According to a new study by computer-networking company Cisco Systems, the number of Internet-connected devices will be twice as much as the number of humans in the world by the year 2015.

"Six percent of Internet traffic by 2015 will be generated by one device-the tablet," said Suraj Shetty, vice president of marketing for Cisco. This indicates that tablet computer market, which emerged with the launch of the revolutionary iPad last year, will grow to significant numbers in the world.

On Tuesday, Mahindra Group has informed that it has signed a strategic alliance with the global leader in networking, Cisco Systems. This joint venture will allow the company to enter the global market platform. Now Mahindra Group is looking forward to provide cloud computing services on international level along with Cisco.

Cisco Consumer Products, a part of Cisco, rolled out its novel range of wireless routers, Linksys E-series routers in the Indian market.

Cisco Consumer Products announced that the new range of wireless routers get connected with all types of wireless devices including game consoles, wireless printers and even HDTVs.

The range and speed of the new routers can be adjusted according to the entertainment need of the consumers.

The routers will be available in three different models including E1000, E2000 and E3000.

Cisco Systems aims to offer 3,000 new jobs for its Indian base in Bangalore, according to a report based on India's Economic Times.

Cisco's Chief Globalisation Officer and Executive Vice-President, Wim Elfrink, said, "We are quite happy about our Indian operations. As Bangalore is the second global head office for Cisco after California, we want to increase our headcount here. We plan to hire 3,000 more in the next two years."  

As of now the California-based firm already employs around 7,000 workers in India.

The software service provider firm Cisco has released the latest edition of its Visual Networking Index, a forecast of global internet traffic that indicates a humongous increase in the Internet traffic in the times to come.

According to the recent report, it is estimated that by the year 2014 internet traffic will surge by a massive 91 per cent. This forecast suggests an overall surge in global traffic and is an indication that growth may move away from the UK, US and Europe as other markets develop a taste for being online.

World's largest network equipment maker, Cisco Systems Inc has said that it will be hiring 3,000 new workers. These hirings will be done on a worldwide basis and will not be done in any particular geographical area.

The announcement was made by the CEO of Cisco, John Chambers. When asked which of the segments will get most of the new workforce, John said that it will be distributed evenly between the segments and will happen in two periods.

John was talking to the media during the sidelines of an investor conference held by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.

Cisco India has launched a web platform in India. The basic aim of such network is to enhance social work in the country. It will enable all NGOs and individuals to get in touch with each other.

Moreover, it will provide them the proper technical support to cooperate and improve their reach to socially backward segments.

As per sources, around 250 NGOs have joined hand with Cisco to develop such platform for a good cause. The name of the site is "myhumannetwork. com". It will be patterned on the lines of Google Earth. Cisco took six months to develop this application.

In the recent updates from the Cisco, the enterprise networking software vendor has announced the launch of Tandberg-branded Telepresence Starter Kit at a subsidised rate.

This step was proclaimed at the Cisco Partner Conference, which aims in bringing the Telepresence experience to be felt in desktop. The Tandberg's portofolio, which will comprise of Telepresence Starter kit will be made available at $13,000 featuring 50 mobile licenses, which was earlier priced at $40,000.

Steria, an IT-enabled business service provider has announced to come up with cloud service in the country soon. It has unveiled its infrastructure-on-command service. The global leader in IT solutions, Cisco will be partnering Steria on this project.

Cisco has enabled the service at New Delhi, capital of India. As per sources, the service will be available in the country by the month of June this year. Enterprise customers can use this service and access the computing power in less than 30 minutes.

Cisco System's CTO at the CTIA conference, Padmasree Warrior witnesses the growth of internet traffic in coming few years down the line, both on wired as well as wireless networks.

Warrior said that the growth is stupendous and "global flow of information" has grown from 5 exabytes per month in 2007, to 21 exabytes per month this 2010, and it is expected to touch 56 exabytes by the end of 2013.

As the networking company rakes in attention with its advent the new juncture smart-grid infrastructure and management the technology experts are seemingly appalled by the move. Cisco has laid hands over smart grid start-up called, Grid Net at an undisclosed amount.

It is believed that the current seekers of the popular Grid Net are some of the well-known tech-biggies such as GE Energy, Intel Capital, Financial Services also many capitalists who wanted to see GridNet associated with them.

World's largest maker of computer networking equipment reported drastic increase in the sales first time after recessionary turmoil. Company reported 8 percent increase in the revenue during the quarter driven by the strong increase in the technology spending from the by large corporations, government agencies and telecommunications service providers around the world especially in the US market.

Company reported net profit of $1.9 billion or $0.32 per share during the quarter against the $1.5 billion or $0.26 per share for the comparable period of previous financial year.

Monday, U.S.-based Cisco Systems, Inc, along with postponing the offer period for Norway's Tandberg ASA, also increased its cash offer for the same to 170 Norwegian kroner a share from NOK153.50 a share offered earlier.  

Cisco explained that the new offer represents the final price for this transaction. However, the company, if fails to get the wanted 90% level of acceptances; may also withdraw the offer.  

Tandberg's shares are valued at around NOK19 billion ($3.41 billion) by the raised offer.

San Francisco  - Networking giant Cisco is to buy mobile equipment maker Starent in a 2.9 billion dollar deal, the company announced Tuesday.

The move will help Cisco expand into the increasingly important market for delivering data and videos over mobile phone networks and came less than two weeks after the Silicon Valley giant bought videoconferencing firm Tandberg for 3 billion dollars.

Bharti Airtel has announced that it has entered into strategic business partnership with Cisco in order to make products and services for the small, medium as well as major enterprises.

The alliance would join the forces of Airtel's network service and Cisco' Internet Protocol (IP) technologies as well as expertise to work unitedly in order to make and sell a set of products and services-comprising managed data services, hosted unified communications, connected branch services and Cisco TelePresence.

Nasdaq-listed Cisco Systems has decided to acquire Norwegian videoconferencing company TANDBERG.

Under the arrangement, Cisco will start a cash tender offer to buy all the outstanding shares of TANDBERG for 153.5 Norwegian Kroner per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$ 3 billion.

The quoted price represents 11% premium to the previous day closing price of TANDBERG'S stock.

San Francisco  - Networking giant Cisco Systems is to buy Norwegian video communications company Tandberg in a deal worth almost 3.7 billion dollars, the companies said Thursday.

The deal underscores Cisco's long-term goal of dominating the market for online video-conferencing technology, which Cisco chairman and chief executive officer John Chambers described as a 34-billion- dollar market "and rapidly growing."

San Francisco  - Fourth-quarter profits at Cisco dropped 46 per cent as customers held back on networking gear, the company said Wednesday.

The world's biggest maker of internet-connectivity equipment reported earnings of 1.1 billion dollars, or 19 cents a share, down from 2.01 billion dollars, or 33 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue fell to 8.54 billion dollars, a drop of 18 per cent, as product sales slid 22 per cent and service sales grew 4.8 per cent.