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Cisco Technology Radar

TechnologyRadar

Cisco Editors Conference

Cisco Technology IntelligenceThe Cisco Technology Radar is a fundamental part of Cisco's technologyintelligence, aiming at capturing and delivering information on technicaltrends, opportunities and threats. It enables informed strategic decisionmaking at executive level an stimulates innovation. The Cisco TechnologyRadar is published each quarter by the Corporate Development TechnologyGroup (CDTG).

Cisco Editors Conference 2013

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Goals

Early identification of novel technologies and technological trendsCisco operates in a world of increasing market volatility and globalization. Effectively and efficiently managingtechnological capabilities is critical to maintain and enhance our competitive position. The Cisco Technology Radarenables the identification, selection, analysis, and dissemination of information on novel technologies and technologicaltrends that can become threats or opportunities impacting Cisco’s future business.

Enable informed strategic decision-makingTechnology intelligence, together with market, competitor, and customer intelligence, enables informed strategicdecision-making. With its rigorous process and its brief and consistent format, the Cisco Technology Radar providesdecision-makers with the intelligence they need to stay on top of the technology landscape and make strategic decisionsfor their business.

Stimulate innovationNovel technologies are at the core of product and service innovation. They provide new routes to differentiation, costreduction, and lead to new business opportunities. By disseminating information about novel technologies developedboth inside and outside of Cisco, and by accelerating external engagements with our ecosystem through the sharing ofbest practices and the development of joint technology visions, the Cisco Technology Radar paves the way for openinnovation.

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Technology Radar Entries

Silicon Photonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Smart Energy Profile 2.0 and Zigbee IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Car-2-X Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Real-time Conversational Speech Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Ultra High-Definition TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

WebRTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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OVERVIEW

Categorization• Dev. Phase:

Market Ready• Tech-Field:

Core Network• Cisco Relevance: High• Last Update: Nov 2012Reasons to watch• Important disruption to how systems

are built• Potential differentiation technology

for Energy efficiency• Important basic research from

competition• Cisco acquired Lightwire

Cisco Status• Technology Scout:

Roque Gagliano• Cisco Technology Radar Online:

https://techradar.cisco.com/56

Silicon Photonics

Silicon Photonics replaces electrical inter-IC(Integrated Circuits) connections with opticalconnections. By using lasers and photo-diodes inside generic ICs, this technologyovercomes one of the current bottlenecks fornew high speed devices at 100Gpbs andbeyond. The same technology can be usedfor communications inside multi-core chips orbetween a processor and its memory.

Definition and ScopeSilicon Photonics integrates optical communication devices inside regular ICs tosubstitute electrical inter-connections. This technology enables the nextgeneration of high speed interconnections and also introduces important energysavings. Additionally, optical interconnections generate less heat than metalones. The sum of these power savings can be significant in complex systems.

MaturitySilicon Photonics have been under development for over 20 years at university

and industry research centers. The initial set of applications to see the market will be related to pluggable optics, as thetechnology allows lower power and smaller form factor. Several techniques for inter-chip interconnections that use SiliconPhotonics have been successfully demonstrated, including a CMOS implementation by IBM announced in December 2010.There are also start-ups selling this technology for enabling 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps network interfaces. Particularly, Ciscoinvested in 2009 in CompasEOS, a start-up still in stealth mode that specializes in redesigning networking systems basedon silicon photonics. A number of industry and university institutions opened in 2012 the OPSIS (Optoelectronic SystemsIntegration in Silicon) foundry to reduce the cost of development and manufacturing by sharing tools and processes.

Business ImpactSilicon Photonics may become an important technology disruption for high-speed data systems and servers. The initial usecases that are getting into product concepts are related to pluggable optics, also referred to as transceivers. This representsa $1B business for Cisco. The greatest disruption for networking equipment could come in the future when all high-endsystems will be re-built based on this technology. IBM, Oracle and Intel are heavily investing in this technology, looking atserver use cases. Finally, it may also have impact in processing intensive applications such as video encoding/decoding andlow latency applications such as High Performance Computing (HPC) and High Frequency Trading (HFT).

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OVERVIEW

Categorization• Dev. Phase:

Product Concept• Tech-Field:

Access Network• Cisco Relevance: High• Last Update: Feb 2013Reasons to watch• First example of standard-based

IPv6 stack for smart objects.• Key technology to enable Cisco’s

Internet of Things technology base• The creation of an ecosystem of IP

smart objects helps Cisco positionits products in new emergingverticals.

• Major utilities & chipset vendors aresupporting the SEP 2.0 effort.

Cisco Status• Technology Scout:

Paul Duffy• Cisco Technology Radar Online:

https://techradar.cisco.com/62

Smart Energy Profile 2.0 and Zigbee IP

Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP 2.0) is themost advanced, IPbased standardizationeffort targeting smart objects that monitor,control, and automate the delivery andconsumption of energy in the consumerpremise. A smart object can be any sensoror actuator that is able to communicate, forexample smart meters, smart thermostats,and smart appliances. The IP layer, ZigbeeIP, is a first publicly available standard stackfor Internet of Things endpoints.

Definition and ScopeSmart Energy Profile 2.0 application layersupport includes: (i) “prices to devices” –enabling premise loads to acquire present and future cost of energy (ii) “demandresponse” – enabling premise devices to respond to service provider signals toreduce energy consumption during intervals of peak demand (iii) meteringsupport enabling premise devices to provide instantaneous and historical energyconsumption data. These capabilities empower a more energy aware consumer,allow load shifting to times of less expensive energy, and ease demand during

periods of extreme load. SEP 2.0 further adds support for plug-in electric vehicle charging and distributed energy resourcemanagement. The SEP 2.0 data model is closely aligned with IEC Common Information Model (CIM). In addition, SEP 2.0 isbased on ubiquitously deployed RESTful Web standards such as HTTP, TLS, TCP, XML and therefore will operate over anyIP enabled PHY/MAC. A good example is the Zigbee IP (ZIP) stack, which is designed to run on top of IEEE 802.15.4wireless. More generally, ZIP is a first implementation of the important Internet of Things endpoint technologies: IEEE802.15.4 wireless, IETF RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks), IETF 6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low PowerWireless Personal Area Network), and IETF MPL (Multicast Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks). 6LoWPANdefines the adaptation layer to carry IPv6 packets over the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless media. RPL is a routing protocoldeveloped specifically for low power and lossy links. This IP based approach is new for the Zigbee Alliance, and is a directresult of strong influence from service providers seeking standard based, scalable, secure, and manageable IP basedsolutions.

MaturityThe Consortium for Smart Energy Profile (CSEP) is responsible for SEP 2.0 test and certification program development. Theeffort is now into its 8th multi PHY/MAC plugfest and expects certification testing to begin mid 2013. Likewise, ZigbeeAlliance certification testing for ZIP is in progress (Jan 2013).

Business ImpactThe lack of an open standard for premise energy management has been identified by utilities as a main inhibitor for smartgrid applications. By using the well-understood standards of IPv6, SEP 2.0 and ZIP will enable large scale, multivendordeployments of smart-meters and other smart-objects. This will ultimately lead to economies of scale and lower smart objectprices, as well as prove the viability of the Internet of Everything technology base. In addition, CSEP certification will buildconfidence among the utilities and consumers who will purchase these products.

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OVERVIEW

Categorization• Dev. Phase:

Product Concept• Tech-Field:

Cross Functional• Cisco Relevance: High• Last Update: Feb 2013Reasons to watch• Communication among vehicles

(car-2-car) and between vehiclesand traffic infrastructure (car-2-infrastructure).

• Leverages IEEE 802.11p for ad-hocwireless networks between cars andinfrastructure.

• Numerous use cases in the area ofroad safety, traffic efficiency andintegrated value-added servicesexist.

Cisco Status• Technology Scout:

Barry Einsig• Cisco Technology Radar Online:

https://techradar.cisco.com/68

Car-2-X Communication

Car-2-X communication allows all types ofvehicles to communicate either with otherpassenger vehicles, trucks, mass transitvehicles (Car-2-Car) or with the trafficinfrastructure (Car-2-Infrastructure). Cars arenodes of the Intelligent TransportationNetwork. They serve as mobile sensors andactuators for traffic management systems,providing and using up-to-the-second dataabout the traffic situation, making road traffic more efficient and safer.

Definition and ScopeCurrent vehicles use sensors to constantly gather information about their speed,the environment, or the traffic ahead, but are limited by the range of onboardsystems, the lack of infrastructure and security for car-2-x communications.Networking vehicles together with the infrastructure would enable a car to warnfollowing vehicles about icy roads, traffic jams, or similar situations. Energyefficiency may also improve, as fuel consumption can be reduced if the enginestop-start system knows the signal cycles of the traffic lights. Vehicles could alsosend back information to the traffic light, which can be used to optimize the trafficflow. Finally, the mass of information gathered in traffic management centers, canbe further processed, to extract insight and develop historical models, ultimately

improving our experience on the road. To achieve all this, on-board units (OBU) within vehicles can create ad-hoc networkswith other vehicles’ OBUs or road-side units (RSU), for example using communication based on the IEEE 802.11p. Thisstandard defines enhancements to 802.11 to support intelligent transportation applications. Alternative 3G / 4G cellularcommunication channels are also being tested.

MaturityNumerous car-to-x projects exist in Europe, Japan, Korea, and in the US. Participants include car manufacturers, car OEMs,infrastructure providers, mobile network operators, governments, and academia. The first limited test-runs of carmanufacturers started early in the last decade and demonstrated the viability of the solution. In 2012, the US Department OfTransportation announced the launch of the largest field trial for car-2-x communication worldwide: around 3000 vehicles inreal road traffic in Ann Arbor Michigan. Technical and economic challenges remain around standardization, security policies(and their enforcement), regulations, as well as critical mass of initial users. The European Commission made a step forwardby adopting measures to ensure that by 2015, cars will be able to dial emergency services (eCall). In 2012, numerous USstates also adopted licensing laws for autonomous / remotely operated vehicles.

Business ImpactStandardized communication possibilities between cars and other fleet vehicles and between vehicles and fixedinfrastructure components enable numerous use cases in the area of road safety, traffic efficiency, and integratedvalueadded services. This might include collision warning, intersection assistance, local danger warning, real-time traffic jamwarning, remote vehicle diagnostics, local weather data, insurance pricing, fleet management, traffic toll payment, and evendownload of music and other media content. The use cases road safety and traffic efficiency aim at reducingmacroeconomic costs through reduced number of traffic accidents, fatalities and advanced traffic efficiency. Value-addedservices will lead to differentiation and direct revenue streams for car manufacturers and service providers.

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Categorization• Dev. Phase:

Product Concept• Tech-Field:

Cross Functional• Cisco Relevance: Medium• Last Update: May 2012Reasons to watch• Speech recognition is a gateway

technology that opens the path topotentially highly disruptivetechnologies, e.g. speechtranslation

• Speech recognition in mobiledevices, e.g. to power solutionssuch as Siri, has already proven tobe a game changer

• First audio/video indexing solutionsbased on high-latencyconversational speech recognitionhave recently become commerciallyavailable.

Cisco Status• Technology Scouts:

Matthias PaulikAnanth Sankar

• Cisco Technology Radar Online:https://techradar.cisco.com/134

Real-time Conversational Speech Recognition

The technology refers to accurate, and real-time automatic transcription of informalspeech (e.g. speech as it occurs inmeetings).

Definition and ScopeAutomatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is atechnology that enables machine transcription of human speech. ASR systemsare based on the use of statistical modeling technology such as hidden Markovmodels, and statistical language models. To achieve high accuracy, these modelsare trained on vast amounts of domain specific training data. Accuracy dropsdramatically if the models are applied outside their specific domain. For thisreason, applications of ASR technology to date have been limited mostly toconstrained tasks, where high accuracy can be achieved at low latency.Examples are dictation, voice search, and voice user interfaces. Even recentpopular applications, such as Siri, work only for a co-operative user speaking to amachine to get a job done. Real-time conversational speech recognition, on theother hand, will allow a much wider set of applications, such as close-captions ofvideo broadcasts for the hearing impaired, transcription and analytics formeetings, free-form speech input for video games, and speech-to-speechtranslation.

MaturityASR has been commercialized mostly for constrained applications. Currenttechnology does not perform well on conversational speech, especially when

recorded in a non-intrusive manner using distant microphones. For such conditions, US Government-sponsored evaluationshave shown that the best research systems have word error rates well above 30%. Despite the high error rate, it is possibleto make use of the technology for certain limited applications, like keyword spotting. Commercially available solutionsinclude “Cisco Pulse Video Analytics”, “GreenButton inCus” or “VoiceBase”. The technology needs to develop much morefor it to be widely applicable and useful.

Business ImpactASR software revenue is projected to reach $18.9 billion by 2015. Much of this will be due to voice-interface applications.Conversational speech recognition will further expand this market by making voice-interfaces much more human-like.Further, the explosion in video will fuel the use of conversational speech recognition to convert the audio channel to accuratetext, enabling search and consumption applications. Real time conversational speech recognition will enable live closecaptions for the hearing impaired, or, with the addition of translation technology, for viewers with a different native language.

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OVERVIEW

Categorization• Dev. Phase:

Applied Research• Tech-Field:

Cross Functional• Cisco Relevance: Medium• Last Update: May 2012Reasons to watch• Immersive experience• Bandwidth requirements• Upgrade of existing video

infrastructures

Cisco Status• Technology Scout:

Thomas Kernen• Cisco Technology Radar Online:

https://techradar.cisco.com/139

Ultra High-Definition TV

In a world currently dominated by HighDefinition displays, the next wave in pictureresolution will be the immersive Ultra High-Definition TV (UHDTV).

Definition and ScopeUHDTV provides a video resolution of 7680by 4320 pixels at a progressive scan rate of up to 120 frames per second (fps)with a Field of View (FoV) of 100° to provide an immersive experience. Thisrepresents 16 times the resolution, 2 times the frame rate, and over 3 times theFoV of the best High Definition TV services, with an associated increase in datarates. Each raw UHDTV picture is 33 megapixels, producing a raw bitrate of 72Gbit/s per camera, with a likely compressed distribution rate of up to 200 Mbit/s,depending on the delivery medium. The primary goal of the technology is to allowthe media broadcast industry to deliver more compelling, immersive TV services.

MaturityWhilst HDTV research started in 1970 and reached mainstream 30 years later, UHDTV research started back in 1995 and isnow well beyond the halfway point through its development cycle. Currently the main companies involved are mostly fromJapan: NHK, NTT, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Sharp and JVC Kenwood, where services are branded as “Super Hi-Vision” andtargeted for being on air by 2020. Korea recently announced 2017 as their target for airing services, which will certainlyinvolve their main consumer electronics manufacturers (Samsung and LGE). Production companies involved include BBCand RAI R&D departments. Standardization related to production, distribution and delivery of UHDTV content is underwaywithin ITU, SMPTE, MPEG and other relevant bodies. High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), which is currently underdevelopment, includes support for UHDTV and should provide better compression schemes than MPEG-2 or H.264/AVC,which although supporting Ultra HD resolutions in theory were not part of its standardization effort. Cameras are now in the3rd generation of prototypes and the first consumer oriented flat panel display prototypes were demonstrated in May 2011(85” LCD) and April 2012 (145” plasma). Public screenings have taken place over the last 5 years, with a new milestonebeing live public streaming in the UK, US and Japan for the 2012 London Olympics. On the delivery side, work is ongoing toallow for more efficient coding and modulation schemes to improve RF spectrum usage for satellite and terrestrial delivery ofUHDTV services to end users, in parallel to distribution over high speed networks such as Fiber to the Home.

Business ImpactInitially targeted at the broadcast video market, it is anticipated that the technologies to build UHDTV systems will cross-pollinate into gaming, video conferencing, surveillance, medical imaging and digital cinema markets. To support theuncompressed and compressed bandwidth requirements for production and distribution, video encoding and decoding, newgenerations of networks, chipsets, storage and coding algorithms will be required. Core infrastructure, production anddelivery equipment will need to be replaced to support the higher resolution, color gamut, frame rate and transmissionspeeds. The new equipment will need to maintain backward compatibility, support legacy codecs and lower resolutions.Hence content will be produced in UHDTV and down converted to HDTV where needed.

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OVERVIEW

Categorization• Dev. Phase:

Product Concept• Tech-Field:

End-User Services• Cisco Relevance: Medium• Last Update: Aug 2012Reasons to watch• Ubiquitous WebRTC deployments

will commoditize real-timecommunication over the Internetand can disrupt the collaborationmarket

• Cisco should engage with ServiceProviders to define end-to-endarchitectures for future WebRTCdeployments

Cisco Status• Technology Scout:

Sylvain Baron• Cisco Technology Radar Online:

https://techradar.cisco.com/143

WebRTC

WebRTC provides a real-timecommunication stack for the web. WebRTCenables applications such as voice calls, video chat, file sharing, messaging,white-boarding, gaming and any other real-time interaction.

Definition and ScopeWebRTC abstracts and simplifies key real-time communication technologies forweb developers: codecs, audio/video engines and the transport layer. Inparticular, on the codec front, WebRTC comes with the VP8 codec for video. Italso includes the iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec), iSAC (Internet Speech andAudio Coder), G.711, and G.722 codecs for audio. WebRTC operates without anynative client or plug-in download. It runs from a browser using simple HTML5 andJavaScript APIs. WebRTC does not specify any signalling protocol.

MaturityWebRTC is work in progress. It is still being drafted by the World Wide WebConsortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Yet, in June2011, Google had already open sourced an initial WebRTC framework under aroyalty free BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)-style license. This open sourceproject is also supported by Mozilla and Opera. All web browser vendors are

already implementing WebRTC. Google Chrome was the first to preview WebRTC in January 2012. Google is also workingon migrating its Google Talk plugin. Mozilla integrated WebRTC into its Firefox alpha release in March 2012, and in April2012 they gave a demo of a WebRTC video call inside the Firefox browser. Finally, Microsoft has also started implementingWebRTC. Opera 12 is the first browser to officially support WebRTC and by the end of this year Chrome and Firefox (i.e.over 50% of the desktop market) will support WebRTC. Market penetration should thus be complete by the end of 2012. Themain roadblocks to mainstream adoption will likely remain NAT / firewall traversal and QoS (Quality of Service) issues.

Business ImpactUbiquitous WebRTC deployments will commoditize real-time communication over the Internet and can disrupt thecollaboration market, which represents a total addressable market of $45 billion (according to Cisco Global Market View).Essentially any browser will embed an "open" Jabber/WebEx-like client, or any other endpoint for real-time communicationand control. This will enable an explosion of innovations. Many WebRTC applications are already being launched. Examplesinclude “Tenhands”, a browser-based HD video collaboration service; “Bistr”, a one-click social video chat service with funvideo effects; “FrisB” and “Vox.io” which provide free global calling services between any web browser and any phone;“Utribo”, a Communication-as-a-Service for instant customer care directly from a web site.

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About the Cisco Technology Radar MethodologyOver the past few years there has been a growing interest in systematic approaches to technology intelligence tosupport strategic decision-making. The Cisco Technology Radar draws on best practices from several industries,including IT, pharmaceutical and automotive. They have been tailored to Cisco’s values, size, needs and structure. TheTechnology Radar is a collaborative effort where all Cisco employees have a role to play. Its process is articulatedaround a knowledge funnel divided into four phases: identification, selection, assessment and dissemination.

Identification PhaseAn international network of technology scouts submits novel technologies for inclusion in the Technology Radar. AllCisco employees can become technology scouts by leveraging their expertise, or their strong social network to get first-hand information.

Apart from the opportunity to influence Cisco’s strategy, incentives for scouting include visibility, developmentopportunities and formal recognition.

Additional mechanisms are being planned or deployed to gather inputs on novel technological developments fromacademia, venture capitalists and Cisco’s ecosystem of customers and partners.

Selection PhaseThe Cisco Technology Radar team works with a panel of senior technical experts, including Cisco Fellows andDistinguished Engineers, to review all submitted technologies on a quarterly basis. Technologies that have been on theTechnology Radar for more than one year are also reviewed, ensuring that aging information is handled appropriately.The selection criteria for being included or kept in the Technology Radar are built upon the concepts of Technology,Impact and Novelty, as detailed below:

Test 1: TechnologyDoes this submission describe engineering or scientific knowledge that can be applied to the conception,development, manufacturing or application of a product or a service?

Test 2: ImpactCould this technology impact Cisco, either positively or negatively, in a way that requires decision-making atexecutive level?

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Test 3: NoveltyIs this technology new to the industry? Consider:(a) technologies that are completely new(b) important changes in a technology or its application(c) important rise in the awareness of a technology or its application

AND is this technology new to Cisco? Consider:(a) technologies not incorporated in any shipping / EDed product(b) technologies where there is a clear need to raise or broaden awareness across the company

AND is this entry new to the Technology Radar? Consider entries that are not (largely) covered by existingTechnology Radar content

Assessment PhaseThe selected technologies undergo a deeper analysis led by the scout. A one-page technology profile is created,describing the technology, its maturity and impact on the market and on Cisco in particular. This technology profile iswritten for an executive audience, putting the technology in business context and limiting the content to unbiased factsand findings.

Once this profile is created, the Technology Radar works with a panel of senior technical and business leaders, includingDirectors, CTOs and VPs from several groups across Cisco to assess the relevance of each selected technology forCisco. The assessment criteria are based on two axis: market opportunity and implementation risk for Cisco, as detailedbelow:

Market Opportunity Axis(a) Potential market size(b) Disruptive potential(c) Customer value

Implementation Risk Axis(a) Internal Risk(b) External Risk(c) Maturity

DisseminationThe Cisco Technology Radar is published every quarter. The succinct format of the radar screen displays alltechnologies along with their maturity, their position in the IT/Telecom value chain, and their relevance as rated by theassessment panel. The Technology Radar is distributed throughout Cisco using a website, a PDF version and anewsletter.

The intelligence produced by the Cisco Technology Radar feeds into technology strategy processes, whilst supportingthe identification and analysis of technology transitions for corporate planning. It is also used to monitor academicresearch and guide its funding, along with identifying investment opportunities. In addition, the Cisco Technology Radaris used to accelerate external engagements with key customers and partners through the sharing of best practices andthe development of joint technology visions.

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Contributors to this Technology Radar VolumeThe Corporate Development Technology Group (CDTG) helps shape innovative new technologies into the right fit forCisco, evaluating a technology's suitability for the Cisco portfolio. Identifying, incubating and capturing strategic valuefrom disruptive technology trends are key to Cisco's long-term technology leadership. The Technology Radar is a keyelement of CDTG’s strategy and serves as an efficient mechanism to gather, assess and disseminate information aboutemerging technologies.

CDTG collaborates with various organizations across Cisco to deliver this Technology Radar. Along with all Scoutsmentioned in the technology profiles, the following people contributed to this volume:

Selection PhasePast & Current Panelists

Dave Oran (Cisco Fellow)

Fred Baker(Cisco Fellow)

Mod Marathe (DE)

Carlos Pignataro (DE)

Erick Vyncke (DE)

Brian Weis (DE)

Monique Morrow (DE)

Jim Fenton (DE)

Raja Banerjee (Dir)

Mark Nowell (Dir)

Ram Jagadeesan (PE)

Etc...

Assessment PhasePast & Current Panelists

Rob Adams (Dir, Corp Dev)

Laurent Philonenko (VP/GM)

Hal Gurley (Dir, IBSG)

Art Howarth (Dir, CTO)

Lars Peters (Dir, Corp Strategy)

Chris Lonvick (Dir, CTO)

Chip Sharp (Dir, CTO)

Roland Acra (VP)

Dave Rossetti (VP)

Etc...

Technology Radar Core TeamCorp. Dev. Technology Group

Stephan Monterde (Lead)

Mathilde Durvy

Roque Gagliano

Frederic Pont

Claude Promonet

Robert Cresswell

Joshua Ebanks

Isabel Redondo

Cisco Technology Radar Contacts

Stephan Monterde: [email protected] Pont: [email protected]