WebEx and Linksys Rumors Flying Thick and Fast

Citing several sources below, rumors are abound of Cisco possibly putting Webex and Linksys up for sale as part of a big restructuring program to get back on track. As you recall a few months back Cisco exited the cloud email market when they shut down Cisco Mail and since then also killed their Flip Video business. While I am sure investors are placing a lot of pressure on Cisco to perform better I just don’t see an upside to getting rid of WebEx for Cisco. At least if they are sold the people working in those business units wont suffer the same fate as those with Flip. Having worked in companies that have gone through mass lay offs it is a hard time to get through, even for those that remain in their positions.

Sources:

http://cisco-news.tmcnet.com/cisco/articles/176564-cisco-looking-sell-linksys-webex.htm

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/73984

http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/rumor-cisco-looking-sell-webex-linksys-businesses/2011-05-19

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2011/05/18/cisco-seen-near-sales-of-linksys-webex.html

http://www.i4u.com/46646/cisco-rumored-get-rid-linksys-and-webex

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/18/businessinsider-rumor-cisco-is-putting-linksys-and-webex-on-the-block-2011-5.DTL

VoIPNorm