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Cisco reorgs again, folds net management into new cloud group

Cisco CIO Jacoby to oversee new cloud and systems management group

By Jim Duffy, Network World
November 22, 2011 12:00 PM ET

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Even though it completed the bulk of a major restructuring earlier this year, Cisco continues to tweak its internal organizational structure.
Cisco has combined its Network Management Technology Group (NMTG) with two other business units and folded all into a new organization to be headed by CIO Rebecca Jacoby, according to a Cisco memo obtained by Network World.
The memo, authored by Cisco CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering Padmasree Warrior and Pankaj Patel, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Group, states that Cisco has formed the Cloud and Systems Management Technology Group under Jacoby to align engineering and services in an effort to gain market share in cloud, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS).
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Even though it completed the bulk of a major restructuring earlier this year, Cisco continues to tweak its internal organizational structure.

Cisco has combined its Network Management Technology Group (NMTG) with two other business units and folded all into a new organization to be headed by CIO Rebecca Jacoby, according to a Cisco memo obtained by Network World.
The memo, authored by Cisco CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering Padmasree Warrior and Pankaj Patel, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Group, states that Cisco has formed the Cloud and Systems Management Technology Group under Jacoby to align engineering and services in an effort to gain market share in cloud, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS).
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Cisco confirmed the reorganization and memo. CSMTG will include NMTG, which is now under the direction of Vice President and General Manager Jamie Lerner, as well as Cisco's Intelligent Automation Services business unit and Service Delivery Platform operations. Jesper Andersen, senior vice president of NMTG who landed at Cisco three years ago from Oracle, is now senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Video Technology Group, reporting to Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco's Emerging Business group.
The rationale for naming Jacoby to head the new group, meanwhile, stems from her cross-organizational experience as Cisco's CIO, a role she will retain.
"This role more than any other will bring alive our ability to deliver integrated products, services and software," the Cisco memo states. "We needed some very specific skills for this role -- strong leadership; the ability to influence and manage across boundaries; an understanding of infrastructure, operations and application deployments across Enterprise and Service Provider customers; and product, software and services knowledge. Rebecca is uniquely positioned to take on this role due to the synergies she has built between IT and Engineering over years of Cisco-on-Cisco deployments."
As CIO, Jacoby will continue to report to Randy Pond, executive vice president of operations, processes and systems; but she will also report to Warrior and Patel in her new role as head of CSMTG.
By aligning services and engineering under CSMTG, Cisco is hoping to accomplish several additional goals, according to the memo. They include:
• Build advanced management and automation capabilities in Cisco software by utilizing operational practice knowledge found in the company's Advanced Services delivery teams.
• Create IaaS, PaaS, SaaS solutions based upon Cisco's hardware, software and services components.
• Leverage the Advanced Services teams to sell management and automation solutions in cloud and legacy environments across all market segments.
• Leverage Cisco's services and engineering partnerships with its portfolio of technology (i.e. VMware, EMC/VCE, NetApp, Oracle and SAP) and go-to-market partners

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I was appalled at all the crappy, spamy comments that were posing as legitimate comments on this genuine news article about Cisco and the Cloud. I only hope to become the type of writer that people come to know and trust. This is a Red Letter Day for Cisco Systems. IT will be remembered as a milestone, a turn in the right direction. Cisco is now doing everything right and I know the bottom line will soon reflect this. Sorry about the rant. I am fairly confident that if you've been on the Internet any length of time, you are most likely tired of the predators that feed on honest people like you and I who simply love what they are doing and want to do it well. My hat is off to all of you who earn an honest living with good old fashioned hard work which should be rewarded.

Securing the Mobile Experience Made Simpler

Scott Simkin | October 25, 2011 at 5:00 am PST

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It is no longer a question of “if” your organization will face the new reality of mobile device proliferation, just an ever closer “how soon.” Users expect the network to enable trends like Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and they aren’t just using smartphones and tablets to be more productive, they are falling in love with them. For businesses, simply allowing access isn’t the answer. It’s a question of relevant, secure access across the entire network, while protecting corporate assets and delivering an optimal user experience. Cisco focuses on exactly that – how to enable a simple and secure mobility experience, with a consistent end-to-end architecture across wired, wireless and VPN access.

As a cornerstone of this wired-wireless access architecture, the Cisco Identity Services Engine(ISE) has already been helping customers like Whittier Union High School, San Antonio Water System and BlueWater Communications Group apply consistent security across the entire network through a centralized, single policy source.

Whittier Union High School District, a California high school district serving more than 13,600 students, was facing the challenge of mobile devices. Both faculty and students were bringing their personal devices on campus, many for educational apps and tools.

“It’s becoming increasingly critical to provide employees, students, and visitors access to our network and extensive educational resources given the growing expectations of our tech-savvy population,” stated Karen Yeh, Director of Information Technology, Whittier Union High School District.

Whittier needed a way to apply differentiated policy across their student and staff populations, somehow managing access for both personal and corporate devices, all without increasing IT resources. Karen called Cisco, and two weeks later her team was deploying the Cisco ISE, implementing a single point of security policy for their networks across wired, wireless and VPN. Considering that Richard Nixon, the 37^th president of the US went to Whittier High School, the flexible network access enabled by Cisco ISE may be empowering the next generation of leaders, scientist or artists. But, mobile devices aren’t confined to education. San Antonio Water System, a public utility owned by the city of San Antonio, is seeing surprisingly similar issues.

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Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2011

Cisco, RIM, Nokia among top tech companies that thinned their ranks in 2011 to boost financials, refocus

By Bob Brown, Network World
November 03, 2011 03:11 PM ET

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Job cuts in the U.S. technology industry in 2011 are down significantly from a year ago andturnover levels in IT shops have returned to pre-recessionary levels, but that doesn’t make the tens of thousands of people in the United States who have been laid off from electronics, telecommunications and computer industry jobs feel much better.

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Cisco, HP, RIM and others have been among those cutting their workforces this year to reduce costs, refocus or eliminate overlap in the wake of buyouts. Here’s a rundown of this year’s biggest technology industry layoffs (not all in the U.S.):

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Cisco Whacks 6,500 Jobs

Cisco said in July it would eliminateabout 9% of its regular, full-time workforce and some 15% of those of VP level and up. Cisco is taking drastic measures to slash operating costs by about $1 billion and to return its focus to core routing and switching businesses after posting disappointing results and watching its stock tumble. CEO John Chambers called for widespread changes in an internal memo earlier this year. In April, the company said it would close down its Flip video division and fold its Umi consumer video systems into the enterprise telepresence business.
Nokia hitches wagon to Windows Phone, obliterates 3,500 Jobs

Nokia has had at least a couple of big jobs cuts in 2011, announcing in September it would cut 3,500 jobs as it restructures to align business with its plans to put its full weight behind Microsoft Windows Phone technology, moving away from Symbian. Job losses will take place at a manufacturing plant in Romania being shuttered by year end, and others will take place next year. The changes are painful, yet necessary, and will turn Nokia into a "more dynamic, nimble and efficient challenger," CEO Stephen Elop said in a statement.  

These recently announced cuts are on top of another 4,000 cuts announced earlier this year. In April, Nokia said it will outsource Symbian activities to Accenture, transferring 2,800 employees to the company in the process, and cutting about 4,000 jobs.