Is The popular Flip Camera in trouble? Could the most popular non-gps device be folding up by the end of the year??? Find out after the Jump.
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It’s True, The famed “Flip” candy bar style pocket camcorder owned by Tech company giant Cisco is on a serious down fall to the point Cisco is cutting it’s losses. By the end of the year 550 employee’s are gonna have to look for a new job, and Cisco will be focusing on getting it’s HD hardware in smartphones. And The Brand Umi, also owned by cisco, is also being reorganized, which I suppose Skype has hurt the growth there.
Press Release:
Cisco Restructures Consumer Business
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – April 12, 2011) – As part of the company’s comprehensive plan to align its operations, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that it will exit aspects of its consumer businesses and realign the remaining consumer business to support four of its five key company priorities — core routing, switching and services; collaboration; architectures; and video. As part of its plan, Cisco will:
* Close down its Flip business and support current FlipShare customers and partners with a transition plan.
* Refocus Cisco’s Home Networking business for greater profitability and connection to the company’s core networking infrastructure as the network expands into a video platform in the home. These industry-leading products will continue to be available through retail channels.
* Integrate Cisco umi into the company’s Business TelePresence product line and operate through an enterprise and service provider go-to-market model, consistent with existing business TelePresence efforts.
* Assess core video technology integration of Cisco’s Eos media solutions business or other market opportunities for this business.
“We are making key, targeted moves as we align operations in support of our network-centric platform strategy,” said John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO. “As we move forward, our consumer efforts will focus on how we help our enterprise and service provider customers optimize and expand their offerings for consumers, and help ensure the network’s ability to deliver on those offerings.”
In connection with the changes to the consumer business, it is anticipated that Cisco will recognize restructuring charges to its GAAP financial results, with an aggregate pre-tax impact not expected to exceed $300 million during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2011. The charges will be disclosed in upcoming earnings conference calls and quarterly Form 10-Q filings. Additionally, the company expects this will result in a reduction of approximately 550 employees in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.
