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  • Cisco serves up US$3.2b to buy WebEx

    update Cisco Systems plans to spend US$3.2 billion to buy online conferencing company WebEx, the companies said yesterday in the US.

  • Cisco spends US$135 million on XML firm

    Cisco Systems said on Wednesday it will spend $135 million in cash and options to buy Reactivity, a small company that makes equipment to help route XML Internet traffic.

  • Cisco muscles into software

    Cisco lifted the curtain on a new business unit, setting the stage for a potential collision between the networking giant and integration software providers.

  • Cisco adopts IP telephony standard

    Cisco Systems plans to finally adopt a key Internet Protocol telephony standard, allowing the addition of new network-service features and enabling companies such as Microsoft to integrate their communications products with Cisco gear.

  • Cisco to buy routing specialist Parc

    Cisco Systems plans to acquire Parc Technologies, a maker of server routing software, for roughly US$9 million, the companies said Thursday.

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    In carriers' high-def future, pants are the real winners

    As anybody who works from home knows, one of the great benefits of telecommuting is that pants are optional. Wear your pyjamas to that teleconference, or attend in your birthday suit if you prefer; nobody will be the wiser.

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  • Community banking grows storage bank at Bendigo Bank

    Constructing a new head office was a natural step in Bendigo Bank's growth. However, the bank's IT team was forced to do some creative thinking in figuring out how to upgrade and move its 20 terabyte storage area network (SAN) to the new data centre at the bank's new headquarters.

  • Cisco's new security target: consumers

    Cisco Systems, a multibillion-dollar player in security tools for businesses, is planning to move into the consumer market.

  • Consolidation leads to a new Dimension

    Technology firms make their living advising customers how to reinvent their IT, but Dimension Data found a dose of its own medicine to be highly instructive. David Braue explains how.

  • Check Point on the defensive

    Security company Check Point faces vulnerabilities of its own. Will a wave of new products catch customers' eyes?

  • Cisco: Still hot or not?

    CTO Charles Giancarlo wants to prove wrong the critics who say Cisco has lost the drive that turned it into a 1990s superstar.

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  • Storage over IP: what is it good for?

    We've been hearing for a long time about storage over IP, particularly with the iSCSI protocol. We take a look at the technology, its applications, and the devices you can use.

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