6 result(s) displayed for Cisco energy tax (1 - 6 of 6):

Jabber Acquisition Highlights Cisco Shortfalls in UC

UC without effective presence and IM is like telephony without dial-tone. So here we have Cisco spending your contributions (remember the Cisco Energy Tax) to acquire Jabber to give them IM for their un-unified UC story. Does this result in...

Posted on September 24, 2008 3:32 PM

EnergySmart Hospitals Don't Pay The Cisco Energy Tax

The EnergySmart Hospitals Initiative was launched last July and aims to help improve efficiency in existing buildings by 20%! This is a laudable objective, since more than 50% of institutions reported double digit energy cost increases... and lights out operation...

Posted on September 22, 2008 9:35 AM

Opening Up Secure Network Access

"Business executives are extremely concerned (and rightly so) that their organization may be the next publicly disclosed data breach story in the Wall Street Journal." That's how I led off a recent article, co-authored with Jon Oltsik of the Enterprise...

Posted on September 10, 2008 10:26 AM

Save Twice on the Cisco Energy Tax

I've written extensively about the Cisco energy tax. We have run into tow type of situations. 1. Enterprises with Green initiatives and someone who is accountable, immediately embrace 40% lower energy efficiency with Nortel (over Cisco) and start asking all...

Posted on August 11, 2008 9:01 AM

Customer TCO Exposes True Costs of Cisco

Just in from the field: "I had a customer call yesterday and said they wanted to take a closer look at Nortel because they're getting crushed on Cisco maintenance fees for voice. They have about 3,000 IP phones and are...

Posted on July 11, 2008 1:08 PM

Cisco IT faced with $10M bill due to corporate procurement policy

Cisco just announced a four-year plan to make its business more environmentally friendly, but nothing specific to make its products more energy efficient. The Cisco energy tax will continue. But Cisco IT doesn't have the option of saving a bundle...

Posted on June 26, 2008 9:24 AM