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2014: The Beginning of the End of the Tech Boom

By Amir Efrati · Dec 20, 2013 9:22am PST
This article is part of an ongoing series about major themes for the technology business in 2014.  Predicting when the technology boom will end may be a fool’s errand. Arthur Patterson, a 42-year veteran of the venture-capital industry, isn’t afraid to say we’re in the last innings. He has long pointed to 2014 as... This article is part of an ongoing series about major themes for the technology...
John Chambers, Cisco CEO, speaking last year at a conference in Spain. Source: Shutterstock.
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Will 2014 be Cisco’s Year of Reckoning?

By Katie Benner · Dec 4, 2013 8:30am PST
This is the first in a series of articles reporting on major themes for the technology business in 2014.  Lackluster performance among old-school technology companies attracted the activists in 2013. Next year those agitators – investors who push big strategy changes in the hopes of a big stock-price bump – will be casting... This is the first in a series of articles reporting on major themes for the technology...