Observations on Cisco’s acquisition spree covered in the case study and up December 2012 In my opinion Cisco’s acquisition spree didn’t show any signs of stopping‚ Cisco being a Networking and infrastructure giant. This spree was started back in 1993 with the takeover of crescendo communications for around the mark of 95 million. And later on in 1994 it also took new port systems solutions for 93 million in stock. The two different acquisitions helped to expand the product portfolio to areas like
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ii Cisco TelePresence Fundamentals Cisco TelePresence Fundamentals Tim Szigeti‚ Kevin McMenamy‚ Roland Saville‚ Alan Glowacki Copyright©2009 Cisco Systems‚ Inc. Published by: Cisco Press 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis‚ IN 46240 USA All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage and retrieval system‚ without written permission from the
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Assessing corporate culture Cisco Systems MBA 501: Organizational Dynamics and Leadership Professor: Dr. Bruce Hiebert Gurjot Singh Friday‚ April 09‚ 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 3 2 About Cisco Systems 3 2.1 Vision‚ mission 3 2.2 Slogans‚ legends and myths 5 2.3 Organizational structure 6 3 Human Network and leadership 8 3.1 Employees and rewards 8 3.2 Training and teaching 12 3.3 Leaders’ functions and Change management
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Cisco Systems Inc.: Implementing ERP come ride with us your cowboys: bill atkinson denisa kubricka edmond lui georg wittenburg iman sharif Company Background • Founded in 1984 by two Stanford computer scientists • Became publicly traded in 1990 • Primary product is “router” • By 1997‚ Cisco was ranked top five companies in return on revenues and ROA in Fortune 500 • In 1998‚ market capitalization was over $100 billion Markets • Cisco was a key infrastructure supplier for the “New
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Cisco Systems: New Millenium – New acquisition strategy The case deals with the acquisition policy implemented by Cisco‚ by giving some real samples. The most interesting point concerns the way Cisco acquired companies during 90s with 4 main goals: a shared vision‚ shareholders’ satisfaction‚ motivating value added for employees‚ shareholders‚ customers and partners and a perfect “chemistry” (P.9). Contrary to the global trend of big companies’ acquisition‚ Cisco was involved in smaller companies
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and Mike Thomas of Cisco Systems‚ Inc (Cisco) were both leaders of strategic alliance management teams that were formed in early 1997. Both teams were created to help facilitate the strategic alliance that was formed between HP and Cisco. As with all alliances‚ a wide variety of issues and challenges emerged that had be to be resolved and it was the purpose of the alliance teams to solve such issues. Beginning in February 2002‚ a formal contract to expand the HP and Cisco alliance was being negotiated
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INDIVIDUAL CASE REPORT Cisco Systems Inc.: The Viking Challenge Submitted to: Mr. Dave Swanston Submitted by: Vishal Gupta ID: 125821880 20th March 2013 Executive Summary Cisco Systems Inc. is a $100 B technology company which provides internet networking solution to telecommunication and broadband service provider corporations. Cisco is leader in developing the networking equipment for the industry. Cisco wants to develop a new generation
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Cisco Systems [pic] Networking the Internet Revolution Brandi Martin brandi@ucsc.edu Table of Contents Paper Objective Section 1: The Network Equipment Industry A. Industry Profile B. Competitive Strategies within the Industry C. Porter Model Evaluation of Industry Forces D. Globalization of the Industry E. Importance of Information Technology to the Industry Section II: Company Perspective:
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Cisco Systems‚ Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO‚ SEHK: 4333) is an American-based multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics‚ networking and communications technology and services. Headquartered in San Jose‚ California‚ Cisco has more than 65‚000 employees and annual revenue of US$40.0 billion as of 2010. The stock was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 8‚ 2009‚ and is also included in the S&P 500 Index the Russell 1000 Index‚ NASDAQ100 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth
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Cisco IT Case Study Acquisition Integration How Cisco Applies Companywide Expertise for Integrating Acquired Companies Faster‚ smoother integrations help to realize acquisition value. Cisco on Cisco Case Study/Business Management/Cisco Acquisition Integration: Acquiring companies that offer attractive technologies‚ products‚ or market opportunities has been a major growth strategy for Cisco®. To help integrate these companies rapidly‚ consistently‚ and with minimal disruption‚ Cisco has formed
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