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Provides consultation and best practices.38.664824-121.520616http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights ReservedDavidchaohttp://feedburner.google.comMore Cisco Acquisitions...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Davidchao/~3/cQjW7GilSqY/more-cisco-acquisitions.htmlCisco Acquisitioncisco acquisitiondvn acquisitionscansafe acquisitionstarent network acquisitiontidal software acquisitiondavid_chaojr@yahoo.com (David Chao)Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:13 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452125d69e20120a65549f8970bIn a few recent posts, I mentioned that John Chambers and the management team would be aggressively pursuing companies to acquire. Since March, when Cisco acquired the consumer-based HD video...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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