Cisco's growth is not through technology, it is through stock which a not sustainable growth. Only a matter of time before it completely shuts down.
Everything you see of a dying company, the sudden of tribal work environment and constant acquisition announcements.
These days no good startups would want to sell to Cisco that’s bottom line.
no good companies would want to be acquired.
Many startups make the big bucks up front by selling, leaving the non-creative business work and long term risk to someone else while they go off and create something else from scratch, and the acquirer often gets to see multiple fleshed out solutions before choosing what they believe to be the winner where the cost of exploring the less optimal solutions is borne by others. It's obviously not for every case, but there are cases where it is desirable for everyone involved.
Acquisition been strategy for Cisco success in the past.
Acquisition strategic will not survived in today's business model.
no good companies would want to be acquired.
Meanwhile there are nearly twice as many employees, oddly many added since MM joined. That isn't sustainable.
As noted in the thread +1q5TycHx Cisco's revenue is twice the others combined with less than twice the headcount. The operating margins are far better than everyone except Arista. Neither of these spell imminent collapse, nor does it show that Cisco can sustain its position over time.
Cisco has a lot of people doing a lot of damage. If they could lay off the right people and replace key leadership they really could do much more with much less.
Everything you see of a dying company, the sudden of tribal work environment and constant acquisition announcements.
Newsflash: Cisco has been growing its business primarily through acquisitions for three decades where the first two decades had significant growth. It's now the leader in a legacy market which isn't growing fast enough to draw new entrants which means its a battle between who can best take business from their competitors. 40 years of technical debt is not serving Cisco well.
DEI, combimed[sic] with offshoring and poor management ki-led Cisco
Tell me you have no understanding of the business lifecycle without saying you have no understanding of the business lifecycle.
Cisco's gross revenue has gone up around 30% in the last 20 years. Gross margins have been sliding. Meanwhile there are nearly twice as many employees, oddly many added since MM joined. That isn't sustainable. Oh and buying Splunk ... just another in a long line of failed big noise acquistions: SciAtl, Linksys, Flip, all the way back to Stratacom.
"No publicly traded corporation is growing through technology."
Oh, they are there. I made a d-mb decision by leaving one (much smaller company) and got hypnotized by ciscos big name. This is a good learning lesson as I work my way back to a more stabilized, no-name, smaller company that is ran by competent leadership.
DEI, combimed with offshoring and poor management ki-led Cisco
No publicly traded corporation is growing through technology. They all care about 3 things: