In networking, as long as CCNA/CCNP/etc continues to be a standard, they will continue to dominate. Companies build engineers and technicians and they would probably try to avoid big changes that would disrupt that investment they made.
Do you believe Cisco is only concerned about the demand side of the equation? or do you think there's more competition in the supply part? -- for years Cisco has been buying itself out of trouble (M&A's of smaller firms). Do you think that will stop or has stopped?
I wouldn't necessarily say it's the fear of adopting v6. It is a hesitance to change what already works. I think the best strategy would be to build it in house in a sandbox and see the ramifications prior to pushing the changes live. Then it will also give an idea of any mandatory/recommended equipment upgrades needed.
I can see ipv6 is slowly and very slowly coming into organizations via new equipment or device upgrade. Top level management hardly make any decision to abruptly switch to ipv6.
How would Cisco fair in crowding area of cloud computing market? Had Cisco acquired Skype talk instead of WebEx communications that would have probably contributed to its market base better in consumer market. What do you think?
Yes, force will come in after exhausting v4. But why should organizations fear of switching to adoption of new technologies. Fear of complexity, compliance or auto-configuration & addressing of v6?
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Join EBN contributor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday August 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a live chat on how electronic manufacturers in Thailand have shored up their supply chain to reduce the impact of future natural disasters.
Peter Drucker famously said "Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window." Yet in the razor's-edge world of electronics—with a lean supply chain and just-in-time demands—the need to know the future is vital.
You've heard the saying "the No. 1 supply chain risk is your people." That hasn't always been the case. But today's complex global supply chain requires a new type of multitalented employee. It's one who understands, finance, marketing, economics, is savvy with technology, graceful with relationships and can think analytically.
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Brian Fuller, editor-in-chief of EBN, will lead a 60-minute Avnet Velocity panel discussion that will ask and answer these and other questions swirling around today's supply-chain talent challenges.
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