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Power: Our 13th annual look at the most powerful people, companies and ideas in the network industry

If you had the power . . .

Linux would be the de facto operating system, identity management would be a breeze and . . . what else? We deemed four of you all-powerful and asked how you'd change the world
By Joanne Cummings , Network World , 12/22/2006
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Imagine this: With the wave of a magic wand, you're suddenly all-powerful. You can change today's network industry in any way you want. What would you do, and how?

The power is yours

We posed such a challenge to four veteran enterprise network executives: Arun DeSouza, manager of global service assurance and chief information security officer at Inergy Automotive Systems in Troy, Mich.; Christopher Paidhrin, IS security officer at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash.; Jonathan Campbell, director of technology at First Health of the Carolinas in Pinehurst, N.C.; and Elliot Zeltzer, global manager for telecom security at General Motors in Detroit.

In their own words, here's how they would wield their newfound power:

If you had the power to alter any vendor's product strategy in any way, what company would you choose, and what would you do?

DeSouza: Symantec -- I would cease the strategy of constant new acquisitions and technologies, which is diluting the customer-value proposition. I would focus on consolidation, enhancement and integration of existing tool sets. Essentially, my ultimate goal would be to provide holistic centralized management of the portfolio products. This would give me a simplified, security-management cockpit. The consequent increase in efficiency and productivity for IT staff would add to our bottom line and cascade to additional revenue for Symantec

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If you had the power . . .By Inbox on December 22, 2006, 4:58 pmWhat would you do if you ran the networking industry? What changes would you make? Let's discuss. Re: This article.

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I would cut access to theBy Anonymous on December 27, 2006, 12:54 amI would cut access to the Internet, no employee would be able to access the Intenet. Think about it, if users can not access the Internet then hackers can not hack...

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Where did you get these guys?By J Dill on January 5, 2007, 9:57 amSome of the comments and ideas were great. However, the comments on how to change corporate America for the better, sounded like a group of bureaucratic, tree hugging,...

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No politics? What a boring world!By Anonymous on January 5, 2007, 4:39 pmWould you really get rid of all politics? All intrigue? All disagreement? That would make for one boring world, corporate or otherwise. I would never go that...

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Keep the network open and the playing field levelBy fishersystems on January 8, 2007, 10:57 amI'm really surprised that no one in this interview mentioned the Internet power and money grabs that are being made by major network and media providers. It was...

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Universally Intelligent Information TechnologiesBy Inventor on January 14, 2007, 3:36 pmNational Economies, not just Big & Small Business, Education and Government plus Consumers; have been seeking more productive computers' capabilities, not yet delivered,...

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