Juniper Wins Router Round Over Cisco

Cisco (CSCO Quote) is vowing to end Juniper's (JNPR Quote) winning streak.

For the second year in a row, Cisco saw its lead in the critical mega-router market slip significantly at the hands of sole rival Juniper. But Cisco says its own big box is catching on with customers, and the company expects to regain lost ground this year.

While analysts see the renewed vitality in Cisco's core router business as encouraging, the slipping San Jose, Calif., tech giant needs a lot more than one hot product to reignite the growth engines. ...