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Cisco invests in mobile services start-up; Cisco, Microsoft, IBM on collision course

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Cisco invests in mobile services start-up

Jim Duffy By Jim Duffy
SoonR, a provider of mobile computer file access and management services, this week received $9.5 million in Series B funding led by Cisco. Read full story

Jim Duffy a Network World managing editor. He has over 21 years of high-tech reporting experience, including over 16 years at Network World. Previously, he was senior editor at Computer Systems News and associate editor/reporter at Electronic News and MIS Week. He can be reached at jduffy@nww.com.

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