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Taking the reins and tending the cows at WebEx: Taking the reins and tending the cows at WebExCisco's Webex savingsCan anyone confirm the rumour I've heard that Cisco has been forcing their employees to only travel anywhere with a very senior level management sign-off. If so that might be the real reason for their travel savings!!; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Cisco Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-25
Taking the reins and tending the cows at WebEx: As a direct result of rolling out web meeting capabilities across its entire organization in the past six months, Cisco has found that its travel and expense budget is down by almost a third. The statistic is an unexpected benefit of acquiring WebEx in a deal that closed last May,...; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Statistic, Cisco Systems Inc., Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-01-24
Web collaboration: Cisco and Adobe duke it out: A fascinating juxtaposition of keynotes from Cisco and Adobe have kicked off proceedings today at the SIIA On Demand Summit in San Jose, which I'm attending as a speaker [disclosure: I'm also on the steering committee for the event, but have paid my own way to be here]. These two...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Web-based Collaboration, Software-as-a-service, WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-11-08
Siebel (Oracle) CRM mashes up with WebEx (Cisco): Oracle and Cisco are mashing up their on demand services, with Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand offering running on Cisco's WebEx Connect application platform. The Oracle mashup appears to be a way for Cisco WebEx to demonstrate that it has some traction with its composite application platform, competing with the...; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., CRM, Oracle Mashup, WebEx Connect Platform, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-10-23
Conversations with IT and Business Leaders: David Knight, VP of WebEx Connect: This free podcast from News@Cisco describes the newly collaborative business paradigm we all inhabit, and what you can do to make the most of it. David Knight, Vice President of WebEx Connect, explains how you can, and why you should, create collaboration-centric "instant spaces" that join people, processes, and applications....; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Information Technology, Leader, Cisco Systems Inc., Podcasts, Strategy, Internet, Management; Download resources 2007-10-15

SaaS Summit reactions to Cisco buying WebEx: SaaS Summit reactions to Cisco buying WebExGreat news for SaaS companiesPhill,This couldn't be better news for aspiring Startups looking to raise money for their SaaS offerings. Investors are always interested in good valuation propositions, and SaaS seems to carry a pretty premium. WebEx is not the first SaaS company to...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Investment, investor, Cisco Systems Inc., SaaS Summit, valuation, software-as-a-service, WebEx Communications Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-16
SaaS Summit reactions to Cisco buying WebEx: Attendees at todays SaaS Summit in Monterey — where I arrived last night after a mammoth 19-hour journey via London underground, Virgin Atlantic and Hertz rental car — were feeling bullish but bemused at the news that Cisco has bought WebEx for $3.2 billion. Knowing that WebEx sold for close...; Tags: software-as-a-service, WebEx Communications Inc., Cisco Systems Inc.; Blog posts 2007-03-15
Cisco: The giant network squid: Over the last 27 months Cisco has made 25 acquisitions, spending billions to increase its footprint and share of wallet among customers. Since 1993, the company has scooped up over 115 companies. Today, Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire on demand collaboration provider WebEx for $3.2 billion. WebEx did...; Tags: NETWORKING, Cisco Systems Inc., network, WebEx Communications Inc.; Blog posts 2007-03-15
Cisco buys WebEx for $3.2 billion: Cisco buys WebEx for $3.2 billionCisco CDO Giancarlo Blogs on WebEx AcquisitionThought you might be interested in Charlie Giancarlo's blog entry on the WebEx acquisition. He is Chief Development Officer at Cisco and President of Linksys. WebEx will be reporting into him. Blog is at: http://blogs.cisco.com/news/2007/03/cisco_chief_development_office.html; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., blog; Discussion threads 2007-03-15
Cisco buys WebEx for $3.2 billion: Cisco will acquire WebEx in a deal valued at roughly $3.2 billion. According to Cisco, WebEx will enable Cisco to extend the networking giants "vision for Unified Communications, particularly within the Small to Medium Business SMB segment."The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Ciscos fiscal year....; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., WebEx Communications Inc.; Blog posts 2007-03-15
A Silicon Valley journal: Cisco rolls its own; WebEx platform play; Back stabbing or back scratching; and more...: It is a busy week in San Francisco with the Intel Developer Forum , the Clean Tech California Awards, the software as a service conference, and in San Diego DEMO is happening. I stayed close to home this week. Monday, I managed to miss a lunch time media roundtable...; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Mr Gianforte; Blog posts 2006-09-26

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Microsoft buys DATAllegro: Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...; Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics: In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...; Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-07-24
NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship: NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems. According to NASA, 'three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center' in 2007. Even if the results of the experiments helped NASA, one of its spokesman said that the...; Tags: NASA, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...; Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-24
News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac: I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Attack code published for DNS flaw: Attack code published for DNS flawIrresponsible and evil"In an IM exchange, Moore told me his exploit takes about a minute or two to poison a DNS cache but said he is working to improve it in version 2.0."As far as i am concerened he is just an evil person to...; Tags: Domain names, Halvar, exploit, DNS; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Microsoft splits its Platforms: Microsoft splits its Platformsjohnson leavingFirst of all, this is good news. It's not like he as done a good job running this companies marketing and online business. This is good news. Microsoft is making changes and its for the better. For all your naysayers who like to...; Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Corp., Johnson, rep, Juniper Networks Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-23