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HP Offers New Networking Hardware To Target Cisco Competition: Page 3 of 3

HP is also introducing the Intelligent Management Center v5, a campus network management console that helps IT professionals monitor and manage the network through one pane of glass. HP's Banic notes that Cisco has as many as 28 different network management platforms, creating what he called a "swivel-chair management" dilemma for IT staff who must view multiple screens.

"We had one customer tell us this actually manages Cisco gear better than Cisco has," Banic says. "And I've repeated that everywhere I can."

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