Brad Reese on Cisco
Is Marc Andreessen betting $300M against Cisco's successful acquisition model?
by Brad Reese
Cisco CEO John Chambers has never been shy when it comes to bragging about Cisco's ability to catch market transitions: "We build our culture at Cisco around catching market transitions." After reading an article today in The New York Times, it's my personal opinion that Marc Andreessen is betting $300 million that the next market transition will make Cisco's successful acquisitions model obsolete. How so you may ask? Well, Andreessen plans to watch what companies Cisco...

