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Cisco Job Cuts Could Total 5K in August
Cisco Systems may cut as many as 5,000 jobs in August, the latest significant move as the networking giant looks to reorganize its business and improve its bottom line, according to market research firm Gleacher & Co. In a research note July 11, Gleacher analyst Brian Marshall said the job cuts could rival the 8,000…
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Citrix’s Cloud.com Acquisition Bolsters Its Cloud Development Portfolio
Citrix has finished its acquisition of Cloud.com, a provider of software-infrastructure platforms for cloud providers. Cloud.com’s products include the CloudStack product line, designed for the deployment and management of cloud services. In theory, these assets will give Citrix a boost in its cloud-deployment aims. More than 30 percent of enterprises are deploying at least one…
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Polycom Telepresence Adds Microsoft Lync Support
Polycom is bringing Microsoft s Lync unified-communications platform from the desktop to a full conference room telepresence system. Polycom officials at Microsoft s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles July 11 introduced the CX7000 Unified Collaboration System, a telepresence solution that offers Microsoft Lync built in. With the tight integration, Lync users will get the…
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Talks Up Windows Phone
Microsoft is putting a brave face on the marketplace prospects of Windows Phone. During a July 11 keynote speech at the company s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, CEO Steve Ballmer described Windows Phone s market presence as very small. Nonetheless, he went on to insist that other metrics boded well for the smartphone…
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Microsoft Talks Cloud, Office 365, But Not Billing
While keynote addresses on Microsoft’s second day of its Worldwide Partner Conference were all about cloud and mobility, no mention was made about the issue that’s been at the crux of why many partners have been slow to adopt Microsoft BPOS and Microsoft Office 365. Who owns the billing? VARs and MSPs want to bundle…