Mario is a brilliant engineering leader, and Cisco shareholders should be thrilled that he’s sticking around to work on new technologies.

low to mid-50 percent.

In our view, the company is likely to deliver one of the highest top-line growths in 2000 and 2001, among its peers.

several strategic investments in consulting firms.

expectations were getting little bit too negative. Two weeks ago everybody was thinking disaster.

Most engineers use Telnet to access their network hardware and have a central Terminal Access Controller Access Control System or Radius server to authenticate users for all their networking hardware,

I don’t think we’re going back to the Old Economy, so I would be looking to buy that,

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Technology in optical networking space is moving incredibly quickly,

There’s a flexibility there now to do whatever fits [the situation] best,

I believe IP telephony is more secure than standard PBX,

It has been hammered on an earnings warnings very recently, but their long-term earnings are very much intact; it is a compelling price in the low 40s.

in the very low, single-digit range.

[However, Salomon Smith Barney reiterated its] buy … We think the fundamentals at Cisco remain strong, its end markets robust, its overall competitive position healthy, and its outlook as an enterprise superb.

we expect the company to continue to be cautious and could subtly talk down long-term growth prospects, possibly backing off its traditional 30-50 percent stance.

I only look at one thing, and it’s green. Such is the amount of cash flow Cisco produces — around $500 million a month — that other things are not very important.

predictable Internet service end to end.

This [his Phone.com/Software.com job] was a great opportunity, … This is a company that is just riding what I think is the next wave — the convergence of the Internet and the wireless revolution.

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