Understand what you are acquiring and protect it at all costs. You are acquiring people and next-generation products. You are making an… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
The 'No.1 IT company' isn't by volume, it's in relation to business customers because those are my customers, not the consumer. Who… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
I think, as time passes, people will come to see that the United States' credit standing is really not quite the same… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
We're very much focused on full shareholder-value return. We have to get our stock moving. But I won't do something in the… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring oil rigs… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers and a… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share from competitors. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
We want a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
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… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
People who might normally have to travel hours to a distant city to see a cardiologist can now do so virtually, through Cisco technology,… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
