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To: VegasMan who wrote (18231)	10/17/1998 12:37:00 PM
From: jach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77397

"'For the first time we can build a unified network that puts your data and voice traffic over the same wires,'' Michael Volpi, vice president of business development for Cisco, said. Cisco is racing to develop and build networks that transmit voice, data and video across the same network, rather than across separate ones, to better compete with No. 1 phone equipment maker Lucent, Canada's Northern Telecom. -------------------- really strange and seems like not tuned into what csco has; STRM boxes have been doing this more than 10 yrs ago and csco now owns it; IMO, left hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing; so many voice-based acquisitions and no real effective products that can compete with LU and NT out yet

To: VegasMan who wrote (18231)	10/28/1998 9:46:00 AM
From: Kevin G. O'Neill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77397

"The IP PBX Comes of Age" Selsius related coverage... The IP PBX Comes of Age phonezone.com [Lead:] >>>Cisco, the leading maker of internetworking equipment, has fired a shot across the PBX industry's bow with their purchase of Selsius Systems. Selsius was the first company to manufacture an Ethernet telephone. Selsius' phone, which provides all of the functionality found in a digital PBX phone, connects directly to an IP network versus a 10BaseT connection. It's an intriguing idea, a phone which connects directly to your data network. What does this mean for the industry?<<<