EXECUTIVE SUMMARY January 1994 Cisco’s legacy system surpassed its standard modification requirements and encountered a malfunction that resulted in corrupting the database. The company was almost completely shut down for two days. It became clear that the legacy system would not continue much longer and a solution was required. Cisco was faced with the dilemma of selecting from three potential solutions to the system issue: 1) Upgrade to the new version of the legacy‚ 2) Implement a single
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Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems The Case The “Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems” case study discusses a project developed after the war in Lebanon in July of 2006. After the war‚ President George W. Bush urged 5 U.S. based companies to partner together to help with the reconstruction efforts in Lebanon‚ including Cisco systems (led by John Chambers)‚ Intel corp. (led by Craig Barrett)‚ Ghafari Inc. (led by Yousif Ghafari)‚ Occidental Petroleum (led by Dr. Ray
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Cisco Case Study 1. Identify what you believe are the most important elements (criteria‚ processes‚ specific actions‚ etc.) of Cisco’s approach to selecting and integrating acquisitions. For each of the elements you have identified‚ describe why it is important? (What is its purpose)? As we know‚ Cisco is a high-tech IT Corporation and also a strategic buyer‚ in other words; it is interested in making a profit by managing any potential IT business for an extended period by separate subsidiary or
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Managing Information Technology Case Study 2: Cisco System Architecture: ERP and Web-enabled IT Cisco System Inc. is the leading company in the computer communications and networking industry. It became a public company since 1990‚ was founded in 1984 by two Stanford computer scientists‚ and the core business began with multi-protocol routers. It later continued to dominate the “Internetworking” market‚ which in turn reflected in its first year on Fortune 5000 in 1997
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Pete Solvik made a very good decision to upgrade the existing information system by implementing ERP when the company encountered a major shutdown for two days. One reason the project became successful was because of internal recruiting. The team consisted of the best business people. The company just did not rely on IT department‚ instead IT and business people worked together to meet the core objectives. The estimated costs and time to complete to the project matched closely with the initial
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GEB 1101 March 10‚ 2013 CISCO CASE STUDY Cisco is a San Jose‚ California based company’s “virtual close” software. There was a before and after to Cisco. The primary key issues facing Cisco in 2001 were that the software was not giving adequate information‚ the employees of the company overlooked economic factors associated with any business‚ and the company was trying to fill orders that were unsustainable. What Cisco’s systems didn’t do was model what would happen if one
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Cisco Systems‚ Inc.: Implementing ERP Introduction Cisco Systems Inc. was founded in 1984 by two of Stanford University’s computer scientists. In 1990‚ a matter of just six years from the start-up date‚ Cisco became publically traded. With the massive growth of Internet Technologies‚ demand for Cisco products increased dramatically‚ resulting in Cisco dominating the marketplace. The contributing factor to Cisco’s dominating presence in the market is due to the company’s primary product‚ the “router”
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Case Study Report COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY Cisco Systems/ www.Cisco.Com /Telecommunications Industry BACKGROUND/HISTORY Cisco Systems is an industry leader in network technology. Their primary business is technology that is used to enable communication with people all over the world with multiple functions. Whether it be email‚ voice video or general applications these service are transported over Cisco Networks. The current CEO is John Chambers who has held the position since
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CASE STUDY WEEK 2 CISCO 1- How is building a brand in a business-to-business context different from doing so in the consumer market? From reviewing the text and in reading the Cisco case study‚ it seems that business-to-business marketing consists of a more direct approach through very specific channels of distribution. Business-to-business success is centered around more personal relationships between the partner companies. In the Cisco case this was demonstrated by Cisco ’s business to business
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Question 1. What type(s) of growth pattern has Cisco followed‚ intensive‚ integrative or diversification growth? 2. What is their SWOT analysis like? For a company to identify and effectively utilize its growth opportunities every organization must assess its strategic planning gap and identify how it can fill that gap. The three stages of identifying opportunities are; identifying opportunities to achieve further growth within current businesses‚ identifying opportunities to build or acquire
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