Special vs Custom vs Standard? Choosing the Building Blocks-2
Continuing from last week, let us explore the role of standards in creating the networks. Standards do not exist for everything and it is great that they do not. Imagine if government standardized the the sizes, colors and materials of…
What I learned from Mr. Anthony McLachlan at Nortel – Part 3
Continuing from last week, let me share one more simple thing that Anthony taught me. A meeting with the Execs should never be taken lightly Customer meetings are tough, and many times we face a lot of heat from them.…
Special vs Custom vs Standard? Choosing the Building Blocks….
Continuing from last week, let us continue to discuss on custom vs standard. We will continue to consider a network as a building. There can be many modes of getting the building constructed, let us have a look at the…
What I learned from Mr. Anthony McLachlan at Nortel – Part 2
Continuing from last week, today I will share another lesson from Anthony, during my days at Nortel. So, What do you really want to do? One day during a review meeting, with Anthony, one of the team members was droning…
Special vs Custom vs Standard? What is the right strategy?
Let us continue the discussion from last week and build on the theme of Hardware vs Software. The equipment are just the building blocks for a network and the end goal is to deliver services. Services have a “retail” connotation…
What I learned from Mr. Anthony McLachlan at Nortel
Moving on from last week, today I will take you back to my Nortel days again. I have worked with many great leaders at Nortel and each helped me gain new perspectives. I started interacting with Anthony when he became…
Router: Should we buy it as Hardware?
Continuing from last week, let us further evaluate the Router or L3 device composition. Let me share a picture to try and simplify this ongoing transformation. I have tried to make things very simple, and some of you may say,…
What I learned from Mr. Deepak Kumar at Power Grid
Changing tracks from last week, this week I am sharing another lesson from my own days at Power Grid. This is a lesson from Mr. Deepak Kumar, who was in Corporate planning team. I had multiple chances to work closely…