Executive Analysis : Brocade Communications Systems

Cisco’s current strategy attempts to do too much and appeal to a much too broad target market, and thus needs to consider different strategies.

market shares. This strategy delivered economies of scale that were critical in the crowded longdistance reselling market. “Because the volume of bandwidth determined the costs, more money

Our business strategy involves providing customers with differentiated, easy to use, secure products and solutions that leverage information to meet customer needs. The types of technology and levels of service that are acceptable to customers and members today will not necessarily be acceptable in the future, requiring us to anticipate and meet marketplace demands for technology. (Aetna Inc., 2014, p.65) Even with this chosen strategy, company’s still need to be competitive on cost.

Online sales from Cyber Monday, 2009 showed an increase of 14% over Cyber Monday, 2008 (CNN, 2009). If these instances are any indication, then CanGo should expect future increases as well, so long as their management team continues to remain focused on providing quality products and good customer service.

Teladoc Inc. consists of a management team and board of directors. The management teams include a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, President of Provider Market, and Senior Vice President of Product & Corporate Strategy (Teladoc, 2017). The key players on the management team that protect Teladoc products by ensuring compliance with government regulations include the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and the Chief Legal Officer.

RadioShack was first founded in 1921 by two brothers in Boston as a small retail and mail-order business supplying ship radio equipment. In 1963, it was bought by Tandy Corporation and then incorporated in 2000. It did very well from its beginnings through the late 1990’s, and after than it is been having huge losses. This company also was an early seller of both cell phones and satellite television systems. RadioShack has suffered 10 consecutive quarterly losses and did not have enough money to continue running all of its stores by itself due to of the online shopping businesses. RadioShack has formally announced the 1,784 stores that it will be closing between February and the end of March 2015. And also filed for bankruptcy. However,

Data storage now meant that all the data that was on paper could now be in a digital format. This meant less space, faster access, and better organization than ever before. Companies could now store data not only related to the company’s inner workings but consumer data as well. IBM not only leased out this to smaller companies but had an offer to buy out the product if they wanted. This was a good move by IBM due to the fact that this invited groups both small and large to experiment with the product.

Atheros is a company that manufactures many different wireless products, and this includes Bluetooth network devices, GPS solutions and chipsets, wireless network adapters, ethernet products, and Personal Access Systems technologies, also known as PAS. The company started in 1998, with a focus on the 5GHz technology. In ten years, Atheros has become a technological leader in the wireless systems space.

3.) Strong presence in high margin health services business. In addition to UnitedHealth Group’s leadership position in the health benefits market segment, UnitedHealth Group has strong information and technology based health services platform through its business segments which is Ingenix, OptumHealth and PrescriptionSolutions. The “CNN MONEY” (2012) website states Ingenix is one of the largest health information, technology and consulting companies in the world. The UnitedHealth Group derived $2.3 billion of revenues from Ingenix which contributed $284 million (excluding $200 million in goodwill impairment and business line deposition charges) of operating profit, and an operating margin of 12.1% during FY2010.

Webvan had minimal power against large distributors like P&G and had no private label presence to offset this disadvantage. Webvan's non-traditional operating model was also an issue. The use of non-standard pallet configurations was an example of how large suppliers made accommodations for a smaller reseller. It is assumed that Webvan's supplier relations were complicated by its non-standard shipping requirements, and the sheer number of vendors the company worked with. Finally, Webvan's systems, though highly automated, were extremely expensive, overly-customized (and thus hard to upgrade) and insufficiently funded to support expansion into new markets.

• Reach out to the strategic vendors and partners and include them in MaxTrade IT strategy

In today’s environment, it is extremely essential for retailers to embrace technology in the course of their businesses. This is mainly because a significant number of consumers can be attracted and accessed through technological measures. It is essential to appreciate the fact that data, infrastructure and e-commerce software form the basis of United Parcel Service’s technological superiority. All these tools play a pivotal role in supporting the company’s e-commerce strategy and the company’s business strategy as a whole. One of the key attributes of United Parcel Service is its commitment to investing in researching emerging technologies. This gives it an exceptionally competitive advantage. United Parcel Service (UPS) consistently seeks to embrace technologies that that enhance the company’s efficiency (Russell Baker, 2008). The company’s commitment to technological advancement made the company appear in InternetWeek’s top 100 companies in 2004 (Russell Baker, 2008). On the other hand, InfoWorld ranked the company as the seventh company with the most significant contribution to technological infrastructure.

On-Premise: We can clearly see the technology S curve is steadily growing when we plot the raw capacity of NetApp’s FAS series against time. This means that they have strong product in their bread and butter market, and should continue to work on this to keep competitors and new comers at bay. Value add to storage solutions can be done by continuing the spirit of R&D to incorporate All Flash NAS systems and Inline deaup technology in their storage solutions.

From incorporation in 1984 until around 2004, Cisco monopolized the industry of commercial routers and networking products. However, competition from rising giants like Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR), Nortel Networks Corp (NT) and to some extent also Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has given Cisco growing competition. Cisco is now in a position where competition drives its operating practices and inspires constant improvements in areas such as customer service and sales/marketing in order to maintain its market leadership. Though Cisco has lost market share to rising competitors, overall outlook remains good with new product lines set for production.

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