Mailbag: Where have Cisco's competitors gone?

NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Mailbag: Where have Cisco's competitors gone? By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler Over the past few newsletters, we've been asking where the David is to Cisco's Goliath. We've received several responses from readers and we'll share a few of those today. Read full story Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter, connect to Webtorials, the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at taylor@webtorials.com Jim Metzler is the Vice President of Ashton, Metzler & Associates, a consulting organization that focuses on leveraging technology for business success. Jim assists vendors to refine product strategies, service providers to deploy technologies and services, and enterprises evolve their network infrastructure. 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