As it moves from a product culture to a platform culture, Cisco Systems Inc. is also reshaping a common perception of the 39-year-old firm as purely a networking business. It is playing a broader role ...

It's crunch time for Cisco Systems' next-generation core router--the company wants to recover ground lost to rival Juniper Networks. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

There was an incredible amount of hype leading up to Cisco's announcement of a new core router, the CRS-3. Typically, router announcements are not covered in detail by the mainstream press, but with ...

Juniper Networks this week upgraded its MX service provider edge routers with expanded system capacity to enhance subscriber bandwidth and service performance. The upgrades include new line cards ...

This week, two startups came out with SDN products they claim can rid networks of routers and core switches. Compass-EOS, ironically a maker of routers using silicon photonics, rolled out a product ...

A price war has erupted over high-end routers that power the Internet's core, putting pressure on Cisco Systems just as it begins to push its latest and greatest product for this small but important ...