From: iron_tri (iron_tri@msn.com)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 02:12:12 GMT-3
I disagree. The original developers of the TCP/IP protocol were smart
enough to include the necessary parameters to enable QOS. Lucent, NEC, and
Siemens have all made some form of an IP enabled PBX since the mid 90s.
However, their biggest mistake was listening to industry pundits who said
that VoIP would not take hold for another 10-15 years. VoIP/Toll Bypass has
been around for quite some time, and it should not be confused with IP
Telephony. VoIP took hold due to its money saving benefits which have
recently been eroded due to Service Providers lowering overall LD prices.
IP Telephony is taking hold because of its numerous benefits to the
customers. I for one enjoy having a child in a classroom with an IP
phone....where the teacher takes roll via the phone; and I can check it via
a secure connection from the Internet.... Cisco is still selling more than
enough routers and switches...enough that most of their AMs hit their
numbers through the sale of this type of equipment. I will agree that IP
Telephony creates pull through, but be careful, it doesn't always require
major network upgrades. A well thought out Services methodology can prevent
the unnecessary purchasing of more hardware....sometimes the customer only
needs a new IOS and minor changes or upgrades. Cisco is leading the charge
because they have invested in new areas of technology...they already own 85%
of the R/S market...that keeps making the CCIE more important. If you think
I'm full of it, check out the new 9000 line...Brocade and MCdata are about
to get it in the shorts...
No, I don't work for Cisco, but I do keep up with what they are doing from
time to time....it seems to be what quite a few others are trying to do as
well, just not as quickly or efficiently...
Irontri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <groupstudy@comcast.net>
To: "'Albert Lu'" <albert_lu@optushome.com.au>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Cc: <cisco@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:42 PM
Subject: RE: Cisco ExecNet
> 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: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Albert Lu
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:16 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Cc: cisco@groupstudy.com
> 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
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