Cisco looks to emerging markets for future growth

07.12.2005

In Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, conditions are ripe for "amazing" growth in networking, given that 400 hotels are being built and local leaders expect the nation's economy to one day shift to tourism, Mountford said. "Cisco wants to be there," he said.

Mountford sees Cisco's involvement abroad as a way to spur technology development in emerging countries and help Cisco at the same time. "With our country models, we are judging, 'What's the value of this country in the long run?' "