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Network World Net Optimization Alert Aug 18, 2016 Cisco to jettison 5,500 jobs, will reinvest in cloud, IoT & more During its earnings announcement the company said total revenue was $48.7 billion, an increase of 3% over last year. Still the company faces challenges in its core switching and routing business. 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