Exactly. You pretty much hit it right on the head - demand is so low that Cisco's decided that not only can it not support a CCIE program, it can't even support a CCNA program anymore.
I don't want to be unduly harsh, as I believe all technologies ultimately have their proper place. But let's face it. The Stratacom acquisition basically sucked for Cisco. Sorry to put it so bluntly, as I know there are some Stratacom experts out there who will object, but you know in your hearts that it's true. Cisco hasn't put major development muscle into the Stratacom line ever since the last major hardware refresh, the MGX8850, which came out more than 2.5 years ago. Rumor has it that Cisco would really like to sell Stratacom off, the problem of course being finding a buyer. ""Paul Jin"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Also, the big question is, who is going to keep buying stratacom switches in > the future? > > If Cisco thought that the demand for this product was huge, I do not think > they would have cancelled the program. I have heard some reasons why the > CCIE track was cancelled was due to the fact that even people working on the > switches could not gain access to the equipment, just for the lab purpose. > But why cancel the NP/NA track. > > Probably, people that needed these boxes already have it. They already > either have more than they need for future expansion or since big chunk of > the customers were telcos, they are in bad financial shape or going out of > business. > > Lucky for me, I only got the the CCNA-Wan part before they cancelled the > program. I have other buddies that actually work on our backbone and they > went through to NP. And then it was cancelled. Now they are all studying > routers. > > - Paul Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=34280&t=34035 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
