Cisco has a new problem: You take too long to implement its products and stop buying more kit

Would you please hurry up and build your network? The Register is of course not making that request, but merely passing on the plea of Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, who on Wednesday told investors the networking giant's supply chain problems are over. It has shipped the backlog of devices ordered in and around the COVID-19 pandemic …

[Alumoi]

Here's a simple solution: build crappier devices with 6 month to 1 year life time or just brick the existing one with an OTA. That will force them suckers to buy, buy, buy!

[Anonymous Coward]

Why buy?

I'm running a stack of 14 - 3750 switches. All work fine, do what I want them to do and I have no ongoing maintenance costs. 4 of those are spares.

The core switches are newer but 1GB to the desktop is all we need. The recent changes to Cisco licensing and fees for support are outlandish and invasive.

[sanmigueelbeer]

I got a lot simpler solution: Insert a short term certificate into an IOS to fix software vulnerabilities.

[Pascal Monett]

"customers are now taking time to [..] deploy these [..] product deliveries"

Well duh. What were you expecting, that customers would look at the ads on Amazon and think "oh yeah, wejust bought 500 switches, let's buy some more !" ?

[darklord]

Actually Big organisations are jumping the Cisco ship

Our s and our customers preffered is no longer Cisco, despite being a platinum reseller. the main contender seems to Juniper. and a lot seems to be to do with the Cisco licensing model and the odd support packages.

Only time will tell if this continues but the trend has been there since pre covid. and the kit is as reliable so far.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Actually Big organisations are jumping the Cisco ship

Licences are a bitch with Cisco.

"We only need 30 licences"

"The minimum number is 100"

"How come if we underlicense, it's fraud but when you overlicense, it's okay?"

[BPontius]

Translation, hurry up and build your networks so we can make billions more off you from the technology treadmill of planned obsolescence.

Lots of saving the planet rhetoric, but just ignore the e-waste in the landfills and the tons more dumped in third world countries. BUY, BUY, BUY!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I Shell Shwitches

As you'd expect, ol' Chuck is being economical with the whole truth. For my perspective as a seller of Switchzilla and others to the gloriously honourable banking sector:

- the market has slowed sharply as interest rates climbed. Far more seem to be electing to sweat the existing stuff for another year.

- Juniper are kicking the snot out of them, especially in public sector with APs

- Cisco's backlog was caused by Cisco themselves. At one point in 2021 running up to 1yr ETAs on APs, secondary PSUs.

- there's more projects than people out there at the moment.

Lastly, the elephant in the room is the move into being a software and services provider... its not a hardware company now. Which is fine, but if you're selling less switches you're also selling less DNA/DNC.