Cisco extends deadline for Tandberg deal
Cisco Systems has given shareholders of Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg two more days to accept its $3.4 billion buyout offer.
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Avaya’s Nortel buy might not power it over Cisco
Even after it buys Nortel, Avaya won’t dominate Cisco in the battle for business-communications customers, according to a new study.
Broadcom buying Dune Networks for cloud switching
Broadcom has agreed to acquire Dune Networks, a privately held maker of high-speed switch fabrics, for about US$178 million, the companies announced Monday.
Cable industry floats broadband adoption program
A cable industry trade group has proposed a program that would help low-income families of middle-school students get broadband service in their homes, with cable broadband providers pitching in about US$572 million worth of discounted service over two years.
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Sharky: But it was working so well this way!
This pilot fish and his co-workers have spent a week in heated discussions with the networks group. The subject: some major network problems between two sites.
Data center start-up Arista expands Gigabit Ethernet switch line
Arista Networks has unveiled a Gigabit Ethernet data center switch designed to better accommodate increasing traffic loads between the server access and core layers of the network.
AT&T, Verizon drop suits
Expect to see more of Verizon’s “there’s a map for that” advertisements.
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Seth Weintraub: AT&T drops lawsuit against Verizon, should get sued themselves
AT&T today dropped its lawsuit against Verizon. I don’t think they had a great case since even AT&T admitted that Verizon wasn’t wasn’t lying. In fact, Verizon was being a lot nicer to AT&T than Consumer Reports was.
Gates Foundation funds library broadband projects
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed nearly $3.4 million in grants to improve Internet connections for libraries in five states.
BN says Nook e-reader delayed in stores to Dec. 7
A steady stream of Barnes & Noble bookstore customers checked out mock-ups of the Nook e-reader at a Boston area retail store, and several expressed disappointment that the device isn’t on sale in stores as earlier promised.
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Twitter’s dirty laundry
Despite often being a waste of time, Twitter does has value, such as providing Iranians with an outlet during this past summer’s elections. Turns out Twitter can be used to keep you apprised of more domestic developments as well …
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