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Wall St.: HP-3Com union a real Cisco threat

Financial analysts see HP's pending purchase of 3Com as a threat to Cisco because it means 3Com Ethernet switches that are inexpensive and very popular in China will have better access to U.S. businesses via well-established HP sales channels. Read full story

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HP plans to acquire 3Com for $2.7 billion, 30 years after Ethernet creator Robert Metcalfe co-founded the company. The acquisition will fill out HP's data center product portfolio with switches, routers and security products, plus expand its presence in China. Also, scientists at Intel and Carnegie Mellon University are using distributed computing and robotics to make shape shifting a reality. In essence, they're working to take millions of millimeter-sized robots and enable them, through software and electromagnetic forces, to take on various shapes and sizes. (4:56)

HP-Cisco battle spreads to China with 3Com deal
Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of networking gear vendor 3Com will unlock a major new market for the company, taking its growing rivalry with Cisco Systems to China, analysts said Thursday.

Verbal and visual mashup of HP's reasons for buying 3Com
Dave Donatelli - HP executive vice president and general manager of enterprise servers and networking, spoke during an interesting webcast this week with regard to his motivations and rationale for purchasing 3Com.

HP's history of billion-dollar technology buys
HP's news that it would lay down $2.7 billion to acquire network switch maker 3Com not only causes industry watchers to look ahead at what could come of such a deal, but also reminds many of the IT vendor's long history of billion-dollar acquisitions.

HP & 3Com, My Two Cents
Rumors of a networking acquisition have been flying around HP for years -- I've heard the names Brocade, Extreme, Force10, and even Juniper thrown about. HP indeed followed this logic, but zigged with 3Com instead of zagging with one of these others. Why 3Com?

AMD, Intel settle antitrust, IP cases
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes between the companies.

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For the enterprise, Google Apps fights uphill battle with Microsoft
While companies are starting to seriously look at the hosted applications from Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., the latter's incumbent status gives it a leg up, according to some CIOs.

November giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page.

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Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers
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November 12, 2009

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