Cisco's Chambers: Telecom entering 'Phase II'; Q&A with Cisco's app-delivery guru

Cisco News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Arsenal Digital Solutions Data Protection: Preferred Strategies used by SMBs Data has become the most valuable resource that many companies own. Organizations of all sizes are actively searching for reliable, affordable solutions for data protection to help them with business continuity, disaster recovery, and compliance. The problem is especially acute for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), which typically lack the resources to add new technologies or manage the growing infrastructure required to deal with the problem. Click here to listen to this webcast which reveals the latest findings and trends! Network World's Cisco News Alert, 06/20/07 Cisco’s Chambers: Telecom entering ‘Phase II’, 06/19/07:  The telecommunications and Internet industries are entering their second phase of growth and reinvention, brought about by collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies, Cisco CEO John Chambers proclaimed at the NXTcomm conference here this week. The IDC Enterprise Panel: Join IDC's panel of IT influencers and decision-makers. Your contributions will be compiled and distributed to technology and telecommunications vendors all over the world. As a thank you for joining, you will receive select free IDC research, and discounted IDC conference passes. Click here to learn more Q&A with Cisco’s app-delivery guru, 06/18/07:  Cisco wants to own application acceleration, and says the ability to integrate WAN optimization with the QoS and security functions already in the network is one big reason why it should. George Kurian, general manager of Cisco’s application delivery business unit, presents the case. In today's Cisco Subnet:  John Chambers says the telecoms industry is in "Phase II" and that consumers are driving service providers' deployment of advanced technologies to enable customers to take part in social networks, create wikis and share videos. Chambers also challenges his employees to cancel one business trip this quarter and use collaboration technologies instead. Brad Reese on Cisco blog says that an enhanced Cisco channel partner rollout appears to have confused some partners, and explains how NetFlow Tracker hits triple home run for Cisco VARs and their enterprise customers. Adding to Jeff Doyle on IP Routing's look at EIGRP vs. OSPF, reader Mike Morris says he prefers EIGRP, but the intelligent business decision is often OSPF. Author Expert blogger Denise Donohue asks if SIP trunks for PSTN access are ready for prime time. Cisco Subnet blogger Greg Royal says Cisco's ambition to build its brand in the consumer market has a ways to go.

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