Technology isn't necessarily heading in that direction - Cisco is driving it there. Bottom line is this: Cisco is traditionally a router and switch manufacturer, and no one buys routers and switches these days, at least not enough to provide continued growth for Cisco. Company infrastructures are already built, have been for years, and are running for the most part nowhere near capacity. These technology applications, besides generating hardware sales directly, will also increase bandwidth consumption, thereby causing indirect hardware sales when customers upgrade their routers and switches to support the new bandwidth-hungry apps like VoIP. If Cisco can drive the customers' purchases in that direction, they win.
My two cents. Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Albert Lu Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Cisco ExecNet Hello Group, Has anyone checked out the Cisco ExecNet, which is basically thoughts about where technology is heading in the future from the VPs at Cisco. http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/tln/execnet/ >From what they are saying (specifically Mike Volpi), the direction for technology is heading towards: CDN, Security, Wireless, IP Telephony, VPN. Reegineering business processes to best utilise these technologies in order to improve productivity and reduce cost for enterprises. Does anyone have any comments about this, and where money will be spent in the future for technologies? Regards, Albert Lu CCIE #8705 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=55569&t=55569 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
