思科借力中兴

• 作 者: 荣钰 吴颖
• 出 处: IT经理世界
• 发表日期: 2005年23期
• 关键词: 思科 中兴 钱伯斯 大鱼 运营商 传统语音 电信设备制造 中国电信 西门子 边缘路由器

思科与中兴的这次联手,可以看作是思科在 中国市场的一次重要调整和尝试。 钱伯斯曾经说过一个形象的比喻: 在互联网时代,“大鱼”不一定能 够吃掉“小鱼”,但“快鱼”将吃掉“慢 鱼”。钱伯斯当然把思科比作是“快鱼”, 而“慢鱼”实际上是在影射那些在电路 交换(TDM)时代取得辉煌的传统电信 设备制造巨头。但是今天,一向眼光犀 利的钱伯斯却似乎出现了偏差:“快鱼” 并没有吃掉“大鱼”,而是和“大鱼”携 起了手。

The joint effort between Cisco and ZTE can be seen as an important adjustment and attempt by Cisco in the Chinese market. Chambers once said an analogy: in the Internet era, “big fish” may not be able to eat “little fish”, but “fast fish” will eat “slow fish.” Of course, Chambers compares Cisco to “fast fish”, and “slow fish” actually mirrors those traditional telecom equipment giants that made a great splash in the circuit-switched (TDM) era. But today, Chambers, who has always been sharp, appears to be biased: Fast Fish did not eat the Big Fish, but joined hands with Big Fish.