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Cisco computer game lets you play CEO

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Cisco computer game lets you play CEO

If you want to be a CEO but not have any of the real responsibilities of one, you could try to play a new online game being offered by Cisco.  The company this week posted myPlanNet, a computer game that lets anyone be a broadband executive making network deployment decisions.  Read full story

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