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Re:Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin ... by wiseleo on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:50PM (#32074166)
Cisco's acquisitions. There's a book about them. The Crescendo switch acquisition was extremely successful and they became Catalyst switches.
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Re:Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin ... by pea on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:58PM (#32074272)
Cisco has an interesting playbook with spin-outs as well, that I haven't seen many companies pull off (i.e. mpls multiple times over)
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