Patel emphasized the need for a reshaped portfolio, stating, 'Cisco has grown over the years. What happens then is that within the organization someone is responsible for the networking component, someone for compute, someone for security, someone for observability and so on.' This division led to underutilization of Cisco's capabilities, limiting their structural advantages.
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