Cisco Vs. Juniper: Goliath Against David

Up to two years back, my activity comprised of outlining, actualizing, and overseeing IT systems: I had been working with Cisco (CSCO) gadgets and administrations for a long time.

I could watch direct the development of Cisco, from offering system boxes to growing its realm into joint effort, security, remote, and server farms. I have encountered the stickiness of Cisco arrangements: exchanging expenses and dangers speak to a high obstacle before considering supplanting a Cisco organize. Also, organize engineers esteem Cisco over different sellers as a result of the huge decision of generously compensated employments around the globe.

Seeing this channel, I couldn't avoid the low valuation in 2012 and turned into an investor. In any case, amid these years, Juniper (JNPR) has been undermining Cisco's strength. As I am constantly open to new thoughts, I wound up inspired by looking at the two organizations and their relative valuation. Does David stand a possibility against Goliath?

Same center business, distinctive advancement

Directing, exchanging, security, and remote constitute the center organizations of the two organizations: they both offer system items and related administrations like support. The administrations incomes speak to a comparable extent for the two organizations at 26% for Cisco and 30% for Juniper.

Cisco plainly rules Juniper as far as deals with right around ten times more incomes at about $48B against $5.03B for Juniper in 2017. Cisco utilizes about eight times more individuals (72,900) than Juniper (9,381).