Cisco officials have said they believe that within the next five years video will account for 90 percent of all Internet network traffic, and collaboration technologies could become a $30 billion business. Skype’s choice of Bates comes at a time of rapid innovation and consolidation in the burgeoning UC and video communications space. 20, video communications vendor Polycom hired Joseph Burton, CTO for Cisco’s UC (unified communications) business since 2007, to become its senior vice president, chief strategist and CTO. Cisco Fellow Jonathan Rosenberg left the company in November 2009 to become Skype’s CTO. We never like to lose a Cisco family member, but the innovation engine which began at our founding in 1984 will certainly continue.”īates is the latest executive to leave for a competing vendor. His leadership on innovations like the CRS-1, Cius and more have enabled Cisco to reach new markets and customers. He described the group that Bates oversaw as “the heart of Cisco’s business.”Įarnhardt said, “Tony has been a great leader and asset to Cisco over his nearly 15 years here. In a blog post, Cisco Social Media Communications Director John Earnhardt said company CTO Padmasree Warrior will take over Bates’ role.
“There are extraordinary opportunities ahead for Skype and I am eager to lead the company through this exciting juncture in its continuing transformation.” “Skype is not only a powerful global brand but also a global technology leader in Internet communications,” Bates said in a statement. He also was general manager of Cisco’s $10 billion Service Provider Group and was a key member of the company’s executive planning unit. The group oversaw such enterprise efforts as Cisco’s Borderless Networks, Data Center and Collaboration. While at Cisco, Bates, reporting directly to CEO John Chambers, oversaw a business that generated $20 billion in sales and had more than 12,500 employees. 4 that Bates, who most recently was senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business Division, will take on his new position starting in late October.
Cisco Systems is losing another executive to a competitor, with Tony Bates leaving to become CEO of video conferencing and VOIP vendor Skype.
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