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Cisco Q4 2022 and FY 2022: Delivering Business Momentum and Beating Expectations

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Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall examine Cisco’s Q4 2022 and FY 2022 results and why they see the Q4 results as impressive since Cisco beat on both top and bottom accented by a strong top line beat as well as exhibiting the competitive foundation required to power continued investments in innovation throughout its networking, security, collaboration, and optimized applications portfolios.

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Cisco Live!: Cisco Envisions Making Cloud Experience Unified Putting the Onus on its Cloud Networking Portfolio

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Futurum’s Ron Westfall explore Cisco’s vision to make cloud networking more intelligent and streamlined through a more unified experience primarily underpinned by the integration of the Cisco Nexus Cloud, Cisco Catalyst, and Cisco Meraki product lines meets the most urgent cloud management demands of IT. Now Cisco can start using a simplified SaaS experience, the acceleration of the cloud adoption process, and easy to consume enterprise and CSP agreements as the building blocks to power the unified experience across cloud environments.

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Cisco and Verizon C-V2X Test Boosts Autonomous Driving Use Case

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Cisco and Verizon collaboration on PoC test that could help streamline autonomous driving applications by virtualizing roadside infrastructure by eliminating expensive Roadside Units to boost C-V2X signals. Futurum’s Ron Westfall analyzes why the Cisco Verizon PoC can boost ecosystem support for C-V2X technology and accelerate deployment of autonomous driving use cases such as robotaxis and last-mile delivery bots.

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Spectrum Enterprise Enhances MNE Solution, Uses Cisco Meraki to Strengthen Digital Workforce Capabilities

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Spectrum Enterprise bolsters is Managed Network Edge solution with enhancements designed to improve productivity for office, remote, and mobile workforces through new managed network solution options. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why using the Cisco Meraki platform strengthens the Spectrum Enterprise MNE solution in countering rival offerings and meeting the distinct demands of distributed workforces.

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Cisco Pivots to Software and Posts Solid Q2 Results

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Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman provides his take on the Q2 earnings of Cisco. Under Chuck Robbins’ leadership, the company is making a strategic pivot to become a more software-focused company and this set of numbers is an indicator of the success of this mission. Newman explores the fundamentals of the business and looks beyond the Splunk acquisition rumors and what’s ahead.