John Chambers
John Chambers
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We're profitable and have the potential to be very profitable, ... We generate cash from operations of over $1 billion per quarter. We have $19 billion in cash and equivalents in an industry that is in debt. We've gained more market share than we've ever gained in this last quarter. We've got the customer loyalty and strategy for where the industry's going, which is combining networks for service providers and enterprises. So I'm very optimistic about our future if we execute right.
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While there's always room for improvement, ... we were very pleased with our results in what is a seasonally-challenging quarter.
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While there were a number of highlights, it was probably the U.S. that topped the highlight list with strong order growth of approximately 20 percent year over year. This is better order growth than we've experienced in the last six quarters in the U.S..
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Through the wisdom of its government leaders and the entrepreneurship of its private sector, India has rapidly risen to become a major force in the global economy, ... Cisco believes that the Internet, and related technologies, will be a key enabler for India to achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation.
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We are pleased to report the 33rd consecutive quarter of revenue and earnings growth. We are especially pleased with the balanced growth rate across almost all countries in both Europe and the Americas.
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where, instead of my hair falling out, I actually grew some hair.
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To be sure, real differences of opinion existed between the groups. Compared to pro-life participants, pro-choice participants had more favorable personal attitudes toward the pro-choice issues and less favorable attitudes toward the pro-life issues, and vice versa.
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We're pleased with the solid revenue and earnings per share results Cisco delivered during its second quarter, but also especially pleased with our strong order momentum. This proves our strategy is working in terms of the convergence of voice, video and data along with our balanced approach to our customer segments, core and advanced technologies, business and technology architecture and key geographic theaters.
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This proves our strategy is working in terms of the convergence of voice, video and data.
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We are continuing to see a number of signs that could be interpreted with the appropriate caveats as optimistic,
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We remain confident about the market opportunity ahead of us over the next three to five years.
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What we want to watch is whether this is a short-term bump or not,
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What this industry is about is back to the basics in the new Internet economy; and the basics are profitability, cash flow, productivity and market-share gains,
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We want to be the most predictable, boring growth company,