Cisco Systems Inc.'s push into the cloud and collaboration will force the networking professional of the future to tackle convergence and an ever-increasing domain.
Convergence is the move of various applications, including communications like voice and video and even Software as a Service, to an all-IP infrastructure.
The integration of these technologies with IP has happened at a dizzying rate, with networking leader Cisco's strategy not always making sense to those outside -- or even inside -- the company.