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Confirmed: Cisco's Lost Their 'Mojo'
by John Honovich, IPVM Posted on May 11, 2011 About John Contact JohnFor years, we've been critical of Cisco's video surveillance efforts and the whole Cisco 'mystique'. In 2008, we projected that "Cisco will be a minor force in video surveillance primarily selling video surveillance solutions into existing Cisco accounts." This stood agains the industry consensus at the time that Cisco was going to 'disrupt' the surveillance industry. Since then, C...
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