18 ordspråk av Steve Kamman
Steve Kamman
Bill was a safe pair of hands, but when it came to dealing with a dynamic market and a bruised company, I think there is just a little bit of lost momentum. He is doing the right thing by stepping down. A lot of lesser men might not have been willing to step down.
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If you're throwing darts at the wall, maybe.
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It's probably more macro than it is Cisco. Cisco is eating off lots of people's plates. The call made it clear that Cisco is taking market share.
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Might it be that Cisco and Nokia talked about a closer selling relationship? Sure. Maybe that's where it all started. But it's, 'Let's get together for the game,' vs. 'Let's get married.' It's a huge difference.
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Never say never, but this is as close as you can get to never. It's ludicrous on the face of it, and it's not any more believable the longer you think about it.
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Overall, we are happy with the (latest) quarter, but a little bummed about the outlook.
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The past CEO deserves a lot of credit for stepping into a difficult role, ... The simple fact is that Nortel needs a house cleaning and it needs more focus. And from all reports, Mike is the kind of guy to do all of those.
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The past CEO deserves a lot of credit for stepping into a difficult role. The simple fact is that Nortel needs a house cleaning and it needs more focus. And from all reports, Mike is the kind of guy to do all of those.
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They are being conservative because people have been jacking up estimates on them.
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We believe Cisco will not meet consensus revenue estimates in fiscal 2002 and expect it will no longer be able to rely on appreciating stock as a currency,
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We expect a lot of fireworks out of Nortel in the first half of 2006. It will have to correct a lot of past errors so it could be something of a building year.
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We expect Juniper to introduce a box in that space.
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We may be a bit early with this call, but we believe Cisco's results have bottomed, ... The US (50 percent of revenues) actually saw 13 percent revenue growth this quarter. Europe will likely remain weak but may also bottom by the end of 2001. We are still concerned about Asia.
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We may be a bit early with this call, but we believe Cisco's results have bottomed. The US (50 percent of revenues) actually saw 13 percent revenue growth this quarter. Europe will likely remain weak but may also bottom by the end of 2001. We are still concerned about Asia.
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We view his rapid action here as a strong indication that Nortel will similarly clear the decks, in terms of its current business operations, when they report fourth-quarter results.
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