Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions

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Microsoft's Lync surging as PBX choice in North America Jesse Jackson says blacks inadequately represented in tech companies Network World Daily News AM March 19, 2014 Share this email Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions These acquisitions helped Cisco jump on market trends early on, and take hold of them as they grow into money-makers. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Microsoft's Lync surging as PBX choice in North America 2. Jesse Jackson says blacks inadequately represented in tech companies 3. 20 infamous hacker security vendor break-ins 4. Fake police warning leads to murder-suicide: Deaths due to ransomware? 5. Cloudera gets $160M to bring Hadoop to the enterprise 6. Review: Windows 8.1 Update offers an olive branch for mouse users 7. Hopped-up Helicopters: DARPA funds radically faster, stronger aircraft 8. Microsoft Research doles out the attaboys to one of its own: Turing Award winner Leslie Lamport 9. Cumulus lands another SDN supporter for its Linux offering 10. 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READ MORE Cloudera gets $160M to bring Hadoop to the enterprise Cloudera today announced that it has secured $160 million in new financing to advance its distribution of the open source Hadoop big data platform. READ MORE Review: Windows 8.1 Update offers an olive branch for mouse users Windows 8.1 Update brings a tiny handful of mouse-centric improvements and a hodgepodge of interface tweaks READ MORE WHITE PAPER: HP 1:1 and Common Core Online Testing Learn how to properly implement standardized electronic testing which will help your district avoid common pitfalls in implementing Common Core online assessments. Download the whitepaper now. Learn More>> Hopped-up Helicopters: DARPA funds radically faster, stronger aircraft The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency today embarked on it plan to build a super vertical take off and landing or VTOL aircraft that can fly fast and carry a big load. 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