Cisco & Waterloo University Announce New Smart Grid Research Chair; Nitin Kawale Comments
Cisco Systems and the University of Waterloo have announced an agreement to establish a Cisco Systems research chair in Smart Grid, which will promote research development and innovation in the use of technologies and solutions for smart power grids. “This collaboration with Cisco will help the university continue its research… in these areas and build innovative [...]
Cisco has named former Juniper Networks executive Paul Mankiewich as the new chief technology officer for Cisco’s mobility business, according to a CED Magazine report. Maisie Ramsay wrote that Mankiewich oversaw Juniper’s end-to-end network architecture and that company’s installation of its products into operator networks. He’ll now serve as CTO for service provider mobility in Cisco’s [...]
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Cisco Systems and IBM are among six charter members of a new Mobile Security Council led by Sprint. In addition, a mobile security panel session with representatives from IBM and McAfee was held Wednesday. The council meets on a quarterly basis and concluded its second meeting Friday in Santa Clara, Calif., home of Sprint’s Open Solutions Conference. [...]
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Cloud Channel Summit Adds IBM Keynote Speaker, to Explore Cloud, Channel Market
November 2, 2011 No CommentIBM’s Manger of Cloud Computing Partners, Amy Anderson has been added to the list of Cloud Channel Summit’s keynote speakers. Anderson is to present on the opportunities for channel vendors to build their own cloud solutions. The summit will feature executives from Google Enterprise, Dell Boomi and Salesforce.com. The conference, taking place on Nov. 7 at the Computer [...]
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Oracle Honors Recipients of the High Technology Industry Excellence Award
October 24, 2011 No CommentOracle has honored the recipients of the inaugural 2011 High Technology Industry Excellence Award at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. The recipients include Cisco Systems, Avago Technologies and NetLogic Microsystems. The awards recognizes Oracle customers for business achievements that drive operational excellence and enable growth using technology, innovative strategies and best practices. Cisco Systems won for its Original [...]
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BIZI INTERNATIONAL, INC., a company in Tyngsboro, Mass., was earlier this week sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay $219,439 in restitution to Cisco Systems, Inc. for selling counterfeit computer equipment, the FBI announced. According to the bureau, the company pleaded guilty in March to trafficking in counterfeit goods. BIZI obtained the equipment [...]
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Julio Villafane has been announced as the new managing director of the Caribbean/Latin America region for Harris RF Communications. Villafane will direct and manage all staff in the region, overseeing the regional headquarters in Miami as well as sales offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Santiago, Chile, and Mexico City. He reports to Andy Start, who [...]
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Cybersecurity, National Defense Luminaries Slated to Appear at Security Symposium
September 15, 2010 No CommentTop experts in cybersecurity, homeland security and national defense are scheduled to appear at this year’s National Symposium on Homeland Security and Defense, held Oct. 27-29 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Among others, experts include Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; U.S. Northern Command Commander Adm. James Winnefeld, Jr.; Black Hat Director Jeff Moss; and [...]
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