Title
Severino, Paul J. oral history : part two
Catalog Number
102746606
Type
Document
Description
In the second part of this oral history, Severino discusses the Internet dot com boom and bust and its effects on the networking industry. He also discusses Wellfleet's competitive position relative to Cisco, as well as Wellfleet and Cisco's acquisitions strategies. The merger with SunOptics is discussed as are Severino’s early successes at networking minicomputers at Prime Computer. Severino finishes by reflecting on his career founding four start-ups and the lessons learned.
Date
2012-10-16
Contributor
Hendrie, Gardner, Interviewer; Videographer
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Severino, Paul, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Concord, Massachusetts
Extent
14 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
SynOptics; Wellfleet; Cisco Systems; Nortel; Bay Networks; International Standards Organization (ISO); ATM; Ethernet; wave division multiplexing; Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Collection Title
Oral history collection