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Network World's Q&A with John Chambers

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By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. And naturally, it wants to be bigger. To do that, it's high-energy CEO John Chambers knows that it has to become as important in the greater IT industry as it is in the network industry. In this interview Chambers talks with Network World about Cisco's bold strategy and what it means for its enterprise customers. 

He declares: “I did not want to compete against IBM and HP”  

He discusses why the Flip video camera matters to CIOs  

He answers his critics: What premium pricing? 

He says public and private clouds are what networking is all about 

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