Comments on: Cisco’s Chambers is born again Web 2.0 http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cerise Audley http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170029 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:46:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170029 looks like Craig Tobias has left Cisco to start his own Web 2.0 company. http://www.wiikno.com

]]> By: Cerise Audley http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170028 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:10:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170028 Yes, one of the purposes of this wiki is to resolve the release notes issue.

]]> By: Paul Hendrix http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170027 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:12:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170027 I always had a hard time following Cisco’s documents with all the release notes, hopefully this will end all that now the documents are moving to a wiki.

The wiki looks very nice. One of the best I’ve seen so far.

]]> By: Mike Abott http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170026 Mon, 12 May 2008 07:26:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170026 Wow!! Cisco’s moving didn’t documents to a wiki. This is bold even for Cisco. Nice!!

]]> By: Cerise Audley http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170025 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:09:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170025 I recently heard Craig Tobias from Cisco speak at a conference. He has been responsible for driving the entire ROS division (massive network operations) to a Web 2.0 shop. Every aspect of the business in run using Web 2.0.

]]> By: Jessica Clark http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170024 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:18:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170024 Cisco does seem to have a secret weapon, his name is Craig Tobias. He has been responsible for developing a number of Web 2.0 applications used to run Cisco internally and has recently turned to building Cisco’s external wiki platform.

http://supportwiki.cisco.com

]]> By: Simon Leyland http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170023 Wed, 09 May 2007 22:50:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170023 I also think the webex purchase was a bad move, for much less money they could have tied up some really good software and people. Dabbledb/37 signals spring to mind straight away, i’m sure we can all think of many more.

Also even if they did get all the right software I’m not sure they could integrate into a single box. I wonder how 5 across integration is going?

Cisco do know though that if they stay only in the router/switch market their margins will eventually erode to nothing due to competition from abroad and possibly open source alternatives.

]]> By: anonymous http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170022 Wed, 09 May 2007 22:21:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170022 Web 2.0 for Cisco means selling more boxes.

Web 2.0 is really these hundreds of software innovating companies which are in this second phase of Internet – friendster, myspace, jajah, jaxtr and others. And also the SaaS based companies.

All these companies need routers, switches and softswitches. Thats what Cisco will sell.

To summarize:
Cisco buys companies and technologies by selling routers/switches (the funding engine)

]]> By: alan p http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170019 Wed, 09 May 2007 20:08:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170019 First the recognition, then the acquisitions -
another buyer heaves into sight ;)

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170021 Wed, 09 May 2007 19:55:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170021 The shark has been jumped . . . I demand partial credit for pier-to-pier. I typed it by accident in a blog posting (on the now defunct Corante Moore’s Lore) 3 years ago.

]]> By: Rajeev http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170018 Wed, 09 May 2007 18:48:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170018 Let us all define what – web 2.0 – really is?
- What is “Web 2.0″?
- What makes a company Web 2.0? Is it Ajax pages, is social network a necessary component of it? (if so would craigslist be a web 2.0 company?). is it the sheer volume of users? (if so would statcounter be a web 2.0 company?

Oh, the guardians of the technology elixir..Enlighten this soul please.

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170017 Wed, 09 May 2007 17:49:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170017 The guy sells networking equipment for a living. Obviously he’s going to talk up any activity that requires more bandwidth.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170020 Wed, 09 May 2007 14:24:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170020 Simon

That is true – maybe saying Web 2.0 is very easy compared to collaboration. Because if they were talking about WebEX, it was an old school product, with none of these geegaws.

I think they need to seriously outline what they plan to do – it is frustration to hear calls with non-specific information.

]]> By: Simon Leyland http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170016 Wed, 09 May 2007 09:56:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170016 I think Cisco are close to understanding web2.0. For all the hype there has virtually been no web2.0 penetration in the large enterprise. I’m sure fortune 500 want the technology but they want it delivered by a large vendor. I think Cisco have their Call Manager product identified as the web/enterprise2.0 box.

Cisco won the router race with their IOS software, can they win the Enterprise2.0 race by expanding their CCM software into an all in one box?

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170013 Wed, 09 May 2007 06:01:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170013 oh that is good … joost!

]]> By: Nick Hawkins http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170014 Wed, 09 May 2007 05:53:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ciscos-chambers-is-born-again-web-20/#comment-170014 I still can’t believe that they paid that much for WebEx

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