The Cisco mantra is "It's a feature, not a bug!". However, it's what everyone uses, so you can probably find someone to help you get around its bugs and limitations, and get some combination of Cisco gear to do exactly what you need to have done. The final solution is never elegant, but Cisco devices are the defacto "toolbox" most people work from.
For every particular task, there is at-least one other company that makes a better box (although the meaning of "better" varies quite a bit: scalable? cheaper? etc.) But that isn't enough to push Cisco out of its market dominance.
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