Cisco in pictures

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  IN PICTURES: Cisco Partner-Led Conference party
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  IN PICTURES: Cisco Partner-Led Conference - the speakers
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  IN PICTURES: Cisco Live, Day 1 - tradeshow and attendees
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  IN PICTURES: Cisco Live, Day 1 - launch and keynotes

• Cisco beats estimates with Q2 earnings

  By AAP | 09 February, 2012 08:46

  Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, says its net income jumped 44 per cent in the latest quarter as it continues to put last year's slump behind it.

• Data#3 first in A/NZ to achieve Cisco ISE certification

  By Mike Gee | 07 February, 2012 11:59

  Data#3 first in A/NZ to achieve Cisco ISE certification

• Nicira debuts with its SDN baby

  By Jim Duffy | 06 February, 2012 16:28

  One of the most anticipated debuts of a startup company happens today when Nicira, a maker of network virtualization software, comes out of stealth mode.

• Riverbed upgrades 'edge virtual server infrastructure'

  By Colin Neagle | 02 February, 2012 07:19

  Riverbed today announced the release of updates to its Steelhead network performance products as well as its Granite product line, which is based on the edge virtual server infrastructure approach that Riverbed is pushing. Whereas the former aims to boost network performance for the customers that are concerned about application delivery, the latter may attract more attention from the infrastructure management industry.

• Juniper's financial challenges continue

  By Jim Duffy | 28 January, 2012 08:18

  Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.

• New leaders emerging in WAN optimization market

  By Colin Neagle | 28 January, 2012 05:38

  In yet another sign that growing revenues are reshaping the vendor outlook in the network management sector, Gartner recently named vendor Silver Peak one of the leaders in its magic quadrant for the WAN optimization market.

• 6 security companies to watch

  By Tim Greene | 27 January, 2012 05:47

  This group of security companies includes several that want to capitalize on technology ideas that were originally devised to serve communities of special interest but could now take on a wider cybersecurity role. Fixmo, for example, has its roots in the National Security Agency where its mobile security makes it possible to run critical applications in sandboxes that are insulated from the rest of the machine, making them less likely to fall victim to malware that might have infected the device.

• Teleconferencing vendors defend product security features

  By Jeremy Kirk | 25 January, 2012 23:09

  Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms.

• INSIDE STORY: Steering towards new business strategies

  By Julia Talevski | 27 July, 2011 14:19

  Distributor IPL Communications held a thought leadership event earlier this year specifically targeting 170 dealers that were a mix between telco and system integrators. This was underscored by the need to change. Julia Talevski sat down with IPL general manager, Paul Scanlan, and managing director, Stead Denton.

• Chambers part 3: Proprietary and the cloud

  By John Gallant | 15 March, 2010 07:35

  In the third and final part of an in-depth interview with John Gallant, Scot Finnie, and Editor-in-Chief Eric Knorr, Cisco’s John Chambers discusses the proprietary issue and cloud computing opportunities.

• Chambers: Networking's changing competitive landscape

  By John Gallant | 12 March, 2010 16:30

  In the second instalment of an in-depth interview, John Chambers talks with John Gallant, Scot Finnie, and Editor-in-Chief Eric Knorr about the changing competitive landscape, Cisco’s datacentre strategy and its relationship with HP.

• Chambers: How I'll make Cisco into IT's biggest player

  By John Gallant | 12 March, 2010 13:23

  By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, a brisk pace of internal development and a much-discussed new organizational structure that the company is using to attack a slew of new markets, Cisco's reach extends from the consumer to the enterprise and deep into service provider networks. The company offers everything from personal video cameras to high-end telepresence systems, set-top video boxes to, lately, servers for the data center, in addition to more traditional network gear like routers and switches.

• Cisco's McCool sees growing data-center role

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 January, 2010 12:03

  While Cisco Systems branches out into consumer electronics, video, mobile data and other areas, one of its biggest areas of focus today is enterprise data centers. The dominant LAN provider thinks the transformation of data centers through virtualization calls for new kinds of connections and a broader role for network technology and intelligence. John McCool oversees this push as senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Data Center, Switching and Services group. IDG News Service talked with McCool recently about the company's own role and its partnerships with other vendors in this arena.

• Setting a hectic pace

  By Trevor Clarke | 27 October, 2009 16:39

  It’s been a big year for Cisco in more ways than one. Across its global operations, the networking powerhouse was, like many of its peers, hit pretty hard by the economic downturn.

• Taking hold of emerging technology

  By Nadia Cameron | 05 August, 2009 15:38

  Westcon Group’s first dedicated chief technology officer, Bill Hurley, was initially appointed CIO 12 months ago and is now tasked with overseeing the distributor’s IT organisation while identifying future technologies and capabilities to invest in globally. He caught up with NADIA CAMERON during a recent visit to Sydney to discuss his background, the status of Westcon’s vendor line-up and his emerging IT agenda.

• SPECIAL REPORT: Hybrid transformation of the cloud

  By Jennifer O'Brien | 09 August, 2011 11:12

  For one of the world’s largest producers of zinc as well as a substantial producer of copper, lead, gold and silver, moving towards a hybrid cloud computing environment was a no-brainer.

• Carbon tax: bring it on

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 10 March, 2011 12:20

  The Gillard Government’s carbon tax has provoked varied and, in some cases, extreme reactions but the message from the channel is simple - bring it on.

• Vendors talk: Expert predictions

  By ARN Staff | 22 October, 2010 11:56

  Networking will be an exciting field in 2011. With that in mind, ARN asked six prominent vendors in the space for predictions and trends that can be expected to be big in the New Year.

• Cisco's Cius business tablet: A visual tour

  By Jared Newman | 08 July, 2010 16:07

  Cisco gets down to business with its Cius business tablet that will let you perform video conferencing and is optimized for apps such as WebEx Meeting Center.

• Networks go green and save money

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 22 April, 2010 07:37

  Servers get most of the glory when it comes to energy management, but networking gear is about to catch up.

• HP sets sights on Cisco in networking battle

  By Jeff Jedras | 28 April, 2010 03:49

  It was nearly an hour into the opening keynotes at the Americas Partner Summit on Monday until a Hewlett Packard executive finally used the C-word: Cisco. But the one-time networking partner was certainty front of mind though as HP re-affirmed its commitment to become the leader in every business segment it competes in including networking.

• Special report: Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches

  By Jim Duffy | 19 January, 2010 17:34

  Cisco, HP and others are waging an epic battle to gain control of the data center, but at the same time they are joining forces to push through new Ethernet standards that could greatly ease management of those increasingly virtualized IT nerve centers.

• Quiz: What were the first products from today's biggest tech companies?

  By Tim Greene | 18 January, 2010 12:17

  Cisco, Microsoft, IBM: They all started somewhere. Take this quiz to see how well you know the humble origins of today's tech titans