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Is Content King?

Kevin Bermeister | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Google, Digital Media, Search Engines, Content, Copyright, Advertising, Social Networking, Pinterest, Digital, Cisco, Youtube, Facebook, Technology, Technology News

The days of unrestrained Internet downloads and open access content are approaching the end. People are the Internet's biggest content owners and they want their share of value.

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Cisco Making Biggest Purchase In Years

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 05.15.2012

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NEW YORK — Cisco Systems Inc. is buying digital video technology company NDS Group Ltd. to enhance the range of products it sells to pay-TV prov...

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Our Smart Gadgets Will Soon Outnumber Us

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Mobile Devices Cisco, Gadgets Outnumber People, Cisco Mobile, Mobile Cisco, Video, Mobile Devices People, Mobile Devices, Mobile, Reuters, Cisco, Cisco Mobile Devices, Technology News

(Reuters) - Between 2011 and 2016 the amount of mobile data traffic will grow at a compound annual rate of 78 percent as the number of mobile devices ...

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Is Business Support for Communities Waning?

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Cisco, Study of US Competitiveness, Victoria's Secret, John Morgridge, Human Rights Resource Centre, Michael Porter, Keystone Pipeline, Obama, Harvard Business School, China, Consumer Power, Csr, Social Reponsibility, Heavy Metals, Business News

U.S. companies may have grown lackadaisical because consumers have stopped using their pocketbook power to influence corporate behavior. If all American consumers care about is price, why should companies focus on anything other than reducing production cost?

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High-Tech Start-Up Focus: Flite's 'Agile Marketing Platform'

Bill_Robinson | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Charles Schwab, Marriott, Microsoft, Intel, Tostitos, Starcom, General Mills, Fedex, Adweek, Paramount Pictures, Toyota, Best Buy, Cnet, Cisco, Publicis, Yahoo, Sony, Coca-Cola, Hummer Winblad, Dell, General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, Mediavest, Digitas, Aetna, Sybase, Loreal, Ibm, Google, Flite, Small Business America, Small Business News

One of the most crucial elements of any high-tech start-up's survival -- much less evolution -- is the money backing the enterprise. Is it 'smart money?' Is it 'patient money?' Is it 'connected money?'

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Cisco Tech Chief Outlines The Advantages Of Being A Woman In Tech

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Video, Cisco CTO, Cisco, Cisco Systems, Women in Tech, Cisco Chief Technology Officer, Padmasree Warrior, Technology News

Cisco Systems' chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior is one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley. She is responsible for around two-th...

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America Needs a Department of "Creative Destruction"

Tom Hayes | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Boston, Cisco, Creative Destruction, Joseph Schumpeter, Apple, Unemployment, Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Silicon Valley, US Jobs, Business News

Rather than an "opportunity society," we need to create a more "opportunistic society," one smart and durable enough to weather change and focus on the future.

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Industry Trends & Talent Development Needs in Health Care

Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Frances Dare, Cisco, Healthcare Industry, Efficiency, Rapid Transformation, Talent Development, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, Health Services, Professionals, Industry Trends, Global Healthcare Practice, Medical Innovation, Healthcare, Quality, Education News

The health care industry is currently faced with many challenges. Pressures to reduce the cost of health services, concerns regarding health care effi...

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Biggest Job Cuts Announcements Of 2011

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: President Obama Jobs Plan, Layoffs, Presdient Obama, Video, Job Cuts, Great Recession, Cisco, Bank of America, Jobs, American Jobs Act, Challenger Gray & Christmas, Border's, Merck and Co., Business News

As companies closing shop or cutting costs stoke recession fears, the return of mass layoffs may be the U.S. economy's greatest concern. On the sam...

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Will Cisco Lose Its CEO?

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Video, Cisco John Chambers, John Chambers, Cisco Ceo, John Chambers Cisco, Cisco, Cisco Systems, Cisco Ceo John Chambers, John Chambers Cisco Ceo, Technology News

By Nadia Damouni and Nicola Leske (Reuters) - When John Chambers takes to the stage on Tuesday, many will be wondering if it is the last time t...

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Cisco's Q4 2011 Results Top Estimates

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Cisco Systems, Cisco, Cisco 4q 2011, Cisco Earnings, Cisco q4 2011, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cisco Systems Inc. provided a small measure of comfort to the battered stock market late Wednesday with quarterly results that unders...

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This Year's Kings Of Corporate Layoffs

24/7 Wall St. | JON C. OGG | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., Gdp, U.S. Debt Crisis, Wall Street, Great Recession, Cisco, Economic Recovery, Borders, S&P, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and cre...

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California Cisco Engineer Volunteers As Film Teacher

Redwood City, CA Patch | Audrey Arthur | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Education, Redwood City California, Volunteering, Volunteer Education, Volunteer Teacher, Cisco, Teachers, Redwood City, Education News

Editor's Note: Redwood City is filled with selfless volunteers who generously donate their time for worthy causes. Each week, Redwood City Patch will ...

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No Excuse for Sucky Items

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Cisco, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Online Assessment, Education News

John Behrens directs Cisco's Networking Academy. They partner with 10,000 schools in 160 countries and provide free online courses on computer networ...

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Taibbi: No Uproar Over Potential Tax Holiday Deal In Debt Ceiling Deal?

Rolling Stone | MATT TAIBBI | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Unemployment Rate, Debt Ceiling, President Barack Obama, Jobs, Jobless, Corporate Taxes, Senator Carl Levin, Ira, Apple, Wall Street, Cisco, Tax Holiday, Rolling Stone, Job Creation, Tea Party, Ge, Business News

I’ve been in and out of DC a few times in recent weeks and one thing I keep hearing is that there is a growing, and real, possibility that a second ...

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Silicon Valley Giant To Lay Off Thousands Of Employees

AP | By RACHEL METZ | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Cisco Laying Off Thousands, Cisco Laying Off Employees, Cisco Firings, Cisco, Cisco Employees, Cisco Lay Offs, Cisco Layoffs 2011, Cisco Layoffs, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer-networking gear, is reducing its work force by about 9 percent to reduce co...

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Cisco To Cut Workforce By 11,500 Employees

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Employees, Unemployment Rate, Annual Expenses, Great Recession, Foxconn, Cisco, Early Retirement, Jobs, Manufacturing, Mexico, Economic Recovery, Juarez, Video, Business News

Cisco Systems plans to cut its workforce by 11,500 employees as part of its plan to cut annual expenses by $1 billion and revive its business. ...

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Cisco To Lay Off Thousands

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Cisco, Cisco Firings, Cisco Layoff, Cisco Layoffs, Cicso Employees, Cisco Employee, Technology News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems plans to cut its workforce by 11,500 employees as part of its plan to cut annual expenses by $1 billion and reviv...

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Cisco May Cut Thousands Of Jobs

Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Cisco, Job Losses, Job Cuts, Technology, Cisco Layoffs, Video, Technology News

(Reuters) - Networking equipment company Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce, to...

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Killing Code Can Kill People

Mark Belinsky | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Open Source, Cisco, Cameras, Human Rights, Livescribe, Hackers, Flip Camera, Technology News

Why kill code? Why not open source it? Why not hand the entire tool over to the community to continue to work with and build upon your product? The consequences, in addition to alienating users, can be devastating.

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Cisco Said To Be Helping China Install Massive Surveillance System

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Cisco Cameras, Chongqing, Peaceful Chongqing Cisco, Cisco Systems, Cisco, Cisco China, Peaceful Chongqing, Cisco Chongqing, Cisco Peaceful Chongqing, Video, Technology News

A network of over 500,000 cameras designed for massive video surveillance across the Chinese city of Chongqing is in the works, according too the Wall...

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Is Apple's iCloud a Game-Changer for the Music Industry?

Cedric Perrier | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Twitter, Icloud, Shazam, Ping, Facebook, iTunes Match, Social Media, Apple, Wwdc 2011, Hulu, Cisco, Cedric Perrier, Youtube, Music Industry, Netflix, Lady GaGa, Lala, Itunes, Amazon, Lovefilm, Buzzdeck, Quudos, Technology News

Following Steve Jobs' announcement on Monday, iTunes users will finally be able to share their music wirelessly between their own devices. But the new service stops short of introducing essential new social components.

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The Boulevard of Broken Charts

Vitaliy N. Katsenelson | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Csco, Cisco, Stock Market, Business News

Cisco has shattered the dotcom dreams of many investors in the years following 1999, when it hit $80 a share and, for a brief moment, was one of the most valuable companies in the world.

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For Your Consideration: The Twin Qualities That Made Oprah One of TV's Best

Inder Sidhu | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Leadership, Intelligence, Oprahs Final Show, Oprah Winfrey, Managing People, Doing Both, Cisco, Inder Sidhu, Oprah's Book Club, Emotional Intelligence, Business News

You're probably aware that Oprah Winfrey signs off this week as the host of TV's top-rated daytime talk show. As her show wraps, it's worth taking a moment to consider what made Oprah so successful and how it applies leaders like you.

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Cisco Helped China Suppress Dissidents, Lawsuit Claims

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Cisco, Cisco China, Falun Gong, Cisco Sued, Cisco Chinese Government, Cisco Falun Gong, Cisco Lawsuit, Technology News

The Human Rights Law Foundation has filed a lawsuit against tech company Cisco, alleging that it designed a surveillance system to help the Chinese go...

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