's Novell Directory Services (NDS) for policy networking, Cisco is going with Microsoft Corp.
Consider Intel in microprocessors, Cisco Systems in networking equipment and EMC Corp. in corporate computer data storage.
Who dares to be first to sell Cisco Systems, Dell Computer, EMC Corp. or Microsoft, even at 50 times forward earnings projections?
After almost a decade of fast growth, the leadership of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Ciena Corp ( CIEN), JDS Uniphase ( JDSU), Corning ( GLW) and Ariba Inc. ( ARBA), and Lucent-Alcatel (NYSE: ALU) became complacent and arrogant with success, setting the stage for the eventual slow-down and downfall to irrelevance.
Fellow blue chip technology companies Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) have annual dividend yields of 2%, 1.7%, and 1.5%, respectively.
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The stocks that were added on May 21st are Adobe Systems ( ADBE), Cisco Systems ( CSCO), Dell Inc ( DELL), Intel Corp ( INTC), and Texas Instruments ( TXN).
Among the largest underlying components of XLK, in trading today Oracle Corp. ( NASD: ORCL) is down about 0.1%, Intel Corp ( NASD: INTC) is up about 1.2%, and Cisco Systems, Inc. ( NASD: CSCO) is lower by about 1.1%.
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The initial public offering of RPX Corp, a San Francisco company that acquires patents to protect technology giants like Google and Cisco from patent lawsuits, marks the latest escalation in the patent wars.
Among the largest underlying components of QQQ, in trading today Oracle Corp. ( NASD: ORCL) is off about 0.3%, Cisco Systems, Inc. ( NASD: CSCO) is off about 0.1%, and Qualcomm, Inc. ( NASD: QCOM) is lower by about 1.3%.
Among the largest underlying components of XLK, in trading today Intel Corp ( NASD: INTC) is off about 0.8%, Oracle Corp. ( NASD: ORCL) is down about 1.3%, and Cisco Systems, Inc. ( NASD: CSCO) is lower by about 1.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of QQQ, in trading today Oracle Corp. ( NASD: ORCL) is down about 1.1%, Cisco Systems, Inc. ( NASD: CSCO) is up about 0.3%, and Qualcomm, Inc. ( NASD: QCOM) is lower by about 0.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of QQQ, in trading today Cisco Systems, Inc. ( NASD: CSCO) is up about 0.5%, Intel Corp ( NASD: INTC) is up about 0.5%, and eBay Inc. ( NASD: EBAY) is up by about 0.7%.
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