FIVE MINUTES WITH ...
MARKUS
NISPEL
MARKUS NISPEL SPEAKS TO TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE ABOUT VIEWING NETWORKING CHANGES FROM THE FRONT ROW , THE GROWTH OF CLOUD , AND HIS PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Q . PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE AS CTO OF EMEA
» Having worked in the telecommunications and networking sector for over 25 years , I have been in the front row observing how the industry and the technology have changed , how customers benefit from those changes , how vendors disrupt and get disrupted , and , more recently , how digital transformation in enterprises has taken off .
Now , as CTO of EMEA at Extreme Networks – a strategic growth region and an engine for innovation – I ’ m driving the global office of the CTO thought-leadership activities , as well as heading up the incubator at the Office of the CTO . Triggered by inflections at different points in the market , technology and society , the mission of the incubator is to respond by driving initiatives from ideation through to prototype and , ultimately , MVP .
Within EMEA , my role includes activities to help customers look beyond the horizon and provide guidance in strategic IT decisions .
Q . HOW HAS THE NETWORKING SECTOR CHANGED SINCE YOU BEGAN YOUR CAREER ?
» In short , everything has changed . Over the last decade in particular , we ’ ve seen a number of changes in the way networks are planned , built and operated . These include different competing technologies ( FDDI , Token Ring and ATM to Ethernet / IP as the winner ), the growth of cloud ( both for networking and security ), and
24 January 2023