After almost a decade of fast growth, the leadership of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Ciena Corp ( CIEN), JDSUniphase ( 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.