Cisco loses its cool as competition heats up

Martin Courtney
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After years of maintaining a lofty disdain for the competition, the networking giant is desperately trying to shore up its customer base

Cisco is warning IT chiefs that installing "good enough" local and wide area network (LAN/WAN) kit bought at best price will not guarantee the performance, reliability and security businesses need ...

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