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Ethernet inventor makes the Inventors Hall of Fame, 02/08/07
Ethernet is right up there with magnetic resonance imaging, the LP record, air bags, and soft contact lenses. So says the National Inventors Hall of Fame, which included Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the ubiquitous LAN technology, in its latest round of inductees.
Volpi bolts Cisco, 02/08/07
Mike Volpi, the head of Cisco’s Routing and Service Provider Technology Group, has resigned from the company effective today.
Volpi Q&A: CEO succession planning did not play role in departure, 02/08/07
On the day he leaves Cisco after a stellar 13-year tenure, Mike Volpi shares some thoughts on his departure and his future plans with Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy.
Q&A: Where Cisco is focusing its R&D, 02/07/07
As Cisco’s chief development officer, Charles Giancarlo oversees the company’s R&D direction and strategy. With the expansion into new markets and technologies — such as consumer electronics and video — the types of engineers Giancarlo manages at Cisco have diversified beyond router, switch, ASIC and network software developers.
