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Partnerships are at the forefront of Cisco's corporate strategy, and we are fully committed to making Networkers at Cisco Live a successful venue for you.
Networkers at Cisco Live is our single largest customer event of the year, hosting thousands of technical professionals from all over North America. One of the most important components of the event is the World of Solutions Expo, where Cisco and Cisco partners can showcase their latest solutions and interact with these loyal customers.
Past attendees have provided the following feedback:
- 75 percent play a key role in the purchasing decision at their company or institution
- 49 percent have a budgeted network or software project coming up within the next 12 months
- 49 percent indicated they would increase their level of deployment
- 48 percent of the attendees indicated they would start evaluating a new Cisco product or technology
- 39 percent indicated they would recommend a Cisco product or technology
Source: Cisco Networkers 2006 registration and survey data.
Other highly/significantly represented industries include: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail, Energy/Utilities, Professional Services, Media/Entertainment, Transportation, Wholesale/Distribution, Hospitality/Hotels and Leisure
Other significantly represented titles include: Operations, Security, Data Center, Consultants and Executive Management.
*The chart shows the budget amounts of the 2006 attendees who have a known network or software project coming up within 12 months and with a budget amount of $10,000 or greater.
*A qualified project has a timeframe between 0 and 12 months with a budget amount of $10,000 or greater.
| Attendees' Areas of Interest* | |
|---|---|
| Main Networking Technology Interests | Percent |
| Infrastructure - Routing | 72% |
| Infrastructure - Switching - Core | 70% |
| IP Communications | 60% |
| Wireless | 56% |
| Security | 56% |
| Secure Connectivity (VPN, IPsec, MPLS) | 53% |
| Management network | 50% |
| IP Communications - Contact Center | 22% |
| Optical | 18% |
| Storage | 17% |
| Cable | 11% |
| Other | 1% |
*Attendees were able to select multiple areas of interest. Of those attendees that answered this question, the percentages reflect their interest in a particular area(s).
| Some Companies and Organizations Represented by Cisco Networkers 2006 Attendees | |
|---|---|
| 21st Century Insurance Company | Herman Miller, Inc. |
| 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. | Hertz Corporation |
| 3M | Hilton Hotel |
| Abercrombie & Fitch Co | Home Depot |
| Adobe Systems | Honda of America |
| Advanced Technical Solutions | IBM |
| Adventis Health System, Inc. | Idaho Power Company |
| Air Jamaica | Intel Corporation |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Internal Revenue Service |
| Alameda Power & Telecom | Intuit, Inc. |
| Alaska USA Federal Credit Union | Investors Bank & Trust Company |
| Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries | JCPenney |
| Alegent Health | Johns Hopkins University |
| Altera Corporation | JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
| American Express | Kaiser Permanente | American Greetings Corporation | KB Toys, Inc. |
| American Red Cross | Lawrence Livermore Nat Lab | AT&T Corporation | Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | Lehman Brothers, Inc. |
| Avera Mckenna Hospital | Levi Strauss & Company | Avid Technology, Inc. | Lewis-Clark State College |
| Avon Products, Inc. | Library of Congress | Axa Technologies, Inc. | Liebert Corporation |
| Axium Internetworking, Inc. | Lifespan Corporation | Axtel SA de CV | Lockheed Martin |
| Bae Systems | Loew's Corporation |
| Bahamas Telecommunications Co. | London Metropolitan University |
| Baker College | Long Beach School District |
| Barclays Global Investors | Longs Drug Stores Corporation |
| Barnes & Noble Booksellers | Lowes Companies |
| Bass Consulting Services, Inc. | LSI Logic Corporation |
| Bayer Corporation | Lucent Technologies, Inc. |
| Bechtel | Lufthansa |
| Belkin Corporation | Marriott International, Inc. |
| Bell Canada | MasterCard International, Inc. |
| BellSouth Corporation | MasterLink Corporation |
| Benedict College | Merrill Lynch |
| Berbee Info Networks Corporation | Microsoft Corporation |
| Boeing Company | Morgan Stanley |
| Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. | Motorola, Inc. |
| Boston College | Mutual Omaha Insurance Company |
| Boston Communications Group | National Bank of Canada |
| Brasil Telecom | Nationwide Corporation |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| British Telecom | New England Institute of Tech |
| Broadcom Corporation | Nordstrom, Inc. |
| Cabelas | Northern Trust Company |
| Cable & Wireless | Northrop Grumman |
| California National Guard | Northwestern University |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Norwegian Petroleum Directorate |
| Caterpillar, Inc. | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |
| Catholic Health Initiatives | Oklahoma State University |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Nestle USA, Inc. |
| CDW Corporation | Pacific Gas and Electric Co. |
| Cellcom Israel Ltd. | Pennsylvania Natl Casualty Ins |
| Centennial de Puerto Rico | Pennsylvania State University |
| Centers For Disease Control | Pepperdine University |
| Central Bank of Turkey | PepsiCo |
| Charles Schwab & Co. | Perot Systems Corporation |
| Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co. | Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | Pfizer Corporation |
| Chevron | Philips |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| Cingular Wireless | Princess Cruise Line Ltd |
| City of Tampa | Progressive Insurance |
| Cleveland Browns Football LLC | Purdue University |
| Clorox Company | Qualcomm Incorporated |
| Cnet Networks, Inc. | Quest Diagnostics |
| Comcast Corporation | Qwest Corporation |
| Comstor Corporation | Reuters Ltd |
| Comtech LLC | RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company |
| Cox Communications, Inc. | SBC Communications, Inc. |
| DaimlerChrysler Corporation | Schering-Plough Corporation |
| Danish Government | Schlumberger |
| Data Processing Sciences Corporation | Schoenmann Produce Company |
| Dell, Inc. | Scotiabank |
| Deloitte | Shell |
| Department Veterans Affairs | Siemens |
| Deutsche Bank | Sony Electronics, Inc. |
| DHL | Southwest Florida Water Management District |
| Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Sprint Corporation |
| Earthlink, Inc. | State of Minnesota |
| EDS | Swisscom |
| Ernst & Young LLP | Symantec |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | Target Corporation |
| FAA | Siemens |
| FBI | Time Warner, Inc. |
| Federal Network Services, Inc. | TRW Automotive |
| Federal Reserve Bank | United States Government |
| Fedex | United States Postal Service |
| Ford Motor Company | University of British Columbia |
| Gartner, Inc. | University of Nebraska |
| Genentech, Inc. | Vanderbilt University |
| General Dynamics Corporation | Veeder-Root Company |
| General Electric Company | Verisign, Inc. |
| Georgetown University | Verizon Communications, Inc. |
| Georgia Institute Technology | Visa |
| Getronics Austria GmbH | Vodafone |
| GMAC | Volvo |
| Goldman Sachs | WW Grainger, Inc. |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Wachovia Bank National Assn |
| Government of Canada | Walgreens |
| Grainger Integrated Supply | Wal-Mart |
| Harley-Davidson, Inc. | Warner Bros Entertainment |
| Harris Corporation | Wellesley College |
| Harvard University | Wells Fargo, Inc. |
| Hawaiian Telcom, Inc. | Xilinx, Inc. |
| Health Net, Inc. | Yellow Book USA, Inc. |
| Heart Technologies, Inc. | Yum Brands, Inc. |
