One of the Most Impressive Performances From a Dow Tech Stock This Earnings Season

When you're good, you're good. Fool.com technology editor Andrew Tonner credits Cisco for its smashing earnings in a tough IT environment. By raising dividends 75%, and after cutting 7,500 jobs and lowering prices, Cisco stands to compete with Hewlett-Packard -- but time will tell how successful it will be.

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