After hearing about the announcement by Cisco to officially drop the Flip camera, I have started to wonder about the similarities between Cisco and CA and Pure Digital and NetQoS. Read this article and then see if i've gotten anything wrong:
Cisco is a big company that has gobbled up competitors instead of beating them at a fair fight. Just like CA.
Cisco bought a company that could have gone stratospheric but has failed to manage it well. Just like CA.
Pure Digital customers "[felt] like [they had their] heart ripped out and replaced with a brick. Just like CA customers.
Cisco didn't apply the right resources to their new golden egg acquisition. Just like CA.
Pure Digital employees that came over to Cisco will soon be getting layoff notices on their desks. Every other week, another NetQoS employee leaves CA (John Mao, David Oliver, Lindi Horton, John Catalano (et al), Joe Burbano, Steve Harriman (et al), Greg Hutton, Mark Wheat, etc. etc. etc.). At least NetQoS guys know to jump ship before it drowns.
So, does this spell eventual doom for the NetQoS products? I don't think so. But nothing has come out of this acquisition unscathed, especially the relationship between the vendor and the customer.
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