Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:49:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nicole <nmh@daemontech.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Cisco moves even more to china.
Lovely, Just lovely. Just heard On CNN, Lou Dobbs. (but can't find it on
their site)
During a Beijing news conference John Chambers (Cisco CEO) Says "We believe
in
giving something back and truly becoming a Chineese company." "China will
become the IT center or the world" "China will become the largest economy in
the
world."
CNN Reports: Cisco is investing 32 Million into Changi and is training
10's of thousands of Chineese university students in Cisco technology.
So.. I guess we will be cranking out those H1b's...Plan to kiss your raises
and or jobs bye bye to some specialized cheap imported Cisco trained
networking
person from China.
Yeah, but don't they already have a company over there that is
producing Cisco stuff? Or did I mis-read a lawsuit?
Yeah, but don't they already have a company over there that
is producing Cisco stuff? Or did I mis-read a lawsuit?
Cisco don't have a choice, they are starting to see the
competition from Chinese companies already - they need to
reduce the cost of manufacturing so that they can stay
competitive and not have to reduce their margins, of which
Cisco regularly state that they will maintain at all costs
in a number of financial statements/briefings. So either they
maintain their business by moving people to China or
they pull the plug on product lines they can't maintain margins on.
In either case people will be laid off, its not a great situation
but it's the push that "we" all make to have things cheaper with more
features in them.
There are a number of companies building networking equipment
in China:
www.huawei.com
www.zte.com.cn
www.harbournetworks.com
They make everything from mobile phones to Long Haul Optical
Systems. A large number of big well known vendors have been making
things in China for years.
I've recently see one of Huawei's "1760 alternative boxes" and
the build quality is fantastic.
Regards,
Neil.
Neil J. McRae wrote:
www.huawei.com
I've recently see one of Huawei's "1760 alternative boxes" and
the build quality is fantastic.
As a matter of fact, Huawei outsources a lot of its coding / design to their sei-cmm5 certified operation in Bangalore, India, and its shenzhen campus has at least a few hundred Indian engineers on its staff.
srs