This document discusses 10 competitors that Cisco has been unable to eliminate from the networking market. It provides brief summaries of each competitor's strategy for differentiating themselves from Cisco and sustaining their business, including a focus on specific markets (F5 Networks, Riverbed), continually leapfrogging Cisco in technology (Juniper), focusing on a niche like the data center (Arista), taking advantage of opportunities created by Cisco's actions (Polycom, Aruba), dominance in Fibre Channel switching (Brocade), grabbing share through value offerings (HP), leverage of customer familiarity (Microsoft), and continued threat in unified communications (Avaya).