Cisco had grown through acquisitions to be a large generalist vendor for routing equipment in homes, businesses and for ISPs, whereas Juniper was thought of as the "anti-Cisco" for being a small company with a narrow focus.
Cisko je porastao u veliku kompaniju za opremu rutera za domove, u biznisu i za ISP, dok je Džuniper smatran nasuprot "anti-Cisko", kao mala kompanija sa uskim fokusom.