December 11, 2009
Cisco: We’re not a smartphone maker
The Register
Austin Modine writes why Cisco’s not interested in selling its own smartphone devices.
“Cisco isn’t interested in competing against Apple or Research in Motion by selling a smartphone of its own, the company’s CEO John Chambers said on Tuesday. During an analyst day media lunch at Cisco’s HQ in San Jose, Calif., the company’s top boss said it’s content just soaking in profits from the added network demand smartphones are sending data centres and service providers. In addition, Cisco isn’t confident that it could rise to the top of the heap with its own smartphone – a goal that must be seen as feasible before the company will enter uncharted territory, Chambers noted.”
Who Owns UC?
Network World
Johna Till Johnson shares findings from s Nemertes study where the unified communications space was looked at.
“What Nemertes finds is network and telecom groups are the primary decision makers for 61 per cent of participating organizations, while 12 per cent of participants have actually established cross-functional UC planning teams consisting of members of not only network and telecom, but also messaging, server, security and compliance, and key business units. We’ve tracked a slow, but gradual rise in organizations with dedicated UC teams with approximately eight per cent of companies having such teams in 2008. Just getting started with UC? Build a cross-functional UC planning organization designed to gather requirements from IT and end-users alike.”
Analyst reiterates Apple stock target of $277
The loop
Jim Dalrymple writes about Apple’s stock, according to one analyst.
“Even though Apple’s stock is down eight percent in the last 10 trading days, Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster, remains confident long term. Munster on Tuesday reiterated his 12 month target of $277 for the company’s stock, believing Apple can make up the ground it recently lost. Although he said shares may lag in the first calendar quarter, it will rebound and continue to grow.”