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Just Because You Tried Hard Doesn’t Mean You Deserve A Prize
Sorry, Just Because You Tried Hard Doesn’t Mean You Deserve A Prize.
This is a black and white business. You either make money or you don’t. Somewhere along the line, being politically correct has entered the fray. And when that happens, people stop communicating honestly. Bad things tend to follow.
Procter & Gamble tries a bring-your-laptop-to-work program
Procter & Gamble tries a bring-your-laptop-to-work program.
Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G), which is ranked 20th on the Fortune 500 list, can afford to buy its employees laptops. But it is instead letting several hundred of its workers use their own laptops as part of a workplace experiment.
Cisco brings telepresence home
Cisco brings telepresence home | Signal Strength – CNET News.
The company plans to provide consumers with a similar video conferencing experience at home. The telepresence system will use consumers’ existing high-definition TV sets and broadband Internet connections.
Cisco adds half a billion to offer for video firm
Cisco adds half a billion to offer for video firm • The Register.
Cisco has increased its offer for Tandberg – despite protesting that its original offer was more than fair.
The networking behemoth seemed shocked when its offer of $3bn for the Norwegian video conferencing firm was not accepted. This valued each share at 153.5 Norwegian Kroner – a 25 per cent premium on the three month average share price.
Today Cisco is offering $3.4bn for Tandberg, or 170 Kroner per share.
iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
Good luck with that one!
Nortel customers: Don’t panic yet Nortel customers: Don’t panic yet – Network World
Nortel customers: Don’t panic yet – Network World.
Avaya is likely to consolidate product lines, eliminating some gear, but promises to continue support for several years and to devise a migration path for customers who own equipment that is phased out, said Stephen Leaden, president of Leaden Associates, who sat on a panel discussing what Nortel customers should do now that it is being bought by Avaya.
