Press reports in northern California say 40 staff in Petaluma were being moved out of optical, many of them being offered other jobs within Cisco. One source says Cisco’s Richardson, Texas, facility is also slashing optical jobs and giving several employees new assignments.
And, like last year, there are rumors that Cisco is close to declaring the 15000 series products have reached “end of life.” But, as ever, analysts and competitors seriously doubt that’s going to happen.
In February, Cisco did tell Light Reading there had been “tremendous investment” in the 15454 during the past two months, and the company has continued upgrading the 15454’s software.
But analysts have wondered for some time whether Cisco is losing its appetite for optical transport.
That would be pretty intersting to say the least. After all the money they spent on the Cerent acquisition. I must say though, I haven’t seen any breakthrough technology investments in the product line. They are probably secretly re-inventing it with a new state of the art product that will knock the socks off the competition.
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