might one presume that the Cerent acquisition and the Ciena partnership/investment were considered the future directions in this area?
Talk about buy high sell low. Chuck ""nrf"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Exactly. You pretty much hit it right on the head - demand is so low that > Cisco's decided that not only can it not support a CCIE program, it can't > even support a CCNA program anymore. > > I don't want to be unduly harsh, as I believe all technologies ultimately > have their proper place. But let's face it. The Stratacom acquisition > basically sucked for Cisco. Sorry to put it so bluntly, as I know there are > some Stratacom experts out there who will object, but you know in your > hearts that it's true. Cisco hasn't put major development muscle into the > Stratacom line ever since the last major hardware refresh, the MGX8850, > which came out more than 2.5 years ago. Rumor has it that Cisco would > really like to sell Stratacom off, the problem of course being finding a > buyer. > > ""Paul Jin"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Also, the big question is, who is going to keep buying stratacom switches > in > > the future? > > > > If Cisco thought that the demand for this product was huge, I do not think > > they would have cancelled the program. I have heard some reasons why the > > CCIE track was cancelled was due to the fact that even people working on > the > > switches could not gain access to the equipment, just for the lab purpose. > > But why cancel the NP/NA track. > > > > Probably, people that needed these boxes already have it. They already > > either have more than they need for future expansion or since big chunk of > > the customers were telcos, they are in bad financial shape or going out of > > business. > > > > Lucky for me, I only got the the CCNA-Wan part before they cancelled the > > program. I have other buddies that actually work on our backbone and they > > went through to NP. And then it was cancelled. Now they are all studying > > routers. > > > > - Paul Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=34299&t=34035 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
