CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.: COLLABORATING ON NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
On November 13, 2007, more than 100 employees of Cisco Systems, Inc. assembled in classic Cisco fashion: they dialed in from multiple locations around the world for an important meeting.The purpose of the gathering was to get the green light from senior management to manufacture a new high-end router that would make the giant etworking company more competitive in an age of surging Internet traffic.