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Cisco’s Shares Fall on Disappointing Growth In This Business
August 16, 2017 By Reuters Cisco Systems’s revenue from its closely-watched security business rose less than analysts had estimated in the fourth quarter, sending the company’s shares down about 2.5% in after-hours trading on Wednesday. Revenue from Cisco’s switching business, easily its largest, also missed Wall Street’s estimates, resulting in the company’s total revenue falling for the seventh straight quarter. With its traditional business of making switches and routers struggling, Cisco, like other legacy technology firms, is focusing on high-growth areas such as security, the Internet of Things and cloud computing. In Cisco’s security business, which offers firewall protection and breach detection systems, revenue rose 3% to $558 million, but fell short of analysts expectations of $580.5 million, according to financial and data analytics firm FactSet. Revenue from Cisco’s switching business fell 9% to $3.44 billion, missing analysts’ average estimate of $3.57 billion, according to FactSet. But revenue in the company’s wireless and data center businesses topped analysts’ estimates, helping overall revenue meet expectations. The world’s largest network gear maker said revenue fell nearly 4% to $12.13 billion in the fourth quarter ... Read more...
The Internet is Dead – Long Live the Internet
August 16, 2017 By Juha Holkkola Back in the early 2000s, several notable Internet researchers were predicting the death of the Internet. Based on the narrative, the Internet infrastructure had not been designed for the scale that was being projected at the time, supposedly leading to fatal security and scalability issues. Yet somehow the Internet industry has always found a way to dodge the bullet at the very last minute. While the experts projecting gloom and doom have been silent for the good part of the last 15 years, it seems that the discussion on the future of the Internet is now resurfacing. Some industry pundits such as Karl Auerbach have pointed out that essential parts of Internet infrastructure such as the Domain Name System (DNS) are fading from users’ views. Others such as Jay Turner are predicting the downright death of the Internet itself. Looking at the developments over the last five years, there are indeed some powerful megatrends that seem to back up the arguments made by the two gentlemen: As the mobile has penetrated the world, ... Read more...
The Sustained Potential and Impact of Mobile & Wireless Technologies Access for Emerging Economies
August 16, 2017 By Souma Badombena-Wanta I believe Mobile Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are and very well remain powerful and best-suited technologies that will help provide connectivity and digital access in a much faster and cheaper way for developing countries of the globe. Thus, they are to be leveraged within their most strategic and profitable functional or usage contexts. Mobile access technologies along with relevant innovations have formed a powerful springboard for the Internet to be significantly accelerated in terms of access, usage and penetration. The mobile access paradigm is one that has forged a novel and solid path to bridging the digital divide and creating a multitude of opportunities to transform and empower populations in developing countries. With reports of the total number of smartphones globally reaching 1 billion users mainly driven by growth in emerging markets, there is great growth potential and opportunities for pre-existing challenges to be addressed. Mobile communications technologies today come as a continuum of options offering appropriate solutions for various needs, and present a future that is full of better ... Read more...

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