Cisco is always a good one - although there is a new router coming out that claims to make them obsolete, but they all say that.
this one looks at what is being sent and directs it accordingly, even allowing a company on the hardware level to disallow mp3s and such to be downloaded and thereby wasting bandwidth.
good for companies, sucks for the employees
Well I work for Agere which just spun off from Lucent............the stock is so damn cheap why not buy it?? Besides they may be getting bought out........
wodin - I believe that your avatar is from the hitchhiker's guid to the galaxy (Was it 42 or 43 that was the answer?).
that guy just died recently of ... I think it was cancer.
I hate to tell you guys, but tech stocks are dead. Communications was hot but I think they're simmering off a bit. Look to the energy sector in the next couple years. I'm telling ya, it's gonna be fucking huge!
They have made the kind of mistakes that signal a company's death.
Little know fact: they were selling SONET hardware (telecom shit) for $10,000 per unit when they were worth roughly $100. Markups are expected but there is a limit to what is acceptable.
It hasn;t helped them regain credibility. They have actualy had to come out and deny bankruptcy warnings.
Nextel I like because wireless is only beginning....they are a bet for an acquisition down the line.
Even if Cisco stopped making routers, there is so much Cisco hardware out there that they'd be here forever.
Also, if a router works well, you don;t replace it because something alittle better comes out....it isn't economically justifiable for most businesses.
Happy -
Cisco's hardware can screeen applications and filter them accordingly. That's no breakthrough. Are you talking about something from Juniper or Ciena?