Should Cisco move on Sun? High-tech job cuts soar in Q1

Daily News AM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Actuate Sorting Through Rich Internet Apps. Find out what you need to know about Rich Internet Applications (RIA) in this whitepaper authored by Forrester Research. Key questions such as what is the acceptable use of RIAs by other companies and how aggressive companies using RIAs, are addressed here. Download this whitepaper now. Spotlight Story Should Cisco move on Sun? By Cisco Subnet Now that IBM has apparently lost its lust for Sun Microsystems, should Cisco make a play for the beleaguered company? What's to lose? After all, Cisco wants to get into data center servers in a big way. Read full story Related News: High-tech job cuts soar in Q1 The U.S. technology sector reported 84,217 job cuts in the first quarter of 2009 -- the highest quarterly total since 2002, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. 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