It’s been years since customers considered Cisco relevant to their business strategy.
20+ years ago, when corporations needed to get connected to the Internet, Cisco had a seat at the table. Because Chambers and Robbins were unable to create the next growth business for Cisco, our sales people can’t get access to the C-Suite anymore.
Customers still need to buy routers and switches, but Cisco is no longer the 800 lb. gorilla because we never solved our complexity problem. When you think about the billions in R&D spending and acquisitions over those 20+ years and realize those dollars didn’t move the needle in our customers’ eyes, you really wonder what the Board and the senior executives have been doing besides resting on their laurels and collecting fat paychecks.
And this will do us in, @1keh+1tQaHaBc.