EMC/RSA union draws mixed reviews
It's EMC's planned acquisition of RSA Security for $2.1 billion is garnering mixed reviews from analysts on Wall Street and within the technology industry. During a conference call last week, analysts from Bank of America, Morgan Keegan, Deutsche Bank and other investment firm were asking hard questions of the top executives at EMC and RSA about why they want to combine the companies under the deal that's expected to close by early next year.
Cisco Systems, Inc. announces agreement to acquire Meetinghouse
Cisco Systems has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the privately-held Meetinghouse Data Communications, Inc. of Portsmouth, NH. Meetinghouse provides a client-side 802.1X supplicant software that allows enterprise customers to restrict network access to only authorized users and/or host devices attempting to gain access to networked resources through both wired and wireless media
10 cutting edge network research projects you should know about.
Seeking Network World kicked off at the start of this year to look more closely at network research happening at university and other labs, figuring that while the technologies being worked on won't necessarily find their way into your network immediately, they might give you something to consider in making loner-term plans.
The resuscitation of Texas Instruments
It's not easy to beat Intel if you are running a company that many analysts and investors have written off as moribund and out of touch. It's not easy to beat Intel if you are running a moribund company that loses its chief executive to a heart attack just as he embarks on a risky strategy.
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