Cisco banks on 'quad play' for sustained growth ... Customization to drive next Salesforce release


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Cisco banks on 'quad play' for sustained growth
Customization to drive next Salesforce release
Advocacy groups organize to stop surveillance bills
Cisco, Microsoft demo network security cooperation
BT reveals plans for all-IP network
Apple ships 24" iMac and updates range
Intrado tests VOIP E911 fix


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Cisco banks on 'quad play' for sustained growth
Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Chambers Wednesday stoked the networking vendor's love affair with IT investors by pointing to the company's unified communications strategy and broad product portfolio as a way to sustain growth over the long term.

Customization to drive next Salesforce release
Salesforce.com Inc. is starting to provide some details about the next version of its hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software, including the product's primary focus, which will be customization.

Advocacy groups organize to stop surveillance bills
A group of civil liberties and other advocacy groups are urging supporters to contact the U.S. Congress as it moves ahead to approve an electronic surveillance program run through the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).

Cisco, Microsoft demo network security cooperation
It has taken nearly two years, but Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are finally ready to demonstrate how their network access security products will work together. The demonstration will be held at the Security Standard Conference in Boston this week, where the two companies also will announce plans to roll out an early beta program for certain customers who want to test the new products.

BT reveals plans for all-IP network
BT has revealed the first details of how it plans to roll out its 21st Century Network (21CN), the ambitious all-IP network announced in 2004, designed to replace BT's traditional switched public network.

Apple ships 24" iMac and updates range
Apple has updated its entire iMac line with new Intel Core 2 Duo processors in every model and also launched a 24-inch iMac. The company claims its new processor offers up to 50 percent faster performance than before. In the U.S., iMac prices now start at $999.

Intrado tests VOIP E911 fix
Intrado Inc., a vendor of emergency dialing technology, has conducted a successful trial of using E911 emergency dialing capabilities with mobile VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) phones, the company said.