Cisco hooks up airport 'hot spots'
Cisco is setting up wireless LANs in 19 airports throughout the world. The plan is to offer the service free initially, then follow with a fee.
Cisco is setting up wireless LANs in 19 airports throughout the world. The plan is to offer the service free initially, then follow with a fee.
Vendors have long fought for market share on the basis of price and product features, but now they're about to drag you into their battles at gunpoint.
Cisco Systems Australia's overall income slumped in the year to 27 July 2008, new documents have revealed, despite staff growth that saw 118 new employees added to the networking giant's local roster.
There are probably more than a dozen cities that I know of competing to be known as the world's greenest or more energy-efficient or cleanest. I don't really care which one of them wins, because any focus on recalibrating community programs and development with an eye toward being kinder to the earth is a good thing in my mind.
Just in case there was any doubt: Cisco absolutely wants to be a household name in energy management, an aspiration supported by the latest additions to its Connected Grid and Smart Connected Buildings technology portfolio. This could be a huge disruptor for some in the home automation technology space.
A new report said the Solarmarker campaign is being conducted by "fairly sophisticated" actors focusing their energy on credential and residual information theft.
At Cisco Live, the company is announcing enhancements to its Connected Grid portfolio, including home energy management tools that utilities can offer consumers and tools for businesses to manage energy policies across multiple buildings.
Cyberjaya, dubbed Malaysia's intelligent city, is where the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)--the agency tasked with developing and promoting the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)--is housed.It's also where leading tech companies, local and foreign, are encouraged to house their R&D centers--although, currently, only a handful have done so.
The timing of this post was prompted by my colleague Joe McKendrick's post over on ZDNet sister site SmartPlanet about the anticipated market for so-called smart building solutions.According to some new research from the IDC Energy Insights group, spending on smart building technology with growth at a compound annual rate of 27 percent between 2010 and 2015.
Last year, Cisco took $2 billion of its inventory as a loss. But amid tougher times, the company found that some of those parts could be sold for millions.