From: Nathan Chessin (nchessin@cisco.com)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 02:55:41 GMT-3
1) Since when is VoIP a "bandwidth-hungry app"
Nate
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> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Joe
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:42 PM
> To: 'Albert Lu'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Cc: cisco@groupstudy.com
> 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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