For instance, even if Cisco does not realize any near-term benefit from this deal, still, solely on the basis of defense and if Cisco on sought to block another rival such as Juniper or F5 or even Hewlett-Packard from jumping in and closing this deal, Cisco still wins.

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Both years saw major storms (F4 or F5 on the F0-F5 Enhanced Fujita scale) plow very long paths through densely populated territory.

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Though both pack 4K CMOS imagers, there are some major differences -- the higher-end PMW-F55 has a global shutter, wider color gamut and can capture 4k, 2k or HD video internally, while the PMW-F5 records 2k and HD natively with a rolling shutter (4k requires an optional RAW recorder, as discussed below).

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