The article Ciscos Vision: A Smart$+$Connected World discusses Ciscos history and activities the companys made to rebuild following early setbacks. The Songdo Business District $($South Korea$)$ was created as a model demonstrating what Cisco Smart$+$Connected might be like. Ciscos model here follows the Customer Intimacy approach in many ways. Discuss why you think Cisco took $($or did not take$)$ this approach? What advantages were gained? Explain why you feel that this was the best approach, or briefly discuss why another approach would have worked better? Question $2$: The decade surrounding $2000$ marked both good and bad times for Cisco. Creating a new product for the company, Cisco introduced TelePresence in $2006.$ This placed an emphasis on significant increases on data transfer over the internet. Briefly discuss which one of the three Value Disciplines best fit this product initiated by Cisco? The article explains that TelePresence was not as successful as Cisco believed it would be$.$ In a few words explain why the product failed to meet expectations. Question $3$: Discussion in Strategic Planning focuses on the use of the SWOT Analysis in strategic development. Briefly explain why the SWOT Analysis is important to strategic development. Discuss the two concepts included: Internal Factors and External Factors, and how these are both necessary in a thorough analysis. Discuss what critical inputs would be missing in the event the company failed to complete a SWOT Analysis.