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What’s Up? Maybe Cisco Will Just Report EPS, Sales Up

So busy lately handling non-M&As — strategic alliances — and actual acquisitions, Cisco Systems (CSCO) may offer investors relief Thursday when it reports largely organic first-quarter performance data after the market closes. After Monday’s partnership announcement with Ericsson (ERIC), and several real acquisition plans disclosed recently, shareholders will get a chance to focus on where Cisco has just been. For Cisco’s Q1 of fiscal 2016, the

Cisco Keeps Trying, But Pact May Help Ericsson More

Trying to build more growth momentum, legacy computer networker Cisco Systems (CSCO) Monday teamed with telecom infrastructure leader Ericsson (ERIC) in a strategic partnership the companies said might generate $1 billion in additional revenue for each by 2018. “In a world driven by mobility, cloud and digitization, the networks of the future will require new design principles to ensure they are agile, autonomous and highly secure,” the companies

Nokia Move Could Spur Acquisitions Of Ciena, Infinera

Ciena (CIEN) and Infinera are likely acquisition targets, says an analyst responding to Nokia’s announcement that it will buy Alcatel-Lucent for about $16.6 billion. In a research report Wednesday, Catharine Trebnick, an analyst for Dougherty & Co., said Nokia’s push to boost its telecom equipment business could provide reason for rival Ericsson (ERIC) to acquire Ciena, Infinera (INFN) or both. Both companies are leaders in the fiber optics