Cisco Systems seeks big returns from taking a smaller approach to the data center. The company still best known for its network switches and routers on Thursday was set to release six server-and-software systems known as Unified Computing Systems. The new systems aim to help large companies better manage data in branch, remote and regional offices. The servers will compete with products from such rivals as Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), IBM (IBM) and
Hey Google (GOOGL), how about breaking out some financials for your fast-growing YouTube video site? That’s the message from Jefferies analyst Brian Pitz in a new research report that pegs YouTube’s valuation at around the same range as that of Netflix (NFLX). “As YouTube grows faster than Google’s business overall, we believe it would be helpful to have more disclosures, at least at the top line, regarding YouTube revenue, and we’d recommend that
Two startups are each angling to become the Netflix of electronic books, a goal made tougher by Amazon.com’s entrance into the emerging arena. The business of providing unlimited access to e-books in exchange for a monthly fee — the model Netflix uses for movies and Spotify for music — got a jump-start in 2013 with the respective launches of Scribd and Oyster. Nearly a year later, San Francisco-based Scribd offers access to more than 500,000