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Cisco Revamps Videoconferencing To Spark Sales Growth

You might think Spark would spark some interest among investors, but for the moment you can see a sparkle in Steven Milunovich’s eye. Spark is Cisco’s (CSCO) new collaborative product to enhance its videoconferencing, messaging and phone services. Collaboration amounts to about 11% of Cisco sales and “has been one of the bright spots,” growing faster than other Cisco segments, UBS analyst Milunovich wrote in an upbeat research note Wednesday. But

Cisco-Ericsson Strategy: Size, Speed, Rivals Matter

Size and experience matter, but they’re not everything. Speed matters, too. Growth matters. Pressure matters. To illustrate the enormity — and modesty — of the partnership announced Nov. 9 by No. 1 networking gear maker Cisco Systems (CSCO) and No. 1 telecom gear maker Ericsson (ERIC) — they said it would hike annual sales by more than $1 billion at each company by 2018 — one might look at … Fitbit (FIT). The No. 1 maker of fitness trackers is a

Palo Alto Networks Swamps FireEye, Cisco, Check Point

Palo Alto Networks’ (PANW) fiscal Q1 beat-and-raise late Monday came at the expense of rivals Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and FireEye (FEYE), analysts wrote Tuesday. Palo Alto Networks stock was rising for a seventh consecutive day, up 5% in midday trading in the stock market today, above 181. Shares hit an all-time high of 199 on July 24 and are up more than 45% this year. On Tuesday, at least seven analysts