Tag: software
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Cisco’s New Acquisition and Globalization/Outsourcing Strategies
WSJ: Cisco Changes Tack In Takeover Game Cisco is now buying companies and giving them much more autonomy. For example, Cisco bought email security start-up IronPort, but let it operate as a stand-alone unit, with its own managers, brand name, engineers and salespeople. Cisco’s strategy shift is particularly striking because the company, the country’s third-largest…
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Cleaning Products – No, It’s Web 2.0 Technologies
Martin Taylor, Vice President of Product Management and Technology for MetaSwitch, gave an excellent overview of XML and its ascent as the standard for machine-to-machine interface in the telephony world. XML allows for a mash-up of applications, such as the obligatory caller ID on television. Combining XML data with Asynchronous JavaScript is AJAX, which allows updating of…
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The Virtual Business – A Telco Opportunity
Software as a service has been a big buzzword in Silicon Valley technology circles for a number of years. It finally seems to be filtering to the independent telcos, as evidenced by last month’s OPASTCO-Microsoft venture and this week’s announcement at NTCA’s Annual Expo that Goldfield Telecommunications and Communigate are partnering to bring the latter’s technology…
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Viodi View – 02/06/08 Issue
The Super Bowl, Super Tuesday and Mardi Gras are behind us. Lots of hype, excitement and, even some substance, associated with these events. With Mardi Gras, there is no substitution for being there. The super events, however, are better on television and even better when augmented with broadband. The intersection of broadband and television and the way these media…