After almost a decade of fast growth, the leadership of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Ciena Corp ( CIEN), JDS Uniphase ( JDSU), Corning ( GLW) and Ariba Inc. ( ARBA), and Lucent-Alcatel (NYSE: ALU) became complacent and arrogant with success, setting the stage for the eventual slow-down and downfall to irrelevance.

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The U.S. solar market continued its record-setting pace in the second quarter, but amid the boom are signs of a slow down in the break-neck growth of recent years, according to a report released Monday.

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