Archive for May, 2011

Cisco and SAP Collaborate to Enhance Business Intelligence

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – 31 May 2011 – Cisco and SAP today announced a collaboration to deliver optimised business intelligence solutions for enterprise, service provider and midmarket customers through SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance (SAP  HANA) on the Cisco Unified Computing SystemTM server platform. The relationship provides significant value to customers by giving …

Chile Loses Broadband Leadership in Latin America

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

SANTIAGO, Chile – May 31, 2011 – Fixed broadband connections grew slowly in Chile during 2010, according to the just-released Cisco® Broadband Barometer. As a result Chile has lost its leadership in the penetration of broadband technology in Latin America, which  the country had held for eight years, ever since the Broadband Barometer started.  According to the report, fixed …

“Eager Limits”, part 2

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Open MPI actually has multiple different protocols for sending messages — not just eager / rendezvous. Our protocols were originally founded on [...]

Broadband Mobile Internet Connections Grew by Over 29 Percent in Venezuela During 2010

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 31, 2011 – Cisco announced today the results of the Broadband Barometer study for 2010, reporting a growth of 29.6 percent in mobile subscriptions and 25.85 percent in fixed connections in Venezuela from 2009. According to the study, sponsored by Cisco and conducted by the independent firm IDC, the growth in broadband can be attributed mainly to the development of …

Why Knowledge is (Solar) Power

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

May 31, 2011 By Marc Gunther Should you put solar panels on your roof? It’s a simple question, but not an easy one to answer. A West Virginia-based startup company called Geostellar aims to make it easier. Using the most detailed aerial maps ever made of the United States, powerful 3-D imaging technology developed for video games and extensive weather data from public and private sources, …

Cisco to Announce New Internet Traffic Growth Forecast and Host International Forum on Policy Implications on the Surging Bandwidth Demand

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2011 – Cisco will host a virtual international forum from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to announce the latest findings of the Cisco Visual Networking Index forecast on global Internet traffic growth and to host a panel discussing the impact of this surge in bandwidth demand on service providers networks, consumer and business services, regulatory …

Cisco Welcomes Australian Federal Government’s National Digital Economy Strategy

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Cisco expressed strong support for the Australian government’s #au20 National Digital Economy Strategy announced earlier today by Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital [...]

TELUS introduces Future Friendly Office to simplify communications for Canadian SMBs

Monday, May 30th, 2011

TORONTO – May 30, 2011 – TELUS today announced an economical, end-to-end, communication solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The TELUS Future Friendly Office is a complete suite of products and services that gives small and mid-sized customers a communications system that is easy to manage and easy on the pocketbook. The suite is built in collaboration with …

News@Cisco Week in Review and Look Ahead: May 23-27

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Happy Friday Everyone! With the United States Memorial Day approaching this weekend, the Cisco Veteran’s Employee Resource Group (VETS ERG) [...]

Cisco Announces Upcoming Events with the Financial Community

Friday, May 27th, 2011

SAN JOSE Calif., May 27, 2011 – Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following events with the financial community during the month of June. The events will be webcast.  Interested parties can view these events on Cisco’s Investor Relations web site at http://investor.cisco.com. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Technology Conference …