FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Cisco Systems Inc. has taken dead aim at Hewlett-Packard Co. and its own shrinking profit margins by introducing a major refresh to its venerable Catalyst 6500 Ethernet switching ...

The Cisco 6500 Ethernet switches were introduced in 1999 and have been deployed by more than 45,000 organizations. Cisco has continued to come out with additional supervisor modules and interface ...

Cisco is stepping up its enterprise switch game to support the collaboration and multimedia it’s been pushing as the next generation of work. Cisco this week is unveiling enhancements to two of its ...

Hewlett Packard is questioning Cisco's assertion that its upgraded Catalyst 6500 switch provides better investment protection and value than a comparable data networking switch infrastructure from HP.

I have a 6500 series Cisco switch at the core. I want to include a 3Com 7700 series switch for resiliency at the core layer. Can you tell me the interoperability issues that may arise including VRRP ...

"It's the most successful networking product in the industry today," John Growdon, director of routers and switches for worldwide channels at Cisco, said in a phone interview. The Catalyst 6500 family ...

Cisco Systems on Monday plans to unveil several upgrades for one of its more popular products, the Catalyst 6500 line of switches. Most of the equipment gear is geared toward making the switches ...

Cisco Systems has taken a key step to ensuring that spyware, viruses and worms can't infiltrate a corporate network. Cisco is expected to announce on Tuesday that it has added software to its Ethernet ...

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Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Cisco ...