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New CEOs join nonprofit R&D outfit, defense tech maker and more

Company IT resources, operations, finance and sales are among the other job functions featured.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Blue chip defense companies mark the week's venture activity

Boeing and L3Harris Technologies respectively put their names to investments in a pair of fundraising rounds for software startups.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Budget cuts, scandal fuel video conferencing boom

Thanks to recent cuts in travel budgets, as well as trends like "bring your own device," players in the video conferencing market have seen booming business. Where do major vendors such as Cisco, Adobe and Polycom see their growth opportunities?

  • By Mark Hoover

Lessons from the 100 Best Companies to Work For

Fortune's annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For offers some good tips for building a culture that values employees.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Market evolution: Cisco picks a new path forward

Cisco's future isn't about selling routers and switches, but instead, CEO John Chambers is focused on software and services as the driver of growth. What does this say about how the technology market is evolving?

  • By Nick Wakeman

College grads pick contractors as desirable employers

Government contractors will be represented on a list of the 100 most desirable places to work, according to a survey of recent college grads.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Red River nabs $500M contract for Cisco support

Red River to provide technical and professional engineering services for Cisco products to the U.S. Army.

  • By Mark Hoover

$10B NGEN competition gets down to two

Hewlett-Packard adds Lockheed Martin to its team as the competition comes down to HP and Harris.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Cisco to buy Lightwire in $271M cash deal

Lightwire acquisition will allow Cisco to deliver cost-effective, high-speed networks with the next generation of optical connectivity.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Cisco suffers fourth quarter losses, but looks ahead

While Cisco fiscal fourth quarter was down, its CEO is looking forward.

  • By Washington Technology staff

10,000 job cuts loom at Cisco

The reduction in headcount by 14 percent is driven by a need to revive profit growth.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Cisco's cloud director leaves for rival Juniper

Cisco's cloud director leaves for new Juniper gig.

  • By Washington Technology staff

U.S. technology’s footprint grows in post-Mubarak Egypt

Several major U.S. technology giants are looking at Egypt as an IT outsourcing destination, pledging training and other support, including a $10 million investment.

  • By David Hubler
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Cisco sets off fire sale of Linksys, other poorly performing units

Cisco is looking to unload its Linksys business and other poorly performing units may be soon to follow.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Cisco issues warning about performance

Analysts think it may take several quarters before turnaround is completed at Cisco Systems.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Cisco launches reorg

Networking company makes changes to fix poor performance.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Cisco exec Paul Brubaker joins new company

The former Cisco executive who led its Internet Business Solutions Group accepts a top post at D.C.-based IT consulting firm Synteractive.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Cisco cloud buy expands its services

Cisco intends to buy software provider NewScale.

  • By Washington Technology staff

FedStore hires industry veteran to run the shop

Skip Trahern, a 27-year industry veteran, is taking the reins as president of FedStore Corp.

  • By David Hubler

Quartet of contractors team to pursue NGEN

Harris Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., General Dynamics Information Technology and Cisco Systems are teaming to pursue an anticipated five-year, Navy Department contract to provide network transport services for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) initiative.

  • By David Hubler

9 companies to watch in 2011

The New Year brings challenges and opportunities for many companies. Editor Nick Wakeman picks nine companies worth following in 2011.

  • By Nick Wakeman