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Ex-Apple Exec Papermaster Surfaces at Cisco

Mark Papermaster, the exec who joined Apple’s iPhone team from IBM in 2009 after a non-compete controversy and left Apple in August after the “antennagate” controversy, has signed on with Cisco. As of this week, Papermaster is serving as the VP of Cisco’s Silicon Switching Technology Group, responsible for the chips in its Nexus 7000 and Catalyst switching lines.

Cisco's Big Switch

Cisco’s Big Switch

New Cisco Switch Fast Enough to Create Rift in Space-Time Continuum

Cisco is calling it its biggest enterprise product launch in 15 years, and given the cloud of hyperbole in which it debuted today the Nexus 7000 data-center switch may be just that. Like any network switch, the Nexus 7000 controls and directs the flow of data between connected computers. But unlike any network switch, it [...]