Consultants' Network Meeting, January

Speaker:  George Mattathil
Title:    Peering into Network Industry Future
Date:     Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Time:     7:00 PM Informal Networking, 7:15 Formal Networking,
             7:30 PM Meeting Starts

Place:    Girvan Institute of Technology
          3940 Freedom Circle
          Santa Clara, CA 95054

Direction to the campus:

Cost: Free
Reservation: Not required SEATING IS LIMITED, so arrive early.

The Net is still the future! We are progressing through different stages 
of a technology driven macroeconomic cycle, with the Internet as the key 
enabling technology. This macro-cycle is similar to the one in theearly part 
of last century, driven primarily by automobile and radio. The dot-com bubble 
marked a major turning point in this cycle. There was less noticed, but 
equally important events have been taking place in the network industry.  
After a dramatic growth in the 1990s, the network industry has gone through a
meltdown in the past few years. In the US alone, there was a loss over $2 
trillion in market value, and over 500,000 jobs lost. Join us to learn and 
discuss the causes for the downturn, dynamics of the network industry, and 
future possibilities.

 George Mattathil (IEEE Senior Member) is a technologist, inventor and 
entrepreneur with US and international accomplishments in the telecom and 
data networking frontiers. Mr. Mattathil has researched strategic technology 
and industry trends and developed dependable high-impact insights into the 
future of communications infrastructure. His organizational experience 
includes multinational, medium and small businesses, and start-ups. He
has published articles, columns and holds patents.             




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