{"id":84239,"date":"2017-06-20T18:45:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T22:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-07-17T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T18:20:32","slug":"whats-up-with-cisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/whats-up-with-cisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Whats Up With Cisco?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplespharmacy.com\/articles\/popular-supplements-failed-to-prevent-dementia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104067\" title=\"Whats Up With Cisco?\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Confused_Man.jpg?resize=90%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Whats Up With Cisco?\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Confused_Man.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Confused_Man.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Confused_Man.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a>What is up with <strong>Cisco<\/strong>? Their fiscal results for 2017 Q3 showed revenue of $11.9 billion, a 1% <strong>decline in revenue<\/strong>, compared to last year. This is the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ycharts.com\/companies\/CSCO\/revenues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6th consecutive down quarter<\/a><\/strong>. The networking goliath also issued downward guidance for 2017 Q4. They estimated a revenue declines of 4-6% year-over-year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-104077 \" title=\"Cisco logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cisco_logo-4.jpg?resize=98%2C60&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cisco logo\" width=\"98\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cisco_logo-4.jpg?w=136&amp;ssl=1 136w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/cisco_logo-4.jpg?resize=75%2C46&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a>On the earnings call, <strong>Cisco CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.cisco.com\/c\/r\/newsroom\/en\/us\/executives\/robbins-chuck.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chuck Robbins<\/a><\/strong> blamed several factors for the lower guidance. He cited:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA pretty significant stall right now\u201d in the U.S. federal public sector.<\/li>\n<li>Service provider revenues were down in Mexico.<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom business is being dampened by currency issues.<\/li>\n<li>Middle East, there is \u201cpressure&#8230; relative to oil prices.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cisco layoffs<\/h3>\n<p>Then there are the <strong>layoffs<\/strong>. Cisco buried the announcement in a footnote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151022180927\/http:\/\/investor.cisco.com\/investor-relations\/financial-information\/sec-filings\/sec-filings-details\/default.aspx?FilingId=6416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">company\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Form_8-K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEC 8-K report<\/a> that <strong>1,100<\/strong> more layoffs are coming. That is on top of the <strong>5,500<\/strong> announced in August 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In May 2017, we extended the restructuring plan to include an additional 1,100 employees with $150 million of estimated additional pretax charges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200921145628\/https:\/\/www.channelpartnersonline.com\/2018\/01\/02\/layoffs-coming-for-thousands-of-att-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104070 \" title=\"Cisco layoffs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Layoffs.jpg?resize=399%2C148&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cisco layoffs\" width=\"399\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Layoffs.jpg?w=770&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Layoffs.jpg?resize=75%2C28&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Layoffs.jpg?resize=150%2C56&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Layoffs.jpg?resize=768%2C284&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdxcentral.com\/articles\/news\/cisco-lays-off-1100-employees-november-2017\/2017\/05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdxcentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>SDXCentral<\/em><\/a>, the Cisco CEO stressed several times on the earnings call, that the company is transitioning to more <strong>software and subscription-based business<\/strong>. He declared,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I am pleased with the progress we are making on the multi-year transformation of our business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These <strong>weak financial results<\/strong> and the move to a subscription-based business have fed speculation about the future Cisco business model.<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchnetworking.techtarget.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TechTarget<\/a><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/searchnetworking.techtarget.com\/opinion\/Market-trends-will-push-Cisco-to-make-an-open-NOS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speculates<\/a>\u00a0that Cisco may go so far as to <strong>separate the <a href=\"http:\/\/packetpushers.net\/virtual-toolbox\/list-network-operating-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Operating System<\/a> (NOS) from the hardware<\/strong>. They contend the move would be a dramatic departure from Cisco&#8217;s traditional business model of bundling high-margin hardware with its NOS. The author believes that market trends will likely force the vendor to release an <strong>open NOS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Open NOS<\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/products\/switches\/catalyst-3750-series-switches\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-104073\" title=\"Cisco 3750 switch\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/csco_3750-e1568325059314-75x42.jpg?resize=100%2C56&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cisco 3750 switch\" width=\"100\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/csco_3750-e1568325059314.jpg?resize=75%2C42&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/csco_3750-e1568325059314.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/csco_3750-e1568325059314.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/csco_3750-e1568325059314.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/csco_3750-e1568325059314.jpg?w=1260&amp;ssl=1 1260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/csco_3750-e1568325059314.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>TechTarget<\/em> cites reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/cisco-moving-to-break-apart-networking-software-from-hardware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Information<\/em><\/a> that a <strong>hardware-independent NOS called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/news\/networking\/300084349\/cisco-reportedly-developing-standalone-networking-os.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindt<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is coming.\u00a0Reportedly Lindt will run on a white box powered by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230804081912\/https:\/\/etherealmind.com\/analysis-merchant-custom-silicon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">merchant silicon<\/a><\/strong>. According to the article, a number of market trends are driving the move to a hardware-independent NOS.<\/p>\n<p>The first market trend forcing Cisco&#8217;s hand is the company&#8217;s <strong>declining dominance of the Ethernet switch market<\/strong>. Since 2011, the company&#8217;s share has dropped from 75% to less than 60% last year, according to the financial research site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trefis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Trefis<\/em><\/a>. The decline is important to Cisco&#8217;s bottom line. Switches accounted for 40% of Cisco&#8217;s product sales in 2016, 30% of net revenues, and 20% of the company&#8217;s $162 billion valuation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/pros-and-cons-of-infrastructure-as-a-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Infrastructure as a Service\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cloud-Computing-300x200.jpg?resize=124%2C83&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Infrastructure as a Service\" width=\"124\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a>Cisco&#8217;s weakening performance in switching is tied to the second market trend forcing Cisco to release a hardware-independent NOS. Its customers are turning to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datamation.com\/cloud-computing\/public-cloud-providers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public cloud<\/a> providers, <a title=\"Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : AMZN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AMZN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMZN<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Services<\/a>, <a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ | MSFT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?cid=358464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSFT<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure<\/a>, and <a title=\"IBM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM<\/a> (<a title=\"NYSE : IBM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-IBM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softlayer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoftLayer<\/a>, for their IT infrastructure. The more enterprises subscribe to<strong> infrastructure as a service<\/strong>, the less networking gear they need in their data centers.<\/p>\n<h3>Cloud computing<\/h3>\n<p>The shift to cloud providers is found in the latest numbers from Synergy Research Group. Revenue from public cloud infrastructure services is growing at almost 50% a year. In the fourth quarter of last year, revenues topped $7 billion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2013\/08\/05\/nasdaq-finqloud-host-cloud-powered-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"and are building cloud hardware networking noopener open providers software noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\" cloud providers are building open networking hardware and software\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/sites\/datacenterknowledge.com\/files\/styles\/article_featured_standard\/public\/cloud-storage-470-e1411587817729.jpg?resize=125%2C65&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" cloud providers are building open networking hardware and software\" width=\"125\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a>The third market trend forcing Cisco to a hardware-independent NOS is enterprises that were Cisco&#8217;s largest customers are now competitors. Enterprises and <strong>cloud providers are building open networking hardware and software<\/strong> to replace inflexible proprietary systems that lock them in. Those companies include large financial institutions, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bank of America<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goldman Sachs<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fidelity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fidelity Investments<\/a>. As well as communication service providers, <a title=\"AT&amp;T\" href=\"http:\/\/www.att.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">AT&amp;T<\/a> (<a title=\"NYSE : T\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T<\/a>), Deutsche Telekom, and <a title=\"Verizon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verizon<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : VZ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-VZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VZ<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The technology shift is driving an enormous amount of spending on IT infrastructure. Worldwide spending on public and private cloud environments will increase 15% this year from 2016 to $42 billion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IDC<\/a>. Meanwhile, spending in Cisco&#8217;s core market of traditional infrastructure for non-cloud data centers will fall by 5%.<\/p>\n<h3>White boxes<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arista.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Arista Networks\" src=\"https:\/\/networkingnerd.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/arista_logo.jpg?resize=129%2C20\" alt=\"Arista Networks\" width=\"129\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a>While Cisco is ignoring the trend away from proprietary hardware, the article says Cisco&#8217;s <strong>rivals<\/strong> are embracing it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juniper.net\/us\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Juniper<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=NYSE%3AJNPR&amp;ei=0RIyWfC8JcKS2AaSiorIDg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JNPR<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arista.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Arista<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=NYSE:ANET\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ANET<\/a>) have released versions of their NOS for white boxes <strong>favored by cloud providers and large enterprises<\/strong>. Both companies reported year-to-year revenue growth in switching last year. Even Cisco&#8217;s patent lawsuit against upstart Arista was set back by the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Rohit Mehra, an analyst at IDC hypothesized that Cisco&#8217;s resistance to change is likely due to fear that giving customers other hardware options would accelerate declining sales in switching. &#8220;There would be potentially some<strong> risk of cannibalization in the enterprise space<\/strong>,&#8221;\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cisco insists its <strong>customers are not interested<\/strong> in buying networking software that&#8217;s separate from the underlying switch. The Cisco spokesperson told <em>TechTarget:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>T<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realitybatslast.com\/2015\/01\/20\/a-little-help-for-the-ostriches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-112287\" title=\"Cisco insists its customers are not interested\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/head_in_the_sand-5-e1578773709655-150x83.jpg?resize=111%2C61&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cisco insists its customers are not interested\" width=\"111\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/head_in_the_sand-5-e1578773709655.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/head_in_the_sand-5-e1578773709655.jpg?resize=75%2C41&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/head_in_the_sand-5-e1578773709655.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/a>he vast majority of our customers see tremendous value in the power and efficiency of Cisco&#8217;s integrated network platforms, and the tight integration of hardware and software will continue to be the basis of the networking solutions we offer our customers<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TechTarget<\/em> adds that Cisco doesn&#8217;t say the article is wrong. Instead, the company falls back on a corporate clich\u00e9 for refusing to discuss a media report. &#8220;<em>We don&#8217;t comment on rumor or speculation,<\/em>&#8221; a Cisco spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The networking market is evolving away from the hardware that Cisco depends on for much of its valuation. Cisco will resist changing its market approach for as long as possible. But in the end, the company will have to become a part of the trend with an open NOS capable of running on whatever hardware the customer chooses.<\/p>\n<h3>Cisco&#8217;s own problems<\/h3>\n<p>Rather than change its model for selling networking gear, Cisco has spent<strong> billions of dollars on acquisitions<\/strong> over the last few years to create software and subscription-based businesses in security and analytics. But Cisco&#8217;s software push has yet to pay off with 5 conservative down quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Cisco just recently <strong>patched a flaw in IOS<\/strong> software that affected more than <strong>300 models<\/strong> of its switches. Despite issuing an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210925052125\/https:\/\/searchsecurity.techtarget.com\/news\/450415530\/Cisco-issues-fix-for-Vault-7-vulnerability-without-help-from-WikiLeaks\">advisory<\/a> on March 17, Cisco did not release the patch for this vulnerability until May 8, 2017.\u00a0The Cisco vulnerability was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170519080720\/http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com:80\/entry\/wikileaks-vault-7-series-hive_us_58f0a299e4b0156697224e4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Vault 7<\/strong> WikiLeaks<\/a> dump of alleged <strong>CIA hacking tools<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emoji.co.uk\/view\/12341\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Alleged CIA hacking tools\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emoji.co.uk\/files\/phantom-open-emojis\/smileys-people-phantom\/12341-sleuth-or-spy.png?resize=90%2C90\" alt=\"Alleged CIA hacking tools\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>The vulnerability, rated a critical 9.8 out of 10 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.cisco.com\/security\/center\/content\/CiscoSecurityAdvisory\/cisco-sa-20170317-cmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common Vulnerability<\/a> Scoring System, is in the <strong>Cluster Management Protocol<\/strong>, or CMP.\u00a0could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to reload devices or <strong>execute code with elevated privileges<\/strong>.\u00a0This vulnerability can be exploited during Telnet session negotiation over either <strong>IPv4 or <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210806001509\/https:\/\/searchsecurity.techtarget.com\/news\/450300384\/John-Curran-explains-the-importance-of-IPv6-connectivity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPv6<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-06-19\/silicon-valley-s-secret-and-not-so-secret-trump-supporters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Silicon Valley\u2019s Secret, and Not-So-Secret, Trump Supporters<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last quarter CSCO was down they laid off more staff &#038; had to patch CIA holes what&#8217;s up with Cisco?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2990,392,1023,2936,2935,1209,247,1935,487,1174,43,1135,2937,2934,82,421,15,1325,223,2942],"class_list":["post-84239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking","tag-2990","tag-amazon","tag-amzn","tag-anet","tag-arista-networks","tag-cia","tag-cisco","tag-cloud","tag-csco","tag-ethernet-2","tag-ibm","tag-ios","tag-jnpr","tag-juniper-networks","tag-microsoft","tag-msft","tag-networking","tag-patent","tag-switch","tag-vault-7"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84239"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129919,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84239\/revisions\/129919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}