Cisco is in the throes of a companywide transition away from the switches and routers that form the bedrock of its business. The company is struggling with new competitors, customers, pricing strategies and profit pressures. Cisco has been forced to scale back its growth ambitions, cutting its 12% to 17% annual growth targets to 9% to 11% in fiscal 2011. For the first time in company history, revenue in Cisco’s core routing and switching markets has been overtaken by sales of new products.”]