One of the reasons that the Cisco acquisition of the Flip product failed is that the core businesses were very different.

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Cisco was unable to avoid failure with Flip for two reasons. First, Cisco core business operations are in business networking equipment and software. Flip business was selling video cameras to individual customers. This is a very different business, where the Cisco knowledge and other competencies were of little value. While Cisco has some success extending into the consumer market, such as with its acquisition of Linksys, this success has come in the home networking business, a market to which Cisco can transfer some of its business networking competencies.

One of the Reasons That the Cisco Acquisition of the Flip