...Communication An Analysis of Cisco Systems and how the use of Information Technology gave them a Competitive Advantage Mira Vissell ISM 158 Business Analysis Paper March 4th, 2004 Table of Contents Objective Section I: Industry Summary: An Analysis of Network Equipment Industry A. Industry Profile B. Competitive Strategies within the Industry C. Porter Model Evaluation of Industry Forces D. Globalization of the Industry E. Importance of Information Technology in the Industry Section II: Company Perspective: An Analysis of Cisco Systems A. Cisco Systems profile B. Market and Financial Performance C. Competitive Strategy Statement D. Significance of Information and Information Systems E. Strengths and Weaknesses of Cisco Section III: Structured Analysis of Information System Use A. Strategic Option Generator B. Roles, Roles and Relationships C. Redefine/define D. Significance of Telecommunications E. Success Factor Profile Section IV: A Final Analysis of the Success of Cisco Systems A. The Success of Business Strategy and IT used to Date B. The Effective Position of the Company for Future Performance Bibliography Objective The objective of this paper is to analyze how Cisco Systems gained competitive advantage in the networking industry through the use of information systems and key business strategies. This paper has four sections that help in...
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...as strategies, technologies, and process improvement methodologies; meeting with senior DoD officials, Congressional delegates, business executives, etc; as well as taking part in a one-week graduate-level business overview provided by the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Following the fellows’ corporate assignment, formal outbriefs are provided to approximately forty senior leaders across OSD and the Services regarding their observations and recommendations. Traditionally, these outbriefs include sessions with the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Service Secretaries and Chiefs, as well as other senior officials. As a member of the 2004-2005 SDCFP, it was an honor and pleasure to be assigned at Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA. Without exception, the men and women...
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...Summary 1 Review of Other Work 8 Rationale and Systems Analysis 16 Goals and Objectives 22 Project Deliverables 26 Project Plan and Timelines 27 References 28 Appendix 1: Competency Matrix 4 Capstone Proposal Summary Internet of Everything (IoE) and “Big Data” equates to competitive advantages to the modern business landscape. Numerous white papers are circulating on the Internet highlighting the business case supporting the IoE initiative. For instance, in a white paper conducted by Cisco Inc. on the Value Index of IoE in 2013 reported the following: In February 2013, Cisco released a study predicting that $14.4 trillion of value (net profit) will be at stake globally over the next decade, driven by connecting the unconnected –people-to-people (P2P), machine-to-people (M2P), and machine-to-machine (M2M) - via the Internet of Everything (IoE). Cisco defines the Internet of Everything as the networked connection of people, process, data, and things. The IoE creates new “capabilities, richer experiences, and unprecedented economic opportunity for businesses, individuals, and countries” (The Internet of Everything, Cisco, Inc. 2014). With such a lofty goal looming, and the monetary potential, many sources will support the notion of companies scrambling to achieve a computing networking infrastructure that supports the IoE paradigm. Envisioning the potentials, ABC Inc. does not want to experience losses common to companies that hold to that wait and see rationale...
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...WHITE PAPER BIDIRECTIONAL FORWARDING DETECTION FOR OSPF Fast Failure Detection to Speed Network Convergence OVERVIEW In both Enterprise and Service Provider networks, the convergence of business-critical applications onto a common IP infrastructure is becoming more common. Given the criticality of the data, these networks are typically constructed with a high degree of redundancy. While such redundancy is desirable, its effectiveness is dependant upon the ability of individual network devices to quickly detect failures and reroute traffic to an alternate path. This detection is now typically accomplished via hardware detection mechanisms. However, the signals from these mechanisms are not always conveyed directly to the upper protocol layers. When the hardware mechanisms do not exist (eg: Ethernet) or when the signaling does not reach the upper protocol layers, the protocols must rely on their much slower strategies to detect failures. The detection times in existing protocols are typically greater than one second, and sometimes much longer. For some applications, this is too long to be useful. Bi-directional Forwarding Detection (BFD) provides rapid failure detection times between forwarding engines, while maintaining low overhead. It also provides a single, standardized method of link/device/protocol failure detection at any protocol layer and over any media. THE PROBLEM WITH CONVERGENCE The process of network convergence can be broken up into a set of discreet events*:...
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...My Career in Network Security The major that I’m going into is network security. And the reason for choosing this field is simply because I wanted to try something new. By going into it allows me room to grow unlike the medical field you’re only going to go so far. It also gives me the ability to give my family a little more stability financially and more time to spend with them. Primary Heading 1 (positions that fall within my major) There are many positions that fall within the network security field. Some of these position are Network Security Engineer, Cyber Interactive On – Net Operator, Network Engineer. These are just a few jobs that are offer in Network Security. (Homelane Security, United States Department of, 2013) Secondary Heading 1 (Network Security Engineer) This position requires that an IT person would assist with network design. This includes network switches, routing, and firewalls solutions. It also requires you to work with all common network security products. (Tulloch, 2003) As a Network Engineer you also required a person to design and implement a network solutions and security compliance guideline. Primary Heading 2 (My Dream Job) My dream is one of many but the company that I have been looking at it is bases out of Charlotte, NC. And the position is Network Engineer it will require me to know about the router to router IPSEC and MPLS configuration and troubleshooting as well as day to day support. My salary range from $55.00 to $65.00 an hour...
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...Subject: Strategic paper - Cisco Category: Business and Money > Economics Asked by: k9queen-ga List Price: $60.00 |Posted: 02 Dec 2003 08:37 PST Expires: 01 Jan 2004 08:37 PST Question ID: 282626 | | |For the company CISCO, PLease give a SWOT analysis. Explain what | |their core competency is, do they have any forward/backward | |integration? What do they or are they trying to do to be competitive | |in the market? Etc. | |[pic] | |Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 02 Dec 2003 08:52 PST | |Dear Queen, | | | |I found several ready-made SWOT analyses online. Would you like me to | |refer you to the sites where you could find them? ...
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...Cisco Systems, Inc. - Organizational Behavior and Communication University of Phoenix Communication for Accountants COM/530 January 14, 2013 Abstract An organization’s espoused values are the mission, philosophy, vision, and value statements. These statements represent what the organization values and the enacted values show what the company does. This paper will show the alignment between the espoused values and the enacted values along with describing how the role of communication influences the perception and organizational culture and identify the role of conflict in group communication in Cisco Systems, Incorporated. Cisco Systems, Inc. - Organizational Behavior and Communication The values of an organization originate from the organization’s mission, philosophy, values, and vision statements. How the organization performs may be the same or different from its values. The intention of this paper is to establish if not only Cisco Systems’ espoused values align with its enacted values but also describe how the role of communication plays in the perception and organizational culture along with observing the role of conflict in group communication. Organizational Culture “Cisco Systems remains the world’s largest provider of the routers, switching systems and related hardware, and software and services needed to interconnect computers and make high-speed telecommunications possible” (Cisco System, Inc., 2010, p. 27). One reason Cisco Systems is at the top of...
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...Analysis of Cisco Systems by Steven Levchenko TABLE OF CONTENTS: Objective I. Network Communications Industry Summary a. Industry Profile b. Typical Industry Competitive Strategy c. Porter Model Evaluation d. Globalization of the Industry e. Importance of I/T to the Industry II. The Cisco Company a. Cisco Systems Company Profile b. Business Leaders c. Competitive Strategy Statement d. Market and Financial Performance e. Significance of Information Systems f. Strengths and Weaknesses of Cisco III. Structured Analysis of Information Systems Use at Cisco Systems a. Strategic Option Generator b. Roles, Roles and Relationships c. Redefine/Define d. Significance of Telecommunications e. Success Factor Profile IV Final Analysis a. Success of Business Strategy and I/T Use to Date b. Have the Above factors positioned them for the Future? Bibliography OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to provide: an analysis of Cisco Systems using various elements developed by Michael Porter as well as concepts from Jack Callon’s book: “Competitive Advantage Through Information Technology.” The structure of the paper is as follows: Section I focuses on the Network Communications industry (hereby referred to as NetCom industry.) It will define the industry, its environment and its actors, and how the actors compete with each other. Section II’s focus is entirely on Cisco, its history...
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...taking a systematic and comprehensive approach, security practitioners have recommended a layered approach called defense-in-depth. The cost and complexity of deploying multiple security technologies has prevented many organizations from achieving their information security goal. In view of these constraints and in compliance with recent with recent corporate and industry regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, businesses now deploy application firewalls as security measures. Based on the foregoing, the author has recommended the use of application firewalls as a single platform for achieving layered security through network protection, application protection and data protection. This paper commences by examining the defense in depth theory and the types of application firewall and the author concludes by citing the Institute for Computing Applications (IAC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) as an example of an organization which engaged application firewalls in resolving its network security problem. Research Analysis/ Body The development of Information security is of paramount importance to organizations that have online presence. The primary goals of information security are confidentiality, integrity and availability. In order to achieve these goals, organizations need to adopt a multi-layered security defense strategy named defense in depth. A defense-in-depth approach to security suggests an organization...
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...Stock Analysis – Cisco Systems Timothy L. Miller FI560 Securities Analysis Miriam Benard December 11, 2011 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to make a buy or sell recommendation for Cisco Systems stock based on technical and fundamental analysis. The technical analysis consists of analysis of the following; * Return on Equity (ROE) * The company’s projected future growth of earnings * Analysis of its required rate of return using the CAPM measurement * The company’s intrinsic value using the discount valuation technique. The fundamental analysis consists of describing the competitive forces in the industry including the company’s relative advantages and disadvantages to its competitors and a discussion on ROE as the basis for growth. Based on the technical analysis, it appears that Cisco’s stock is under priced. Its intrinsic value is $23.55 in 2011 (see calculation in CAPM section) which is quite a bit higher than its current price. Background Cisco designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provides services associated with these products and their use. They provide a broad line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. These products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Cisco conducts its business globally...
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...Telepresence vs. Videoconferencing Resolving the Cost/Benefit Conundrum Page 1 Copyright © 2006 Wainhouse Research, LLC Telepresence vs. Videoconferencing Resolving the Cost/Benefit Conundrum Data from multiple users of telepresence and videoconferencing systems leads us to believe that the actual cost per hour for these two types of systems may not be all that different. This paper describes our findings and how we came to these conclusions. January 28, 2008 Revision 9 Introduction More than a decade after the first telepresence solution was introduced to the public, telepresence hit the limelight towards the end of calendar year 2006. With high technology giants gaining the attention of C-level customers, many conferencing and collaboration managers are beginning to look at this new class of enterprise communications system more closely and to examine their assumptions and perceptions around the concept of telepresence. Differentiating Telepresence from Videoconferencing Many in the end user community are very familiar with videoconferencing, a solution set that has been around for over twenty years. Videoconferencing provides two-way, interactive audio and video communications between two or more end points. In the past decade, videoconferencing technology and products have advanced along multiple fronts – including the move to IP networks that provide higher bandwidth, lower costs, and vastly improved connection reliability; the evolution from low...
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...Cisco Systems [pic] Networking the Internet Revolution Brandi Martin brandi@ucsc.edu Table of Contents Paper Objective Section 1: The Network Equipment Industry A. Industry Profile B. Competitive Strategies within the Industry C. Porter Model Evaluation of Industry Forces D. Globalization of the Industry E. Importance of Information Technology to the Industry Section II: Company Perspective: An Analysis of Cisco Systems A. Cisco Company Profile B. Market and Financial Performance C. The Competitive Strategy D. Significance of Information Technologies E. Strengths and Weaknesses of Cisco Section III: A. Strategic Option Generator B. Roles, Roles and Relationships C. Redefine/Define D. Significance of Telecommunications E. Success Factor Profile Section IV: A Final Analysis of the Success of Cisco Systems A. Success of Business Strategy and Information Technology Use to Date B. The Effective Position of Cisco for the Future Objective of Paper The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of Cisco System’s primary business strategies and its utilization of information technologies to achieve a competitive advantage in the network equipment industry. The paper is divided into four sections, starting with a broad industry analysis, then narrowing to concentrate on Cisco Systems Inc., followed...
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...NEW MEDIA PAPER NEW MEDIA PAPER COMSTOR | COMSTOR | Brandgagement michiel hutten 2054625 Brandgagement michiel hutten 2054625 2014 2014 Table of Contents Introduction 2 Chapter 1: Business description 3 Chapter 2: Brandgagement 4 Examples of succesfull brandgagement 5 Chapter 3: Applicability Comstor 7 Roadway for brandgagement 7 Recommendation 8 Bibliography 9 Introduction In this report the possible applicability of brandgagement by Comstor is further clarified. The first part of this report contains a business description of Comstor. In the second chapter brandgagement will be explained. What is brandgagement? Which companies are using brandgagement at the moment? What are the benefits of brandgagement? What are the costs to introduce brandgagement by Comstor? When brandgagement is explained, the applicability for Comstor will be outlined. Finally there will be some recommendations. Chapter 1: Business description This chapter provides a description of Comstor. There is a description of the core business, the Westcon group and the turnover. We will also take a look at the competitors and the global activities of Comstor. Comstor is the leading Distributor of Cisco's advanced networking products. Comstor also sell a number of other brands, but the main brand they sell is Cisco. Comstor provides expertise and experience at each stage of the sales process, including consultancy, design, implementation and support for single...
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...presGRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY CASE NUMBER: EC-15 FEBRUARY 2000 CISCO SYSTEMS: A NOVEL APPROACH TO STRUCTURING ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES Mike Volpi, vice president of business development at Cisco Systems, was in his office in San Jose at Cisco’s headquarters on June 27, 1997. He was considering a set of strategic questions that he had faced many times since joining Cisco’s business development group in 1994. Volpi’s colleagues had recently identified a new networking opportunity in optical routers, and Volpi wondered how Cisco should pursue the opportunity. Should Cisco develop the product internally, or should they pursue external talent that was more familiar with the technology and market segment? If the external route was the best strategy to get the right product to market on time, should Cisco build its own external venture – or just acquire somebody outright? NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY: PIPELINKS For the previous two years, Cisco had been preaching about the promise of a multiservice network – a single network capable of transporting data, voice, and video. Cisco’s service provider customers agreed that network convergence would ultimately improve cost effectiveness and allow them to expand their service offerings. However, most service providers were saddled with huge investments in their existing circuit-based voice networks. This situation implied a market need for optical (Sonet/SDH) routers that leveraged the existing infrastructure while enabling...
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...ii Cisco TelePresence Fundamentals Cisco TelePresence Fundamentals Tim Szigeti, Kevin McMenamy, Roland Saville, Alan Glowacki Copyright©2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. Published by: Cisco Press 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Printed in the United States of America First Printing May 2009 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cisco TelePresence fundamentals / Tim Szigeti ... [et al.]. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-593-5 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 1-58705-593-7 (pbk.) 1. Multimedia communications. 2. Computer conferencing. I. Szigeti, Tim. II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Cisco Systems, Inc. ] TK5105.15.C57 2009 006.7--dc22 2009013062 ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-593-5 ISBN-10: 1-58705-593-7 Warning and Disclaimer This book is designed to provide information about Cisco TelePresence. Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. The information is provided on an “as is” basis. The authors, Cisco Press, and Cisco Systems, Inc. shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book or...
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