Cisco "Ride - the wave seems" to be the slogan! Sorry!
Karl
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From: "Dick Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Oz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Pre-sales People
> /
> It sounds like Cisco is starting to get the Microsoft mentality.
> We're it and you "ain't" got no choice. This is unfortunate.
> The other cause could be bonuses. ERP brings bigger
> revenues and larger sales meaning bigger bonuses to.....
> you guessed it. , the execs. And the edicts filter on down
> to the lower levels not to waste your time on small sales.
> \
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Saturday, July 01, 2000 9:44 AM
> Subject: Pre-sales People
>
>
> >Brad,
> >All is not well in the cisco sales area.. I had a sales qoute from
cisco
> >that had a pix box for 20 users and I said why not just use the fire
> wall
> >software ??
> >Answer *not secure enough *
> >
> >My Cisco Inside Channel Account Manager does not return calls emails,
> >etc..
> >His boss told me that "Cisco does not care about small biz " " thats the
> >3com market"
> > When I said to him that I wanted to focus on very small biz as the
> >mainsteam market seems to neglect them . he said *yes we do neglect
them
> >.*
> >* Thats not where the money is *
> >This statement infuriated me and I reminded him that small biz is the
life
> >blood of the American economy and still 40 % of the biz in this country
> >how the heck can you ignore it.
> >Specially considering the company I was working for only had 100 +
workers
> >He had no answer and kept mumbling about enterprise customers.
> >
> >If I had the time I would take this up with cisco because it is
pathetic.
> > Everytime I hear John Chambers now I want to puke , as the setup
around
> >here is woeful.
> > At least I can rely on TAC
> > But right now I have a slab of work and I just buy stuff outside th
cisco
> >channel and it's cheaper anyhow
> >So the Sales side is pretty sick .
> > So the only nice part about the inside sales dudes is they give you a
> >chnace to make some nice labor heh
> >
> >Oz
> >http://www.mcseco-op.com/Cheap_Cisco_stuff.htm
> >
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