Cisco Systems ikambani yakanangana nekugadzira, kutengesa uye kugadzirisa materevhizheni michina senge ma routers, hubs, switch, asi zvakare tarisa pane software kuburikidza nekumisikidza ye firewalls, VPN services ... network uye chengetedzo yakavapoteredza. Iyo Califronia-yakavakirwa kambani yakazivisa mazuva mashoma apfuura kudzingwa kwevashandi mazana mashanu nemazana mashanu ekuvhara chikamu chehardware uye kutarisa chete pasoftware. Mhedzisiro yemari mhedzisiro yatiratidza kuti sei iyo Hardware dhipatimendi yadzokera kumaflatifomu manhamba, nepo software yacho yakura ne20% zvichienzaniswa negore rapfuura.
Iyo kambani yakafunga kuita sarudzo iyi kunyangwe yawana purofiti inosvika zviuru gumi nezviviri zvemamirioni. Kubviswa kwevashandi mazana mashanu nemashanu kuri kuwedzera kune vashandi zviuru zvitanhatu zvakatemwa neCisco muna11.000 uye zviuru zvina zvakaziviswa gore rapfuura kuyedza kugadzirisa zvinoenderana nezvinodiwa mumusika. Chikonzero chikuru chekudzingwa ndechekudzikisa mutengo uye kuisa mari mumabasa egore ari kutangwa nekambani uye nawo inoda kukwikwidza neiyo hofori Amazon neGoogle, madzimambo aripo emusika maererano nekuchengetedza gore kumakambani.
Mukuru weCisco, Chuck Robbins akaronga kubva paakasvika pachinzvimbo cheMukuru wekambani gore rapfuura, chinja mafambiro akatorwa nekambani mumakore apfuurakutsauka kubva mukugadzira kwehardware kuti utarise kune ese masevhisi uye software. Sezvo iye CEO mutsva atora kutonga kweCisco, iyo femu yatenga makambani gumi neshanu, mazhinji acho ane hukama nemasevhisi emakore, izvo zvinotipa pfungwa yezvinokosheswa nekambani mumakore anotevera.