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- Cisco CEO john chambers sees slack demand as 'relatively short term'; How does he know?
- Cisco CEO John Chambers put on his economic cap and noted that customers in the U.S. and Europe are putting the brakes on enterprise spending. But Chambers also said that any economic trauma is "relatively short term." How does he know? One of the more annoying aspects...
- Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Cisco loses chief development officer and heir apparent Giancarlo
- Charles Giancarlo, Cisco's chief development officer and characterized as CEO John Chambers's heir apparent, joined Silver Lake, the Silicon Valley private equity firm. Chambers was not happy to lose Giancarlo, who said that he wasn't keen on waiting another three to five years for the current CEO...
- Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Cisco CEO Chambers dashes U.S. IT spending hopes
- Cisco CEO Chambers dashes U.S. IT spending hopes"Chambers not really seasoned... "Now you have confirmed everyone's suspicions Mike...you are truly an IDIOT. John Chambers has been with Cisco since 1991 in senior management. I dare say he has just a little more experience in the enterprise IT markets than you...
- Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., CDO, Chamber
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Cisco CEO Chambers dashes U.S. IT spending hopes
- Any question that the meltdown in the financial services sector will crimp technology spending can now be put to rest. The credit crunch has hit IT spending. Thank Cisco CEO John Chambers for the clarification. On a conference call following Cisco's first quarter earnings report, which was...
- Tags: U.S., John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Technology innovation and policy: The power of "we"
- "The future is all about the power of "we" and how to collaborate with Web 2.0," said Cisco CEO John Chambers, reprising his gospel of broadband connnectedness. He was speaking at the Technology Innovation Summit held at the University of California, Berkeley. The event was hosted by Charlie...
- Tags: Innovation, China, John Chambers, IM, Government, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Web 2.0, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- Microsoft-Cisco: Let The Cold War Begin
- Today's joint press conference from Cisco CEO John Chambers and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer contained the usual blather about "cooperation," "interoperability,"and the "importance of working together" that accompanies these sorts of announcements. You can see/read the gory details here.)And I guess both parties should be commended for their Web 2.0...
- Tags: John Chambers, Cold Calling, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Small And Medium Business, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- The Ballmer and Chambers show--no fireworks
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Cisco CEO John Chambers are holding court with interviewer Charlie Rose in New York City, discussing how they view the market transition, Google, coopetition and industry cooperation. The two industry titans both view the market as in an early stage transition, with lots of...
- Tags: John Chambers, Google Inc., Steve Ballmer, Industry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Telepresence gains traction; Is your network ready?
- Can your network really handle unified communications and video intensive video applications like telepresence?That question is one you should be asking yourself after Cisco's fourth quarter earnings conference call. Cisco reported net income of $1.9 billion, or 31 cents a share, on revenue of $9.4 billion for its fiscal fourth...
- Tags: John Chambers, Network, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., CEO, Video Application, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- Cisco's Chambers: collaboration via mobile devices will drive faster business processes
- John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, is now onstage, keynoting at NXTComm.Main takeaway: collaboration will speed up enterprise innovation initiatives that had been held back by "command and control" protocols.Chambers said that a collaboration/teamwork approach, enabled by ubiquitous broadband, acquisitions (such as webex, which was specifically cited by Chambers) and video on any device has...
- Tags: trends, Predictions and Observations, Mobile, General, Cisco
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Video: The gospel according to john chambers
- I wrote about Cisco CEO John Chambers' Interop keynote yesterday in which he proclaimed that the future is Web 2.0, which he defined as collaboration. Now we have a video clip of Chambers evangelizing the crowd with his message. He talks about the need for businesses to increase...
- Tags: Cisco, Enterprise 2.0, General, IP Telephony, IT Management, Mobile, Social networking, VOIP, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Cisco CEO john chambers proclaims the future is Web 2.0
- Cisco CEO John Chambers ran on stage and then strolled throughout the crowd giving his vision of the networked future during his Network + Interop keynote presentation. As he walked and talked throughout the ballroom with the verbal passion and polish of a televangelist, Chambers proclaimed that Web 2.0, which...
- Tags: Web Technology, Social networking, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- Cisco CEO: Web 2.0 will drive the industry
- Cisco CEO John Chambers sees Web 2.0 as his companys rocket fuel for the next decade. On a conference call with analysts following the companys fiscal third quarter earnings it was telling how much Chambers dwelled on Web...
- Tags: Telecommunications, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Cisco
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Cisco's Chambers claims a three-year lead on Microsoft
- Cisco CEO John Chambers has thrown down the gauntlet. At Ciscos Partner Summit in Las Vegas this week, Chambers told the press corps in attendance that he believes Cisco has a three-year lead on Microsoft in the unified communications space. And, according to TechIQ Magazines "VAR Guy," who...
- Tags: VOIP, Telecommunications, Systems integrators, System builders, Speech, Resellers, OEMs, Network service providers, Corporate strategy, Channel
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- Cisco Digital Signage Demonstration: CEO john chambers Shows Off Digital Signage
- This webcast shows Cisco's new Digital Signage solution, a comprehensive offering delivering live and on-demand content in various formats from wired to wireless devices.
- Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Webcasts 2007-01-15
- Cisco's Future in the Digital Home: CEO john chambers on Expanding the Human Network
- During a CES keynote address, the presenter of this webcast describes the evolution of the "Human Network" and outlines Cisco's strides into the consumer market.
- Tags: John Chambers, Network, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Webcasts 2007-01-11
- Chambers at Gartner Symposium: I'm very proud to be a plumber
- Here at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Cisco CEO John Chambers is on stage getting questioned by Gartner analysts Tom Bittman and David Willis. Regarding what keeps Cisco competitive, Chambers said: "We dont compete against competitors, we compete by spotting tipping points." Chambers also described one of the...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., John Chambers
- Blog posts 2006-10-11
- Chambers on stage
- From John Chambers' position, the tippy top height of the largest player in networking, Cisco, the future looks pretty good. His perspective gives him the ability to prognosticate on big issues. Productivity is one of those. He said today at the Security Standard Conference here in Boston, that productivity growth...
- Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-09-07
- john chambers keynote for Interop 2006
- John Chambers keynote for Interop 2006Nice photographLucky guy, you get to meet all the who's who and attend all the industry expo'sWhere's the tie George?Where's the tie George? John was the one at the grindstone giving keynotes. He's the one entitled to slacken the tie!Be sure to thank CiscoWe appreciate...
- Tags: Interop 2006, John Chambers
- Discussion threads 2006-05-02
- john chambers keynote for Interop 2006
- George Ou - TechRepublic, John Chambers - Cisco SystemsJohn Chambers gave the opening keynote for Interop 2006 and touts the Network as the platform, Cisco's market growth, and the recent ~$7 billion acquisition of IPTV-player Scientific Atlanta. One of the slides that really stuck out is the one showing...
- Tags: Interop 2006, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-05-02
- john chambers at FOSE 2006: Part I - Cisco President and CEO Accents Interoperability
- Government agencies and businesses face the challenge of leveraging IT to embrace interoperability, says the presenter of this webcast.
- Tags: John Chambers, Interoperability, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Webcasts 2006-04-05
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