DNA is based on automation, virtualization, analytics, managed services and open APIs — all delivered within the Cisco One Software suite. The San Jose, Calif.-based networking leader is encouraging its 70,000 channel partners to become digital …

As the 800-pound gorilla in networking, Cisco already plays a major role in moving data around the globe. But with today's launch of its new Digital Network Architecture (DNA) strategy, the company has big plans to make data analytics more pervasive …

O) said on Wednesday it plans to acquire Israel's Leaba Semiconductor, a designer of networking chips, for $320 million in cash plus additional incentives to retain employees. "Leaba is a team with a strong and successful track record of designing …

Philips (PHG.AS) has entered strategic partnerships with Cisco (CSCO.O), SAP (SAPG.DE) and Bosch [ROBG.UL] under which the Dutch company will become their preferred supplier for networked lighting. Philips Lighting CEO Eric Rondolat said on Wednesday that his company would collaborate with Cisco on networked lighting for office buildings, SAP for city lighting and Bosch on […]

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc’s forecast adjusted profit and revenue growth for the second quarter below analysts’ estimates, citing a slowdown in order growth and weakness in its enterprise …

Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) said Thursday it would form a joint-venture with Chinese server maker Inspur to sell networking and cloud computing products in China, where the Silicon Valley firm faces political pressure and declining sales. Cisco and Inspur said they would invest $100 million in the project, although they offered few other details. The […]

Security researchers say they have uncovered previously unknown attacks on the core devices used to route traffic around the Internet, allowing hackers to harvest vast amounts of data while going undetected …

Shares of Cisco, considered a bellwether for the performance of the broader network gear industry, rose nearly 4 percent in extended trading on Wednesday. The company is the market leader in selling network equipment to businesses, controlling about half of the $38 billion global market and overshadowing rivals Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) and China’s Huawei Technologies […]

Novavax is also working on vaccines for pandemic flu. Erck said Novavax' platform allows the company to react quickly, as it did with the avian flu outbreak and last year's Ebola outbreak. In the case of avian flu, Novavax had a vaccine in clinical …

“In terms of the whole service provider carrier spending, we are not assuming that it’s going to improve in the near future,” Chief Financial Officer Kelly Kramer told Reuters. In his last post-earnings conference call, outgoing Chief Executive John Chambers also dispelled rumors that Cisco had bid $9 billion for FireEye Inc (FEYE.O), sending the […]