technology & Customer Highlights February 3, 2010 Cisco announced second quarter fiscal year 2010 financial results. John Chambers, chairman and CEO, and Frank Calderoni, CFO, had the following to say regarding the company's ...

History Behind Cisco's Routers in Space

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:00:00 PST

January 19, 2010 By Laurence Cruz Cisco Systems first began evaluating satellite communications networks as candidates for an Internet protocol (IP) makeover several years ago, company executives say. The networking giant took the idea to Maryland-based Intelsat General, the world's largest operator of commercial communications satellites, executives say. Later, the companies approached ...

Using Waste Heat from the Data Center

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:00:00 PST

January 4, 2010 By Dave Trowbridge (These examples are adapted from Grow a Greener Data Center, by Douglas Alger. Additional excerpts can be found at Safari Books.) Every watt that goes into a server, storage or network device eventually emerges as heat that needs to be disposed of. Capturing this waste heat and reusing it elsewhere saves energy, carbon emissions, and money. Examples ...

The Three Phases of Organizational Collaboration

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

November 30, 2009 By Charles Waltner Every company and every organization within a company will go through each evolutionary phase of collaboration: investigative, performance and transformational. The pace at which an organization moves through these phases will depend on business priorities and collaboration readiness. The key is to develop the right components (people, processes, ...

Collaboration: First Steps

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Nov. 16, 2009 by Charles Waltner Perhaps the most important advice is this: Just get started. The Cisco Collaboration Framework provides the guidelines for designing your development roadmap. And that journey starts with a few simple steps. Organizations should begin by investigating the various collaboration tools available. It is a highly scattered market, with dozens of ...

Chairman and CEO John Chambers and CFO Frank Calderoni Discuss Cisco First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Performance

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:00 PST

November 4, 2009 Cisco announced first quarter fiscal year 2010 financial results. John Chambers, chairman and CEO, and Frank Calderoni, CFO, had the following to say regarding the company's results and business outlook. .