Can Cisco sell 'unified' vision to a tough server crowd?; Cisco to acquire Pure Digital Technologies

Cisco UCS aftermath: What Happens Now? Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by HP Managing network change across your enterprise Get the facts on the HP Network Automation architecture that intelligently uses network bandwidth and adheres to company security policies and best practices without creating security violations or affecting your production environment. Learn more today. Spotlight Story Can Cisco sell 'unified' vision to a tough server crowd? By Jim Duffy Cisco's biggest challenge in gaining market acceptance for its new Unified Computing System is to convince data center managers to buy blade servers from the router giant instead of from traditional, incumbent suppliers. Read full story Related News: Cisco UCS aftermath: What Happens Now? I -- and others -- drew the connection between IBM courting Sun, and Cisco's burgeoning aspirations in the data center. More specifically, Cisco's launch of an internally developed blade server and its weighty influence as a virtual data center networking monopoly is driving server leader IBM to tie up with No. 4 server maker Sun (IDC numbers). Cisco buying Flip video camera maker for $590 million Cisco Thursday announced its intent to acquire privately held Pure Digital Technologies, creator of the Flip video camcorder for consumers, for $590 million in stock. Is Cisco's true cost purchasing Pure Digital $747M? According to the Cisco announcement of its purchase of Flip video maker Pure Digital: Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $590 million in stock in exchange for all shares of Pure Digital. In addition, Cisco will provide up to $15 million in retention-based equity incentives for continuing employees. Cisco buying maker of Flip camcorder As expected, Cisco Thursday announced its intent to acquire privately held Pure Digital Technologies, creator of the Flip video camcorder for consumers, for $590 million in stock. Pure Digital is a "pioneer" in developing consumer-friendly video with mass-market appeal, Cisco says. The acquisition of Pure Digital is key to Cisco's strategy to expand momentum in the media-enabled home and to capture the consumer market transition to visual networking, Cisco said in a statement. Cisco buying Flip video maker Pure Digital? I can't go for that (no can do) When yours truly heard the speculation that Cisco might buy Flip Video maker Pure Digital, I began humming to myself that provocative tune by John Oates and Daryl Hall, "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do). would not be a wise acquisition for Cisco. 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