Cisco video exit demonstrates the dangers of diversification

Cisco has announced it will sell its Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS) business to a company backed by private equity firm Permira, the company it bought it from in the first place.
The new company will command a relatively broad portfolio consisting of Cisco’s Infinite Video Platform, cloud digital video recording, video processing, video security, video middleware, and services groups. Abe Peled, former Cisco video executive and adviser to the Permira Funds, will head up