junction preventing the Chinese company from using a portion of its software. The judge, however, denied Cisco a broader injunction that sought to shut down Huawei's entire software operation, and in September 2004 Cisco agreed to settle on terms considered favorable to Huawei. Although Huawei will amend its user interface and some other code, the settlement didn't come with huge costs for the Chinese router company. Huawei is also free to continue to do business in the lucrative U.S. market, potentially establishing the company as a major global player and threat to Cisco. Router rival, 3Com is also turning up the heat: In September, 2004 the competitor announced two new sets of low-cost access routers that are designed to be replacements or alternatives to routers sold by Cisco. 3Com claims the routers will cost 30 to 50 percent less than similar offerings by Cisco. Cisco has also started to feel some pressure from relatively small Juniper Networks. Despite revenue of less than $1 billion, Juniper has a reputation for producing big, fast, reliable routers, and Fortune reported that some analysts believe that pound-for- pound, Juniper's T640, released two years ago, may be as fast as Cisco's new CRS- 1. Because of delays in getting the CRS-1 to the market, Juniper managed to land some high-profile contracts and steal market share before CRS-1 debuted. Maneuvering for markets Though Chambers has one eye on the rearview mirror, he is obviously pushing Cisco into new areas of business. The company is looking to expand into previously untapped markets such as IP telephony and wireless networking for corporate environments. It has attempted to muscle its way into the security business by looking for better ways to integrate firewalls and other security features into its VAULT CAREER LIBRARY 2005 Vault Inc. Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers Cisco Systems, Inc. products. And it is aggressively trying to introduce switching and routing technology into new industries such as cable TV. The company has even installe