Cisco’s ‘pals’ offer new strategy

Kevin Tolly: Cisco’s ‘pals’ offer new strategy

It was only after I flipped the paper over to read the remainder that I realized it was a 3Com advertisement. Time to stop and rewind. What is going on here? Did Cisco acquire 3Com and I failed to notice? In fact, it appears to be a bold example of what I’m starting to call the ‘Friends of Cisco’ competitive strategy.

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/112105tolly.html?vo

Frank Dzubeck: Dawn of the consumer communications era

After next-generation technology succeeds in the consumer market, it will be only a short time before it morphs and migrates into the corporate and service provider and carrier segments. Get ready for 21st-century communications – the age of the consumer.

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/112105dzubeck.html?vo

Mark Gibbs’ Backspin: Our third annual Golden Turkey Awards

2005 has been a great year for Golden Gobblers, which is to say, those individuals, companies or entities that don’t, won’t or can’t come to grips with reality, maturity, ethical behavior or social responsibility because of their blindness, self-imposed ignorance, thinly veiled political agenda, rapaciousness and greed, or blatant desire to return us to the Dark Ages.

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/112105backspin.html?vo

Johna Till Johnson: Google goes to Washington; are carriers ready?

Corporations are moving away from those services and toward Internet-based services, which by definition are multi-carrier, particularly for remote and branch offices. That means service providers need to figure out how to make a profit from handing off Internet backbone traffic to their peers.

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/112105johnson.html?vo