CiscoがXMLを含むアプリケーション分野に進出。
XMLやWebサービスは新しいネットワーク･ベースのビジネス･プロセスの核になる、とのコメントあり。
Cisco eyes the software prize - News - CNET
Cisco eyes the software prize
By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com
Wednesday, January 19 2005 10:43 AM
Cisco Systems is beefing up its investment in software-related technologies in an effort to capture a larger chunk of technology budgets and spur revenue growth.
The networking giant is evaluating ways to extend beyond its core switching and routing businesses and slice off corporate spending typically devoted to software purchases, according to people familiar with Cisco's plans. As part of the strategy, the company is ramping up its internal development in software "plumbing" and evaluating whether to acquire a smaller company, sources said.
Cisco's bread-and-butter business is gear that transports packets of network traffic across companies or over the public Internet. Now the company is looking to enhance its routers and switches with the ability to handle network messages that carry XML documents, said people familiar with Cisco's plans. Rather than push IP packets around a network, the new products would transport XML documents and provide basic routing capabilities based on the contents of XML messages.
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"Cisco has talked about the ability to help companies with network-based business processes," said Jon Oltsik, an analyst at researcher Enterprise Strategy Group. "XML or Web services are going to be core to new kinds of network business processes, so this area is right down Broadway."
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