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Future networks
Brian Corrigan 17 August, 2007 15:04:33
“How often do you hear about major technology releases in switching and routing anymore?” Chris Fydler, Oriel Technologies “This generation is growing up in an era where they are used to YouTube and instant messaging” Ralph Marshall, LAN Systems “It’s all going through the IP network one way or another” Gary O’Sullivan, Intelligent IP “The key is experience. It’s easy to read the manual on a course bit it’s the details that make the difference…” Kevin Bloch, Cisco Systems “IP on a TDM system is still more popular than pure IP systems” Bjarne Munch, Gartner “There’s no longer any customer expectation that you are going to be able to do everything” Tony Heywood, ComputerCorp “To hack an IP phone system you just download a bit of script off the Internet” Jules Rumsey, Telarus “We are now dealing in the applications space and there’s so much to know” Andrew Lowy, Efficient Data “We all like to do things we have done before because it is lower risk and lower cost” Ralph Marshall, LAN Systems “Centralising business intelligence into the network is fantastic… but there’s an increased risk” Peter Spiteri, Emerson Networks “The engineers at Cisco are already across both [data and voice] and there are no real specialisations” Brad Engstrom, Cisco Systems “It’s not about IP telephony anymore; it’s about a number of applications using common infrastructure” Ed Phillips, Getronics “Your receptionist is going to be an avatar that will respond to you emotionally and be the smartest person in the room” Ed Jeffers, Alphawest “The way people communicate has changed and I am watching it happen around me” Nathan Godsall, LAN Systems “The industry is moving so quickly and you have the continual problem of up-skilling” Maree Lowe, ASI Solutions
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“The industry is moving so quickly and you have the continual problem of up-skilling” Maree Lowe, ASI Solutions
“The industry is moving so quickly and you have the continual problem of up-skilling” Maree Lowe, ASI Solutions
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