Seeing Things Invisible: John Chambers, Cisco and the Next Big Thing - Hardcover

Young, Jeffrey S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761527753 ISBN 13: 9780761527756

Publisher: Prima Tech, 2001

Synopsis

Presents a history of the networking industry, focusing on Cisco Systems, providing an analysis of the company and its founder John Chambers.

About this title

About the Author

Jeffrey S. Young, a founding editor of <i>MacWorld</i> magazine and Forbes.com, is the author of <i>Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward</i>―the definitive biography of the Apple cofounder and―Forbes Greatest Technology Stories. A contributing editor at <i>Forbes</i> for many years, he has written extensively about Silicon Valley and the high-tech industry for publications such as Wired and Esquire, among others. He lives in Rescue, California, and his e-mail address is jeffreysyoung@jsyoung.com.

From the Inside Flap

rse of one treacherous year, Cisco Systems, the company that wired the Information Age, has seen its stock price crumble and its market domination challenged. For the first time ever, there are whispers about this Silicon Valley titan. Does Cisco still have what it takes to continue its mastery over the New Economy, a world in which lightening-fast shifts in technology and market demand can destroy, in the blink of an eye, billion-dollar corporations and garage start-ups alike?<br><br><br><br><br>"A great book about a great company by a great writer."<br>— Guy Kawasaki CEO, Garage.com and author of Rules for Revolutionaries<br><br><br><br>In this engrossing book, bestselling author and high-tech chronicler Jeffrey S. Young goes deep inside the new information technology that is radically changing the face of business and, at the same time, profoundly touching each of our lives. Standing alone in the eye of this electronic maelstrom is Cisco Sy

Edition details

• Publisher: Prima Tech
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761527753
• ISBN 13: 9780761527756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304