http://www.networkworld.com/community/taxonomy/term/11979 Showing new posts in a forum view en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27754 <p>The departure of Jayshree Ullal this week is another indicator of Cisco&#39;s transformation from a networking company in to an<img src="/Micronet%20images/exit_sign.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="1" vspace="1" align="right" /> IT company, according to one analyst. The recent exodus of top executives from Cisco - Ullal follows Chief Development Officer Charlie Giancarlo and Senior Vice President Mike Volpi out the door, both of whom were considered potential successors to CEO John Chambers -- is due to a number of obvious factors: hitting the career ceiling, cashing out on a flat stock price, and professional inertia among them. But a less apparent cause may be a philosophical change within the company itself. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27754"><br /><br /><strong>Read more</strong></a></span></p> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27754#comments Cisco Data Center LANs / WANs Cisco EDS executive departures HP IT Tue, 13 May 2008 11:55:37 -0400 Cisco Subnet 27754 at http://www.networkworld.com/community