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改變工作、生活、遊戲、學習方式的網路力量
The Power of the Network to Change the Way We Work, Live, Play, and Learn |
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講者：
John Chambers
思科系統公司總裁暨執行長(President and CEO, Cisco Systems)
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關於本次演講：
John Chambers 為思科系統公司如何將其核心企業哲學融入歷久不衰的高科技成功案例，提出充分證明。Chambers 的基本原則：趕上市場變遷的腳步；提供具有豐富團隊合作經驗的專業人員；提供適當之基礎架構；以及全力支援的政府。據 Chambers 所言，如果您在企業裡，將此智慧運用於可實行的市場計劃中「就像是一場多度空間棋賽」。他說，僅有偏執狂得以存活下來，而思科十年前的前十大網路 IT 競爭者已不復存在。Chambers 表示，思科十年前即已在想像一個「透過任一設備即能隨時隨地進行存取」的未來景象，因此「我們不僅是發展路由器和交換器，更要開發儲存、無線以及資訊安全的市場」。思科也決定以客戶為導向來行事，因為「如能正確傾聽客戶聲音，將能得知市場轉型的變遷」。
Chambers敘述兩位Cisco 的客戶在十二年前針對網路連線提到「一種名為高速乙太網路之新技術將成為未來」的想法，是如何刺激思科去取得並在之後主導該技術。Chambers說道：「如果無法成為任何業界內數一數二的佼佼者，我們就不會涉足該業界。」但Chambers預見了絆腳石，他表示在國內「我們並未提供創新的教育基礎」，技術基礎架構亦然。「我們在研究方面正逐漸落後，而我們必須打造一個讓來自全世界的學生們感受到誠摯歡迎及『願意停留』的環境。」他警告：「我以身為美國人為榮，但我的工作機會將會移往具有最好的基礎架構、創新能力和全力支援之政府的地方。」
John Chambers provides rich evidence of the way Cisco Systems has leveraged its core philosophy into a durable high tech success story. Chambers' basics: catching market transitions; supply an educated workforce capable of teamwork; providing the appropriate infrastructure; and supportive government. If you'e in business, working this wisdom into a viable marketplace plan "is like a multidimensional chess game," according to Chambers. Only the paranoid survive, and Cisco's top 10 network IT competitors from a decade ago are gone, he says. A decade ago, Cisco was imagining a future where there would be "access anywhere anytime via any device," so, says Chambers, "we weren't just going to build routers and switches, but went into storage, wireless, and security." Cisco also determined to be driven by the customer, because "if you listen to customers in the right way, they'll tell you what market transitions are going on."
關於講者：
Chambers 於 1995 年 1 月擔任思科系統公司總裁兼執行長，使公司年收入自十二億美元成長至二百三十八億美元。
2004 年 3 月，Chambers第二度獲得由Barrono’s 和 IR 雜誌所頒發的「執行長最佳投資人關係」獎，並於同年四月榮獲史密森尼博物館 (Smithsonian Institution) 轄下伍德羅威爾遜國際學者中心 (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) 頒發的著名「伍德羅威爾遜企業公民獎(Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship)」。最近Chambers亦獲《法人投資人雜誌》 (Institutional Investor magazine) 提名為電信業「最具影響力執行長」，且 《電信雜誌》（Telecom Magazine） 提名他為「通訊業最具影響力之人士」。
Chambers擔任布希總統國家基礎建設顧問委員會 (NIAC) 副主席。他向該委員會提供業界經驗和領導才能，幫助保護美國關鍵的基礎建設。他曾服務於布希總統教育委員會變革小組，並且先前服務於柯林頓總統之貿易政策委員會。
Chambers於 1991 年加入思科，擔任該公司全球銷售和營運高級副總經理。在加入思科前，曾於 Wang 實驗室工作八年，且於 IBM 工作六年。他擁有法律學位和西維吉尼亞大學商業理學士／文學士學歷，亦獲得印第安那大學金融和管理之企業管理碩士學位。
思科網站上的Chambers傳記 (PDF格式)
Chambers assumed leadership of Cisco Systems in January 1995, and has grown the company from $1.2 billion in annual revenues to approximately $23.8 billion.
In March, 2004, for the second time, Chambers was given the "Best Investor Relations by a CEO" award by Barron's and IR magazines, and in April he received the prestigious "Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship" from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution. Recently, Chambers was also named "The Most Influential CEO" in telecommunications by Institutional Investor magazine and "The Most Influential Person in Communications" by Telecom Magazine.
Chambers has served as Vice Chairman of the President George Bush National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). On this committee, he provides industry experience and leadership to help protect the critical infrastructure of the United States. He served on President Bush's Transition Team, Education Committee, and previously served on President Bill Clinton's Trade Policy Committee.
Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations. Prior to joining Cisco, he spent eight years at Wang Laboratories and six years with IBM. He holds a law degree and a B.S./B.A. in business from West Virginia University. He also received an M.B.A. in finance and management from Indiana University.
Chambers' Cisco website biography (PDF)
關於影片（影片時間索引）：影片長度為 1:02:52.
產學合作計劃企業關係主任(Director of Corporate Relations, Industrial Liaison Program)Karl Koster為聽眾介紹麻省理工學院校長Susan Hockfield ，再由Susan Hockfield介紹John Chambers。
3:22時John Chambers開始演講。
54:19時 Chambers invites 回答聽眾問題。
以上資料為本影片上傳至 MITWORLD 網站上當時所獲知的資訊。此影片上傳日為： 2005-10-07.
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