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San Francisco-based start-up CloudFlare will hire more than 20 new employees by the end of the year after raising $20 million in new round of financing led by New Enterprise Associates.

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Cisco Systems Inc. disclosed plans Monday to reduce its work force by about 6,500 employees, a move it expects to result in pretax charges of up to $1.3 billion over several quarters.

FINS talked to Nasdaq Chief Information Officer Anna Ewing about the stress of overseeing $12.7 trillion in transactions, whether she looks for tech candidates that also understand markets and the New York City tech boom.

Campbell, Calif.-based company YouSendIt will hire up to 80 new employees over the next year as it tries to aggressively scale up its customer base and revenue.

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