Trade Publication Article

Chambers: We Should Have Killed Cisco Cius Earlier

Duffy, Jim

2012

Overview

\"Once you realize you're not going to reach the volumes you need, you should just stop,\" [John Chambers] said when asked what lessons Cisco learned from the demise of the [Cius]. \"We should have made our decision to exit the Cius market nine months ago,\" he said, when Cisco started recognizing the momentum of the iPad. \"We did not agree as crisply as we should have on strategy, what was our architecture to get there, and then what is our multiple phase roadmap to get there,\" Chambers said. \"You'll see us go back to the basics and consolidate collaboration under one group and prioritize what we want to do or not. You'll see us come down to a very simple definition of collaboration. It's built around four pillars: mobile, social, virtual, visual. And then you'll see us pull these pieces together in order of priority. \"Well run companies always have succession plans,\" he said. \"This is my family. Cisco won't have a stumble. We'll make sure that transition goes very, very well.\"

• Publisher: Foundry
• Subject: Chambers, John / Lloyd, Rob