I thoroughly appreciate the open dialogue taking place on this article. No change is ever possible without healthy communication and a recognition within the employee base, not just the leadership, that evolving the company has considerable opportunities for all to thrive. i am afforded the opportunity to hear directly from global employees and our leadership across the company so I can assure you Cisco is poised to advance our efforts to be a defining example of how a company operates in a digital world. More so than ever, being able to enable our own digital operating model has to account for the digital evolutions taking place within our customers and their verticals.

As I told a group when I addressed them in a keynote, the biggest limitation to succeeding in this digital world is the lack of imagination. Change is happening faster and more pervasive than every before. Cisco must and is pushing ourselves to step well beyond the normal boundaries to help not only ourselves succeed but also our customers when in the digital age...I truly believe we are the core of their evolutions!