Nortel, Cisco bosses met

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Nortel, Cisco bosses met after saying
they'd consider partnership

Nortel, Cisco bosses met after saying
they'd consider partnership 06/19/2004 06:07 PM
Globe and Mail Jun 19 2004 8:32PM GMT

Cisco, Nortel Meet; Nothing Happens

Cisco, Nortel Meet; Nothing Happens 06/21/2004 02:31 AM
The business trade press is buzzing about the fact that the CEOs of Nortel and Cisco met with each other. The banking types immediately started drooling over the potential of a huge merger deal that would kick off lots of banking fees -- but Cisco's John Chambers killed off that plan by joking that he doesn't know how to do big merger, preferring to pick up smaller companies instead. The fact that these two companies would talk about partnering isn't all that surprising. In the same way that Microsoft and SAP held talks that amounted to nothing, lots of large companies hold rather information explorations into partnership and/or merger opportunities. They only really get interesting when a real deal is made. Otherwise, it's just talk.

Cisco, Wise Up and Buy Nortel Now

Cisco, Wise Up and Buy Nortel Now 08/19/2004 10:10 AM
TheStreet.com Aug 19 2004 2:13PM GMT

Walgreen, Cisco, Nortel and more

Walgreen, Cisco, Nortel and more 06/20/2004 05:39 PM
Investors Business Daily Jun 20 2004 9:18PM GMT

Cisco-Nortel flirtation gets serious

Cisco-Nortel flirtation gets serious 06/19/2004 04:37 AM
Cyber India Online Jun 19 2004 8:43AM GMT

Cisco wants Nortel as partner

Cisco wants Nortel as partner 06/18/2004 12:05 AM
Sympatico Jun 18 2004 4:37AM GMT

Nortel-Cisco Merger Unlikely

Nortel-Cisco Merger Unlikely 06/21/2004 02:07 PM
Don't bet on the two companies getting much tighter.

Nortel grabs another former Cisco
executive

Nortel grabs another former Cisco
executive 04/01/2005 06:49 AM
National Post Apr 1 2005 10:46AM GMT

Nortel names former Cisco executive as
new CTO

Nortel names former Cisco executive as
new CTO 03/31/2005 07:25 PM
Nortel Networks has a new chief technology officer (CTO). The Brampton, Ontario-based telecommunications infrastructure company on Thursday announced that it had appointed former Cisco Systems Chief Science Officer Gary Kunis to the post, effective next Monday.

Cisco welcomes a Nortel partnership

Cisco welcomes a Nortel partnership 06/18/2004 04:55 AM
Cyber India Online Jun 18 2004 8:50AM GMT

Nortel beats Cisco for IP telephony
contract

Nortel beats Cisco for IP telephony
contract 03/17/2005 03:49 AM
Algorum Mar 17 2005 7:25AM GMT

Cisco CEO:'Would Love' Nortel
Partnership

Cisco CEO:'Would Love' Nortel
Partnership 06/17/2004 06:00 PM
Boston Globe Jun 17 2004 9:35PM GMT

Nortel nabs Cisco exec for CTO spot

Nortel nabs Cisco exec for CTO spot 03/31/2005 07:22 PM
Nortel has hired another former Cisco executive to be its chief technology officer.

Nortel stock rallies on talk of Cisco
bid

Nortel stock rallies on talk of Cisco
bid 06/21/2004 03:32 PM
All mouth and no trousers

Benefits of a Nortel-Cisco partnership
cloudy

Benefits of a Nortel-Cisco partnership
cloudy 06/23/2004 12:39 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 23 2004 5:06PM GMT

LG to sell its communication unit to
Nortel or Cisco

LG to sell its communication unit to
Nortel or Cisco 09/19/2004 11:18 AM
Telecoms Korea Sep 19 2004 2:49PM GMT

Nortel, Possibly Cisco, Join WiMax Forum

Nortel, Possibly Cisco, Join WiMax Forum 09/07/2004 04:17 PM
Unnamed sources are saying that Cisco recently applied to join the WiMax Forum: An official Nortel press release announces that Nortel has joined the forum. Cisco might be an unwelcome addition to the forum from the perspective of existing vendors because the company tends to dominate markets. While the company has significant wireless roots in the Wi-Fi business, it hasn't historically sold radio gear to the community of operators that builds large metropolitan networks. So it would be interesting to see how Cisco's presence might alter the WiMax market. But I'll reserve further comment until Cisco's WiMax Forum membership is confirmed or denied....

Cisco, Nortel, Lucent Join WiMAX Forum

Cisco, Nortel, Lucent Join WiMAX Forum 09/17/2004 06:26 AM
IEEE 802.16 continues to gain momentum as more high profile members sign on with the WiMAX Forum.

Market welcomes new Cisco overture for
Nortel alliance

Market welcomes new Cisco overture for
Nortel alliance 06/18/2004 12:04 AM
Globe and Mail Jun 18 2004 4:51AM GMT

Nortel and Cisco chat prompts merger
mania

Nortel and Cisco chat prompts merger
mania 06/21/2004 04:39 AM
Two plus two can equal five...

Nortel names former Cisco executive to
be chief technology officer

Nortel names former Cisco executive to
be chief technology officer 04/03/2005 05:45 AM
Canadian Press Apr 3 2005 9:13AM GMT

Q&A: Nortel enterprise head sees IP
convergence as way for Nortel to lead

Q&A: Nortel enterprise head sees IP
convergence as way for Nortel to lead 03/20/2003 05:31 PM
Malcolm Collins, president of Nortel Networks’ enterprise networks division, talked about the company’s renewed efforts to woo enterprise customers.

Cisco Introduces the Cisco XR 12000
Series Routers for IP Next-Generation
Networks; Cisco IOS XR Delivers High

Cisco Introduces the Cisco XR 12000
Series Routers for IP Next-Generation
Networks; Cisco IOS XR Delivers High 04/18/2005 04:25 AM
Business Wire UK Apr 18 2005 8:14AM GMT

Blogs, bosses and bucks

Blogs, bosses and bucks 06/25/2004 08:31 PM
I had a good time yesterday at Supernova, but it seemed that one of the points I made on our panel caused some consternation among some listeners, so let's look at it.

I had heard a certain amount of what I thought was wildly overoptimistic forecasting of the widespread adoption of blogging as a tool in corporate America. For instance, Tim Bray said: "Any corporation that doesn't do this in the future is going to be playing catch-up. They can use the technology to make the enterprise provide a more human face to world." (I copied this quote from a trade journal article on the conference and promptly lost the URL. Sorry. I wasn't taking notes myself so if it's wrong, apologies in advance.)

I agree with Tim and the other optimists that blogging can give enterprises a more human face. But will they let it? What I said yesterday is that I thought the successes to date in public blogging by software developers at places like Microsoft and Sun weren't likely to be duplicated in other, more traditional corporations any time soon. Software professionals are relatively unique in feeling that (a) their talents are in demand and (b) if they get fired from one job they can probably (except maybe at the very bottom of an economic cycle) get another one pretty easily. In other words, they feel more empowered to spout off on their blogs without fearing for their livelihood than the typical American worker does.

I'm not sure why, but Tim seemed to take this comment to mean that I thought that people in other fields -- I think he mentioned construction, it's hard to remember -- wouldn't succeed as bloggers because they're "not as interesting." Of course, that's not what I said, and it's precisely the opposite of what I think. Everyone has stories to tell, and everyone's stories are worth telling: that's a credo of the digital storytelling movement that I've been involved with for a decade now.

The stories that programmers are telling in the current explosion of blogs have given their work a vital new visibility; as developers tell their stories to each other, creating a pool of technical, practical and philosophical knowledge, they are also giving the public a new and fascinating window onto their discipline. (I'm as aware of this as anyone -- my work on my book is infinitely easier thanks to the profusion of programming blogs.)

Do I think it would be a Good Thing for this pattern to be duplicated in other fields? Of course -- and it's happening in some, predictably in those areas where individual professionals have a tradition of independence (the legal world, academia).

But the utopian vision of blogging somehow flattening corporate hierarchies and allowing Cluetrain-like voices of authenticity to trumpet forth from every Fortune 500 headquarters? Maybe it's possible on the sort of time scale that Supernova keynoter Tom Malone talked about -- from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, that sort of thing. But I don't think it's going to happen in our lifetimes.

I'm sorry to be the pessimist at the party. But for large numbers of workers in America, particularly those at big companies, the dominant fact of life remains don't piss off your boss. And, in an era of health-insurance lock-in and easy outsourcing and offshoring, many U.S. workers remain doubtful that they can simply waltz into a new job should their activities displease the current hierarchy to which they report. So the odds of them feeling at ease publishing honest Web sites about their work lives are extremely poor. The blogs you're going to see from within most traditional companies will be either uninformative snoozes or desperate attempts at butt-covering and -kissing. Not because people don't have great stories to tell -- but because telling the truth has too high a cost.

Someone at Supernova got up and said that he worked in investment banking and thought it was a field that was ripe for blogging. No doubt! I'm assuming that your typical investment banker has managed to sock away some private unemployment insurance cash (also known in some industries as "fuck you" money, something Dick Cheney apparently has in abundance).

For those with such resources, blog on! For those lucky enough to work for a company that says "blog on" and means it, cherish your luck. But for most of the rest of the working population, the blogging revolution will be happening in some other office.

Bosses keep an eye on work computers

Bosses keep an eye on work computers 01/18/2004 03:49 PM
news.com.au Jan 18 2004 6:49PM GMT

Bosses playing Gotcha!

Bosses playing Gotcha! 12/30/2004 02:47 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 30 2004 5:41PM GMT

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Bosses keep an eye on work computers | 01/18/2004 02:46 PM
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Former Mitsubishi bosses arrested

Former Mitsubishi bosses arrested 05/06/2004 06:00 AM
Japanese police arrest seven former Mitsubishi executives on suspicion of falsifying reports into a fatal fault.

Calls for Alitalia bosses to quit

Calls for Alitalia bosses to quit 05/06/2004 11:40 AM
Italy's authorities call for Alitalia's chairman and CEO to step down as part of a plan to shore up the ailing airline.

Brainstorming how you can sell NetWare
6.5 to your bosses

Brainstorming how you can sell NetWare
6.5 to your bosses 05/27/2004 04:48 AM
One of the new features of NetWare 6.5, and which is also part of Nterprise Linux Services and slated to be in Open Enterprise Server, is Virtual Office. Many of the elements of Virtual Office, such as iFolder, iPrint, eGuide and more, aren't new in themselves but the "office" metaphor as well as the user interface is new. All that makes working with these interesting and useful technologies easier for your non-techie users (and isn't that most of them?).

IT bosses are storage addicts who can't
stop themselves

IT bosses are storage addicts who can't
stop themselves 09/24/2004 05:47 AM
Storage buyers need help, not capacity

Stress afflicts security bosses

Stress afflicts security bosses 03/17/2005 03:39 AM
A survey shows technology bosses have misplaced confidence in their company security systems.

Firefighter bosses offer new plan

Firefighter bosses offer new plan 05/20/2004 01:07 PM
Fire Service bosses say they have new proposals to resolve a dispute that has led to unofficial action.

Bosses fear employee fraud

Bosses fear employee fraud 08/27/2004 01:43 PM
But fail to act accordingly

Brit bosses get tough on Net abuse

Brit bosses get tough on Net abuse 11/10/2003 11:09 PM
Carrot and stick. Without the carrot

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers
(AP)

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers
(AP) 12/29/2004 10:12 PM
AP - Ciro Viento commands a platoon of 110 garbage trucks, so when a caller complained after seeing one of the blue and white trash tanks speeding down Route 22, Viento didn't know which driver to blame. Until he checked his computer.

Bosses to track workers via their
mobiles

Bosses to track workers via their
mobiles 09/22/2004 02:53 PM
ZDNet UK Sep 22 2004 6:25PM GMT

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers 12/30/2004 12:21 AM
AP via Daily Press Dec 30 2004 3:33AM GMT

Bosses tell staff to hang up when
driving

Bosses tell staff to hang up when
driving 01/02/2004 09:37 AM
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