jim_duffy
Managing Editor

Five challenges for Cisco

Analysis
May 18, 20071 min

Ahead of next week’s Interop in Las Vegas, TechIQ’s the VAR Guy has posted what he believes are five threats to Cisco’s empire.

Among the threats include:

* The transition to a new CEO, when that time comesopen source routers open source VoIP platform

* The shrinking pool of qualified IT professionals available for cisco and its partners

* Microsoft and Google

* Open source hardware from companies such as Vyatta, which makes

* Asterisk, the

What do you think are Cisco’s challenges/opportunities in the coming years?