Thomas Nolle

VoIP convergence used to mean a bunch of softswitches, media gateways, replacing Class 5 switches and

Last year, Cisco CEO John Chambers clearly set the network industry

Sometimes significant things happen with little fanfare.

For some, Cisco Systems Inc.'s recent acquisition of Procket's intellectual property seems to signal that the network giant has no strategy. What it really signals is that Cisco has too many strategies and that at least some in the company are trying to fix the problem. The question now is whether they can succeed.

Technology just might not be dominating the future of networking after all.

How far can Cisco fall? More significantly, what does its fall say about the future of our industry?

If you threw all your black phones in the trash two years ago when ...

The good news is we may be on the verge of seeing multimedia services at last. The bad news is these services may not develop the way many thought they would, forcing us to reconsider the Internet's role in entertainment.