The surge in cloud traffic points to increased adoption of the cloud and a move away from traditional storage, Cisco’s fifth annual Global Cloud Index report reveals. According to the Index, increased…
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Apple announces collaboration with Cisco
Apple has announced collaboration with Cisco aimed at optimizing the networking giant’s gear and software for iOS apps and devices. The partnership was announced on Monday by Cisco Executive Chairman John Chambers…
Cisco rolls out patch for SSH vulnerability
Cisco has found default SSH key vulnerabilities in three of its virtual appliances that could be exploited by hackers to gain complete access to systems and intercept traffic. The vulnerability, which was…
Cisco bags Cloud API specialist Tropo
Cisco on Thursday announced it is buying Tropo, a privately held company which specializes in Cloud APIs for voice and text applications. Founded in 2009, Tropo technology is designed to enable developers…
Cisco to invest $1 billion for ‘Intercloud’ global cloud computing network
Having collaborated with Deutsche Telekom, BT group, NTT Data and Equinix among others, Cisco shall connect 250 data-centres in 50 countries to its cloud network.
Seagate touts 2016 as the ‘Year of the Zettabyte’
According to Cisco, in 2016 “the world will cross the Zettabyte threshold of data transferred annually via the Internet.”
Cisco takes the ‘tough decision’ to axe 6,000 jobs
The company is laying off 8% of its employees, just a year after it’s major restructuring that resulted in 4000 job cuts or 5% of its employees.
Cisco open sources FNR; the experimental block cipher it claims will protect privacy in cloud
The cipher doesn’t need padding as in case of AES and this could mean that there will be less storage and bandwidth requirements.
Cisco to shell out $175M for Tail-f Systems
Cisco is all set to staff up the Internet of Things team, with the latest move in the form of strategic acquisition of Tail-f Systems – a big win for the company!
Apple, Cisco offer support to Microsoft over cloud data access warrant
In a rare show of unity, tech giants Apple, Cisco, Verizon, AT&T and the EFF have joined the Microsoft’ campaign against US warrants on data.
OpenDNS raises $35M to expand internationally
OpenDNS, cyber security vendor, has raised $35 million Series C funding from a host of investors, bringing the company’s total funding to $53 million, while valuation was not disclosed. The investors include…
Cisco: Internet of Everything can help UK businesses generate huge profits
Cisco in its new report has pointed out that the Internet of Everything (IoE) can have a major impact on five of UK’s major sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, transport, energy and retail….
Tech giants team up to form Industrial Internet Consortium dedicated to ‘Internet of Things’
AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel have all teamed up to form the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the Internet of Things, to ‘improve the integration of the…
Cisco’s $1 billion plan to join cloud computing bandwagon
Cisco Systems has announced it is planning to make an entry into the field of cloud computing services with intentions to invest $1 billion on the technology over the next two years….
Cisco patches critical vulnerabilities in small business routers, WLAN controllers
Cisco has patched critical vulnerabilities in a range of its small business routers and WLAN controllers including, which if exploited can not only cause denial-of-service conditions, but could also compromise the confidentiality,…