Cisco Systems’ Investor Meeting Takeaways
<p>Analysts at Oppenheimer provided their views on <a href='https://financialmodelingprep.com/financial-summary/CSCO'>Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) </a>following the company's Investor Meeting. Among the key takeaways the analysts mentioned (1) increasing Webscale demand for Silicon One and 8000-series routers, (2) prioritizing R&D investment in full-stack observability and security to capitalize on a large TAM, (3) a “wait-and-see” approach for the Collaboration portfolio, which is seeing strength in UCaaS and cloud calling offset by Webex, and (4) a shift in investment strategy prioritizing long-term revenue growth instead of incremental margin expansion. </p>
<p>Overall, the analysts came away positive and believe the company can sustain above-average order growth near-term and transition the portfolio to subscription/SaaS. The analysts view management's target hardware growth of 2–4% as conservative given the strong Webscale demand. </p>

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