Articles tagged with: Cisco Systems
Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion
Cisco Systems said Monday it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer. more
HP's 3Com takeover marks a shot at Cisco
Hewlett-Packard's $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com is a shot at networking leader Cisco Systems - and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology heavyweights. more
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Cisco Systems sells $5 billion worth of debt
Cisco Systems, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, said Monday it will sell three series of senior unsecured notes worth a total of $5 billion. more
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Cisco earns down but says 'tipping point' passed
Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers said Wednesday that the company's latest quarterly numbers reinforce his observation that recession-dampened orders are improving after passing a "tipping point" this summer. more
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Cisco to buy Starent Networks for $2.9 Billion
Betting on the growing popularity of data-hungry phones like the iPhone, Cisco Systems said Tuesday it had agreed to pay $2.9 billion for Starent Networks, a maker of equipment for wireless carriers. more
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Cisco CEO Chambers got $14.2M 2009 pay package
The chief executive of Cisco Systems, John Chambers, received $14.2 million in compensation for the latest fiscal year, up 16 percent from a year earlier due to more generous allotments of stocks and options, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing. more
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Cisco reappoints former Vodafone CEO to board
Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems said Wednesday it was reappointing Arun Sarin, the former chief executive of Vodafone Group, to its board of directors. more
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Cisco Systems and Avaya Sued for Visual Voicemail Patent Infringement
Klausner Technologies says that it has filed suit against Cisco Systems and Avaya, for alleged patent infringement. The lawsuit asserts that Cisco's and Avaya's Visual Voicemail services infringe Klausner Technologies' Visual Voicemail patents. more
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Omnicity Selects Cisco for Rural WiMAX Network
Indiana based, rural broadband provider, Omnicity says that it is to upgrade its network from the 802.11 wireless standard to the WiMAX 802.16e standard using Cisco's Broadband Wireless Access (BWX) WiMAX antennas and base stations. Omnicity uses Cisco equipment at its core and has already deployed Cisco's BWX platform in a portion of its network. more
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Cisco earnings fall 46 pct but beat expectations
Cisco Systems said earnings fell 46 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit beat Wall Street expectations and the company said the quarter may have been the bottom of the recession-related downturn. more
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