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" There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked. "
John T. Chambers
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" I had an issue with dyslexia before they understood what dyslexia was. One of my teachers, Mrs. Anderson, taught me to look at it like a curveball. The ball breaks the same way every time. Once you get used to it, you can handle it pretty well. "
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" Almost every move in the market is either a move to align with where Cisco is going or to align to compete against us or to utilize that technology. "
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" I like to believe that I got my business knowledge from my dad. He was able to see trends a long way off. And my mom is very good with people and emotional. "
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" The Internet will change the way we work, live, learn, and play. "
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" There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur. "
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" The industry has to learn how to do CEO succession well. If your definition of success is Intel or Microsoft or HP or IBM, that's not a good track record, and yet they are the most successful ones. "
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" Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around the world. Once you do that, there is no privacy; there is no security. There is no protection for democracy. "
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World
" I hope that the new leader, whoever they are - and I hope that it will be Hillary - will bring our country back to participation by all groups and will talk about how technology will enable not just 10% of our population, but all of our population. "
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Country
" When a leader doesn't do his or her job, it isn't just a problem with the person. They take their whole organization down. "
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Organization
" Some people need a command-and-control environment. "
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" My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again. "
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" I would say my strengths are vision and strategy. "
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" I think technology can change every country regardless of political party. "
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" We will see growth in the U.S., and we will selectively acquire in the U.S., but we prefer to use our global opportunity. "
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" I think Mr Trump is going to be a good president. "
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I Think
Think
Good
" Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important. "
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City
Country
" I think we have a tax policy that was designed before Microsoft even went public. I think we've got to change - we're at a huge disadvantage around the world. "
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Policy
Change
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" Digital is going to have five times the impact than the information era. Just because you led the first transition as a company or country, that doesn't mean you will lead in this one. "
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" When you're a large company with significant market share, it's tempting to view market disruptions as a threat, but we view them as an opportunity. "
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Market
View
" Our next CEO needs to thrive in a highly dynamic environment, to be capable of accelerating what is working very well for Cisco and disrupting what needs to change. "
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Thrive
Change
Environment
" If every company becomes a technology company, business models and transitions are going to occur. From a CEO's perspective, this is going to be the biggest technology transition of all times. "
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Business
Going
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" The political gridlock in Washington leads us to conclude that policymakers don't have the ability to put the public finances of the U.S. on a sustainable footing. "
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" By exciting citizens about the new digital opportunity, breaking down silos of competing groups to form a truly open innovation ecosystem and shifting day-to-day resources to focus on big long-term investments for the future, countries can ensure that they break through and bridge the digital gap. "
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" A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that. "
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Over
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Organization
" Our success at Cisco has been defined by how we anticipate, capture, and lead through market transitions. Over the years, I've watched iconic companies disappear - Compaq, Sun Microsystems, Wang, Digital Equipment - as they failed to anticipate where the market was heading. "
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Success
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" Everything becomes connected, and cyber security becomes the top issue for CEOs. An average company has 40-60 security vendors, and they have a violation every three months with viruses. "
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" Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that companies that don't reinvent themselves will be left behind. I also think that's true of people. And I think it's true of countries. "
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" We changed the world many ways with the Internet. "
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" The number one objective is that people who make the investment in digitization, whether they are governments or service providers, get a reasonable return. "
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Service
Return
" We know that veterans have valuable skills and experiences that are highly sought after in today's workforce. "
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