. ♪ emily: we are nearing the one-year mark since chuck robb and in as the ceo of cisco.promises he does not have his head stuck in the sand when it comes to the forward march of technology. we spoke with robbins and asked about his strategy for cisco ahead. >> our strategy is to look at where the market is going and what customers need. we look at our capability and the speed we can deliver innovation, where do we leverage m&a and partnerships. historically, we found the speed we need to move, we have a great affinity for smaller acquisitions. i don't see that changing. emily: will we see more of those? >> we are opportunistic. emily: what areas are you targeting? >> iot is important. security, we have been active. if you have looked at the ones over the 15 months, they are all in the cloud, analytics, iot. those are key areas that will drive business. emily: some people say security offerings are not good enough now, not easy enough to implement. is that an area you push on? >> if you go five years back, that is feedback we got. the team has done a job of building archi