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Macquarie Telecom to insource contact centres in 2010
Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news

Category: Enterprise

2009-11-17 16:52:29
In a bid to differentiate itself through improved customer service Macquarie Telecom will bring its contact centre operations in-house by April 2010.

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Cisco ups offer for Tandberg to $US3.4 billion
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-11-16 14:38:00
Cisco has upped the price of its bid for global video company Tandberg from $US3.0 billion to approximately $3.4 billion after failing to secure acceptances from more than 10 percent of shareholder when the, already extended, deadline of its initial bid expired on 16 November.


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Cisco beware the HP/3Com China Syndrome
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-11-12 00:50:14
HP intends to challenge Cisco in the global networking market by leveraging 3Com subsidiary H3C's dominance of the Chinese networking market and 3Com's existing "China Out" strategy designed to capitalise on its strength in China.


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Logitech to buy video specialist LifeSize
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-11-10 23:29:21
PC peripheral specialist Logitech International is to acquire privately held videoconferencing specialist, LifeSize Communications for $US405 million in cash in a move designed to take high definition videoconferencing and video communications to the small enterprise and consumer markets.


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Cisco, EMC & VMWare form data centre coalition
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2009-11-03 18:53:41
Cisco, EMC and VMware have formed a coalition to help enterprise customers build 'private cloud' virtualised data centres by offering a complete data centre package of integrated servers, storage, networking and virtualisation software.


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NetStar Australia enters data centre market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2009-11-02 22:52:11
NetStar Australia has entered the market for data centre hardware software, consultancy and services with the formation of a specialist consulting division and new partner certifications from Cisco, VMware and EMC.


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Cisco buys set-top box arm of DVN, plans Chinese market assault
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-11-02 19:25:01
Cisco has announced plans to pay $US44.5m in cash for the set-top box business of DVN Holdings saying the move will further its vision for the global connected home. In particular it is eyeing a massive Chinese market for digital set-top boxes.


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Cisco warns it might abandon bid for Tandberg
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-11-02 17:22:56
Cisco has given the first real indication that it may walk away from its $US3b bid for video technology company, Tandberg in the wake of minority shareholders rejecting Cisco's initial offer as being too low.


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Dell & Juniper partner for data centre virtualisation
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2009-10-28 06:23:34
Dell and Juniper Networks have formed a partnership that will extend Dell's data centre virtualisation strategy by enabling it to OEM Juniper routing, switching and network security products under it PowerConnect network equipment brand.


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Netgear ProSafe UTMs score in third-party tests
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-10-27 00:15:45
Netgear is bragging that its ProSecure UTM (unified threat management) appliances for SMEs outperformed similar devices from other vendors in third-party testing of their ability to block malware and spam.


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ICT jobs market tentatively on road to recovery
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - Recruiters

2009-10-26 02:20:45
The ICT jobs market in Australia is already emerging from the financial downturn with Candle ICT, in its September Clarius Index, forecasting that a recovery in the market is likely within the next six months.


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Your average broadband user: 11.4Gbytes per month
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Reports & Surveys

2009-10-25 19:07:13
According to data from Cisco, the average broadband connection, across the globe, now generates 11.4Gbytes of Internet traffic per month.


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ZTE raises the stakes in the core router market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2009-10-24 17:17:47
Chinese vendor, ZTE, has released a new 200tbps core router. According to Ovum it will put substantial pressure on market leaders Cisco and Juniper, who will need to accelerate product development cycles.


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Cisco kicks off Borderless Networks push with new Integrated Services Router
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-10-20 06:00:01
Cisco has kicked off its new borderless networks architecture with announcement of the second generation of the four year old Integrated Services Router - one of the most successful products in the company's history.

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Wi-Fi Direct promises more convenient networking
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-10-14 19:17:59
A revamped specification from the Wi-Fi Alliance promises to simplify the connection of devices to wireless networks without requiring a router or access point.


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Frost & Sullivan survey quantifies the benefits of collaboration
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-10-14 01:24:14
Verizon and Cisco have released the results of a study jointly commissioned from Frost and Sullivan that quantifies the productivity gains achieved from deploying collaboration and unified communications tools.


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Cisco goes after mobile infrastructure market with $US2.9b Starent purchase
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-10-13 16:03:00
Cisco has signalled its intent to be a major player in the market for network infrastructure underpinning the burgeoning smartphone and mobile data ecosystem with a $US2.9 billion cash offer for Starent Networks, a leading supplier of IP-based infrastructure products for mobile and converged carriers.


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Microsoft goes after smart grid market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-10-13 15:29:30
Smart grids - electricity networks with monitoring an control technologies distributed throughout are expected to become an enormous market and now Microsoft has thrown its hat into the ring with the announcement of a software architecture for 'Integrated Utility of the Future', following a similar announcement by Cisco last month.


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Cisco to launch email security services in the cloud
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-10-13 01:54:56
Cisco is set to launch in Australia a set of hosted and hybrid on premises/hosted email security services based on technology from its subsidiary, IronPort that is presently available in Australia only in appliances for installation on customer's premises.


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Cisco 'Think inside the box' contest winners
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-10-12 21:02:17
Cisco's contest to promote innovation based on the concept of the network as a platform has been decided.  $US50,000 to the winner!


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