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John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO provides his thoughts coming out of the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona last week.  He talks through customer reactions to Cisco’s acquistion of Starent Networks and the creation of the new Cisco Mobile Internet Technologies Group, and interesting Cisco’s approach to partnering with service providers.  There have been some interesting comparisons between Cisco’s approach and that of our peers in the media this week and I think John is pretty clear on this – we partner for life. 

SAN JOSE Calif., February 25, 2010 – Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following events with the financial community during the month of March. The events will be webcast.  Interested parties can view these events on Cisco’s Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.cisco.com. Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2010 …

LONDON, 25 February 2010 – Cisco today announced that Winterflood Securities, one of the leading liquidity providers in London, has deployed the Cisco Unified Computing SystemTM to improve the resilience, agility, scalability and flexibility of its high frequency trading platform. Working with Logicalis, a Cisco® Gold Certified Partner, Winterflood Securities has undertaken a project …

February 24, 2010 Talk2Cisco is a live, real-time, social, interactive, online video broadcast featuring Cisco leaders answering questions submitted by you, the viewer.  Using Ustream.tv, Talk2Cisco puts you directly in touch with the source of the information, covers topics of interest to you and connects you with others who follow Cisco business and technology. Join the …

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Feb. 24, 2010 – Today, at the Digital Signage Expo, Cisco announced the expansion of the Cisco® Digital Media Creative Services offering to make it easier for customers to develop and display captivating visual content for digital signage. Building on its leading portfolio of digital signage solutions, Cisco is expanding its partner ecosystem of content …

The W Chicago City Center and Sheraton on the Park Sydney are the first in Starwood’s global portfolio to showcase Cisco TelePresence. Further, Sheraton on the Park is the first in Australia to unveil a public Cisco TelePresence meeting suite.  Now hotel guests and corporate clients can be brought together in a true-to-life meeting setting, despite more than 9,000 miles apart and a 17 hour time difference.

 In today’s press event, media in both locations had a seat at the table and were able to meet “face-to-face” utilizing ultra-high definition video, superior audio and life-size imagery of all participants.

In the wake of the recent economic downturn, a retail banking study was undertaken by Cisco IBSG. It looked at a broad cross-section of American consumers, their financial priorities, technology usage, preferences and attitudes towards banks. I found the results surprising.

The study suggests that banks need to embrace the Gen Y population. Interestingly enough, when I looked at Gen Y spending ($62/day), I found that it equaled boomers spending for the first time.  Gen Y differ significantly from the boomers when it comes to the delivery of information and advice. This new generation wants to use video, social networking, mobile phones and web-based personal financial management (PFM) tools.

WHITE PLAINS, NY – February 23, 2010 – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) unveiled its first in-hotel Cisco TelePresence meeting suites today with a virtual, interactive meeting spanning across two continents.  The W Chicago City Center and Sheraton on the Park Sydney are the first in Starwood’s global portfolio to introduce the new meeting facilities, …

NORTH RYDE, February18, 2010 – 3D Networks, Australia’s leading integrator of customised and integrated business communications solutions, today announced it will design and build the voice and data network for Macquarie University Hospital’s new, state-of-the-art $180 million facility in North Ryde, New South Wales. The opening of Macquarie University Hospital later this year …

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Feb. 23, 2010 – Cisco today announced the findings of a retail banking study that suggests banks have an opportunity to increase revenues up to 10 percent by embracing Generation Y consumers. Conducted by the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), Cisco’s global consultancy, the study surveyed 1,055 U.S. consumers to better understand their financial priorities, …