jim_duffy
Managing Editor

Why Cisco wasn’t a no-brainer for Stanley Works

Analysis
Apr 18, 20071 min

Ex-Cisco engineer Dave Cote has ambitious plans for Stanley Works’ global VoIP network: hundreds of sites and potentially tens of thousands of Session Initiation Protocol phones. But the project will involve little gear sporting his old employer’s logo.

The tool maker in January began a companywide rollout of VoIP servers from Interactive Intelligence. The plan is to use a centrally hosted VoIP model to consolidate a network built on hundreds of disparate PBX and key telephone systems, acquired over 20-plus years as Stanley bought almost a dozen other companies.

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