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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Cisco hires FCC's Pepper
Not related to operational issues (or is it?), but there;s a story in this morning's Advanced Ip Pipeline about Cisco hiring ormer FCC staffer Robert Pepper: [snip] With a title of senior managing director, global advanced technology policy, Pepper will be working under Laura Ipsen, Cisco's vice president of worldwide government affairs. Pepper said his role will be similar to the one he performed at the FCC -- mainly, educating policymakers about new technologies and their potential impact on economic growth. "It'll be the same kind of education I helped bring to the chairmen [of the FCC]," Pepper said. "I'll help people look at the cool new things, and try to understand what are the [policy] implications." [snip] http://www.advancedippipeline.com/165700366 I just thought that bit if news was very interesting. - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet [email protected] or [email protected] ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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