Summarizing my career

Now that I am a month into my new job at Engage PR, and I have taken on new accounts and new challenges, it seems like an appropriate time to look back on my career thus far. In doing so, I realize that it can be summed up in one phrase: Hating on Cisco.

Cisco Systems is a giant vendor of technology equipment. We've all seen their lies commercials on TV welcoming us to the human network. However, I have learned over the course of my career that, like many giants, this one isn't particularly agile, and the human network works a lot better with other vendors' equipment.

Every non-wireless network vendor with which I have worked, kicks the crap out of competes with Cisco. Their solutions are better. Cisco just got there first and has the most market share. They're like the wired network equivalent of the iPhone. People think it's great. Once upon a time, it was the best solution available, but now it's been surpassed by other products and lives on name recognition and reputation only.

I am currently out of the enterprise data center game (sad face...I miss it), but I'm hoping that my absence doesn't last too long. Fulcrum was the only client I had my entire time at DJA, and I want to get back into the areas where they play. It's been far too long since I've had an opportunity to tee off on Cisco and get paid for it.

Abbreviated Week Recap

After having my life dominated by the fact that these guys and these guys will be at this show and this show respectively, I am ready for the weekend. Major internal shuffling at ALU and at a notable partner of Fulcrum, seven ITS analyst meetings, a handful of SC08 media/analyst calls, a partner release, a product release and an interoperability demo release later, these clients are ready to crank it up at the show next week. Wish I was joining them, but that's the breaks in this economy. Cut from the travel squad. Countless other client projects, 10 commutes, two softball games and one marketing event later, it's Friday. Fender time. Off to tune up and crank the volume.