G2 is accountable for this security fiasco . Is he really good for the company or just a great PR machine ?
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G2 exemplifies Peter's principle. Look at how uninspiring and mediocre his LinkedIn musings are. He's surrounded by sycophants too d-mb to see he's sinking the ship. The numbers don't lie though.
SBG and G2 are clueless
Someone’s Comment: Cisco thought you could build a business by putting a hundred acquisitions in the same org. Cisco was wrong.
Based on previous history:
Cisco acquire many switching and routing, MPLs and few other companies. They are considered success !!
Cisco lead VOIP market and built Voice Tech Group by acquiring multiple companies I it is considered success !! I would give credit to Cisco. A lot of hard work was put in but of course many things may not be perfect.
Wireless is success too! Cisco Meraki acquisition and old wireless controller is considered success ! Cisco is leading in wireless !
They are definitely many failures for sure ! I agree with you. Give credit where Cisco has done well.
July 2025, Palo Alto Networks announced it is acquiring the Israeli cybersecurity company CyberArk for approximately $25 billion.
Cisco bought splunk for $28B
Who made a good decision ? lol ! Go figure it out !
G2 isn’t the problem, it’s the mid tier leaders who have been there for decades
SBG is foundationally broken and cannot be fixed.
Maybe the only upside to the colossally d-mb Splunk buy is that it plumps up SBG enough that some private equity firm might want to buy it all.
Cisco thought software was easy. Cisco was wrong.
Cisco thought you could build a business by putting a hundred acquisitions in the same org. Cisco was wrong.
No way to fix it at this point, easier just to put it up for sale and move on.
Ya gotta love the LinkedIn posts
✅ PR Machine
does it mean next quarter we will see layoffs in Security? Thats the only things he does
Clearly needs more single panes of glass and agentic ai.
There's not enough Yes Men at the top. We need to restructure a bunch of experienced ICs who are trying to improve things, outsource their jobs, and then promote the managers who don't question direction.
@OP I don’t even like his LinkedIn posts