Seven Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

In an AllThingsD interview, Cisco Systems’ CEO talks about the company’s turnaround, the hurdles ahead and how badly he wants to bring his company’s cash home.
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Cisco Fits Back in Its Skinny Jeans, Drops $1 Billion in Annual Costs

Cisco hits an important goal of its restructuring one quarter early.
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Cisco Reports: It’s Getting Better

The turnaround appears to be taking hold as sales and profits both beat analyst’s forecast. Also? A dividend boost to make shareholders happy.
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Will the Turnaround at Cisco Systems Stick?

Is the restructuring by CEO John Chambers at Cisco Systems taking hold? Today’s earnings announcement should tell the tale.
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Networking Start-Up Nicira Wants to Mess Up Cisco and Juniper’s Business

Watch out Cisco, Juniper and other networking vendors. Your business model is about to get disrupted by Nicira, which is coming out of stealth mode today.
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Cisco Fellow Bruce Davie Joins Stealth Start-Up Nicira

All these hires are making the secretive networking start-up look ever more interesting by the day.
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Can This Broken Robot Help Save Cisco Systems?

A new advertising campaign aims to help Cisco Systems reintroduce itself to its customers, and remind them what it does best.
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Gartner Slashes 2012 Global IT Spending Forecast

Research firm Gartner just knocked down its growth forecast for global tech spending by nearly 1 percent. It may not sound like much, but it amounts to slowdown worth about $100 billion.
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Cisco Kills Umi Videoconferencing Product

Cisco has killed its last consumer product. This is one nobody will miss.
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If 2011 Was a Year to Forget, 2012 Looks Like More of the Same

2011 was tough year on many tech stocks, with only a few exceptions. And 2012 doesn’t look much better, but analyst Brian Marshall says there are some important trends to watch.
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What Went Wrong With Oracle’s Quarter?

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