Hedge Fund Makes Unsolicited Bid for Novell
New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates LP has made an unsolicited bid to acquire Novell for nearly $2 billion, prompting speculation of rival bids from Cisco, HP and Microsoft.

Cisco Announces 'Borderless' Security at RSA
At this week's RSA Conference, Cisco announced its Secure Borderless Network (SBN) architecture, which the company is positioning as a reconceptualization of enterprise security.

Analysis: Cisco Unfriends HP
It's been a long time coming, but Cisco Systems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. have finally unfriended one another, reseller-wise.

Cisco Pulls Plug on HP Partnership
In move that is likely to escalate the rivalry between two former partners, Cisco on Friday said it is cutting ties with Hewlett-Packard Co.

Analysis: Cisco Makes First Post-Starent Pitch
Earlier this month, Cisco unveiled its ASR 5000 series, a rebranded version of the ST40 from the former Starent Networks.

Cisco Has Strong WiMAX Showing
According to a new WiMAX customer survey from market watcher Infonetics Research, Cisco trails only Alvarion, Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola in a fractious WiMAX segment.

Cisco, VMware, NetApp in Cloud Security Effort
Cisco last week teamed up with VMware and NetApp to promote a virtualized datacenter offering geared toward shared or public cloud environments.

Cisco Nearly Tops in Growing DPI Segment
Cisco trails only Sandvine Inc. in the lucrative, if controversial, deep packet inspection (DPI) market segment.

Cisco Announces Major Changes to CCNP
Cisco on Monday unveiled a number of changes to the popular Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.

Microsoft, Others Challenge Cisco in UC
Avaya and a handful of other players are armoring themselves to take on 800-pound gorillas Cisco, Microsoft and AT&T in a fractious UC segment.


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