Category: 2001

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2001

NetHope launches

Internet Event

NetHope launches

2001

NetHope uses technology to speed emergency response, build capacity, and reduce communications costs for member humanitarian organizations to reimagine how technology can improve our world. Cisco supports NetHope with resources and by loaning executives for the first two executive directors, before it spun out from Save the Children.

NetHope uses technology to speed emergency response, build capacity, and reduce communications costs for member humanitarian organizations to reimagine how technology can improve our world. Cisco supports NetHope with resources and by loaning executives for the first two executive directors, before it spun out from Save the Children.

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2001

Dot Com boom and bust

Internet Event

Dot Com boom and bust

2001

As the public embraced the Web and e-commerce, web-based business expectations boomed. Nearly every possible business transaction moved to the Web to fulfill anticipated user needs. Many believed this to be the new Gold Rush and bought in big. Demand did not rise to meet expectations and within one year, technology stocks lost about 60% of their value.

As the public embraced the Web and e-commerce, web-based business expectations boomed. Nearly every possible business transaction moved to the Web to fulfill anticipated user needs. Many believed this to be the new Gold Rush and bought in big. Demand did not rise to meet expectations and within one year, technology stocks lost about 60% of their value.

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2001

Call from space

innovation

Call from space

2001

"The first time I ever saw someone making a private phone call from space in a movie was in 2001: A Space Odyssey. And darned if we didn’t meet that timeline. In the movie, that call cost $1.70. Our astronauts get the first 90,000 miles toll free … via Cisco SoftPhone… astronauts can keep in touch with their loved ones during long voyages aboard the International Space Station (ISS)."

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"The first time I ever saw someone making a private phone call from space in a movie was in 2001: A Space Odyssey. And darned if we didn’t meet that timeline. In the movie, that call cost $1.70. Our astronauts get the first 90,000 miles toll free … via Cisco SoftPhone… astronauts can keep in touch with their loved ones during long voyages aboard the International Space Station (ISS)."

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