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Technology Stocks : Lucent Technologies (LU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (8573)	7/12/1999 7:14:00 PM
From: Mighty Mizzou	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21876

While Lucent is unlikely to duplicate Cisco Systems' 150% premium to the market It appears the market is tiring of the Cisco premium. I know it's consumer base is!!!

To: puborectalis who wrote (8573)	7/13/1999 12:06:00 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21876

Lucent can match Cisco's speed: "One of the biggest projects Cambridge is currently working on is a web-based procurement system for the partners and customers of Lucent Technologies, a giant telecoms-equipment firm that was spun off from AT& T about three years ago. What makes this project particularly interesting is that, as traditional voice traffic has converged with data, Lucent has found itself increasingly locked in competition with Cisco Systems, the dominant data networking company and one of the most complete e-businesses on the planet. Being able to match Cisco's speed and customer service is critical for Lucent. Despite the daunting complexity of Lucent's product range and its remarkably diverse customer base, its website went live within six months of the start of the project. Nina Aversano, who is leading Lucent's e-business strategy, says she picked Cambridge because it was neither too big nor too small. It had experience of legacy systems and how to build on them seamlessly, it knew a lot about the needs of business-to-business customers, and it could work fast." Source: The Economist Jun 26th.