Network World’s Jim Duffy sat down for an interview with Nortel CEO MIke Zafirovski. Duffy wasted no time putting Zafirovski on the spot by asking him why Cisco should worry about Nortel. Here’s the answer: “Cisco is a great company; I have lots of respect for them. Most people would say they are a very powerful sales and marketing machine, not necessarily an innovator. [But Nortel] is a very passionate company that really wants to make a difference, to be a great alternative. A company that has led in most communications, including the evolutions on IP. We are very committed to lead again and we believe we are bringing our innovation back to a core competency [with] smarter commercialization of that technology. And most important, a company that’s going to make business simple and more flexible than any other company out there.”
Should Cisco Be Worried?
Network World’s Jim Duffy sat down for an interview with Nortel CEO MIke Zafirovski. Duffy wasted no time putting Zafirovski on the spot by asking him why Cisco should worry about Nortel. Here’s the answer:
“Cisco is a great company; I have lots of respect for them. Most people would say they are a very powerful sales and marketing machine, not necessarily an innovator. [But Nortel] is a very passionate company that really wants to make a difference, to be a great alternative. A company that has led in most communications, including the evolutions on IP. We are very committed to lead again and we believe we are bringing our innovation back to a core competency [with] smarter commercialization of that technology. And most important, a company that’s going to make business simple and more flexible than any other company out there.”
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