 Never known to be shy, Cisco CEO - John Chambers recently was quoted in Channel Reseller News (CRN): |
"If you think of Cisco three to five years from now, we have the opportunity, along with our partners, to be the most influential company in the world, not just on communications, but also IT."
Another Chambers quote nugget:
"While we've done over 130 acquisitions, WebEx has a very realistic possibility of being in the top five, maybe even in the top two, in terms of the long-term contribution to Cisco."
"WebEx has the capabilities to expand well beyond just enabling collaboration, [to] providing many things as a service to the environment, embedding them deep into our products and [to be] a key differentiator for many of our customers and partners as well."
View the rest of the interview with Chambers.
CRN Q&A with Chambers:
| 1. | Cisco has been moving well beyond just selling routers and switches. Is it still appropriate to call Cisco a networking company? View the answer |
| 2. | Given all the pies you have your fingers in, which one technology do you think is really the indicator of where this company is going? View the answer |
| 3. | What are the ways that you think your channel partners need to move to really latch onto this opportunity and make the most of it? View the answer |
| 4. | What then is the biggest challenge you're facing with Cisco and then separately, what's the biggest challenge facing your partners? View the answer |
| 5. | To be fair, that's the message that you have been putting out to your partners for several years now. Are there specifics that it make it more difficult now than it has been in the past? View the answer |
| 6. | With so much more emphasis now on applications, do you feel like you have the right set of channel partners to make that push? View the answer |
| 7. | Given your planning cycle of three to five years, what's your vision for what Cisco will look like in five years? View the answer |
| 8. | You've talked a bit on some of your earnings calls about how the economy particularly the US, is starting to become a little bit soft -- can you tell us what you are seeing there? View the answer |
| 9. | Yet you remain optimistic? View the answer |
| 10. | Do you see hesitancy coming down into the SMB as well or is it primarily just at the top? View the answer |
| 11. | What's your advice to your channel partners on how to push through this? View the answer |
| 12. | If I could switch gears a little bit, what does the IT industry need to see out of the next president? View the answer |
| 13. | You're currently an advisor to Sen. John McCain. Would you expect to play a role in his administration if he is elected? View the answer |
| 14. | The softening in this economy, what impact is that having on the IT talent shortage? View the answer |
| 15. | Can you talk a little bit about WebEx and what we'll see out of that this year? View the answer |
| 16. | What about Linksys? It was about 2 years ago when you started talking about the future of that brand and what it might look like. Where is that going? View the answer |
| 17. | Your Chief Development Officer, Charles Giancarlo, recently left the company. He was widely seen as someone that was being groomed to be your successor. Is there someone now that you are grooming for that role? View the answer |
Do YOU get as nervous as yours truly when Chambers pontificates in such grandiose language?
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I don't understand...
... your question about anyone getting "as nervous as Yours Truly" over Chambers' "pontificating."
Why would it make you nervous?
H.
Follow the Cisco stock price
Observe what happens to the Cisco stock price whenever John Chambers pontificates in grandiose language!
Napoleon Bonaparte said it best:
"Victory is the most dangerous moment."
Sincerely,
Brad Reese
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