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Unconfirmed rumor Cisco gave totally fake TelePresence demo to President George W. Bush

If Cisco, who presents itself as a highly ethical vendor to the United States Government (which most likely is Cisco's biggest customer) has no problem giving an alleged totally fake TelePresence demo to the President of the United States, well, what other ethical concerns should big Cisco customers be aware of?

Hummelstown, PA:   Fri, 9/6/13 - 11:59pm    View comments
 

Back on May 8, 2006 Information Week published the following 3-page story:

Chambers' Telepresence Vision

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According to Information Week:

"Cisco CEO John Chambers is always on the lookout for the next killer app. 'Every customer we've shown it to just goes, I've gotta have this,' Chambers says excitedly about his latest pet project. President Bush got a demo during his visit to Cisco's headquarters last month. What's this must-have thing? Next-generation videoconferencing, known as 'telepresence.'

"Cisco's Chambers wouldn't reveal details about the telepresence technology he showed President Bush, other than to say the company may have something to market this year. He describes telepresence as the ability to make an IP-based video conversation as rich as face-to-face communication. 'It's the first application that I've seen in a long time that isn't just a killer application; it changes business models,' he says."

Chambers concluded:

"This is leading edge, so there's always a chance the technology won't work as we expect. Time will see if it plays out to the level that I hope it will in terms of functionality."

Well, this week BradReeseCom has learned that the 2006 TelePresence demo (as detailed in the Information Week story) at Cisco's San Jose headquarters for President George W. Bush was in fact, alleged to be totally fake.

Obviously, we have not been able to confirm this rumor.

However, we've learned that President Bush was indeed very impressed with the alleged totally fake 2006 TelePresence demo, believing it was real.

So I've got to ask this question:

If Cisco, who presents itself as a highly ethical vendor to the United States Government (which most likely is Cisco's biggest customer) has no problem giving an alleged totally fake TelePresence demo to the President of the United States, well, what other ethical concerns should big Cisco customers be aware of?

Related web page:

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Related story:

Information Week: Chambers' Telepresence Vision | Page 2 | Page 3
 

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