And so on Jan. 31, the networking giant responded, introducing a line of products aimed at stemming the upstart's inroads into a traditional Cisco market. Juniper has no plans to challenge Cisco for the title of networking king. Analysts expect it to gain an additional 4 to 8 points of share on Cisco in the next year.
Most analysts say yes.
In fact, they praise Juniper for being the anti-Cisco. It doesn't try to be everything to everybody. That's the foundation of their success. Cisco's iconic CEO John Chambers has taken the opposite tack of late. These moves have been made largely through acquisitions.