Cisco stock shoots up 3% after Amazon officially denies that it’s going to become a competitor (CSCO, AMZN)

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  • Amazon says it will not produce its own networking switches, contradicting a recent report. 
  • Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy talked it over on the phone directly, says a Cisco spokesperson. 
  • Cisco stock shot up about 3% after the denial.

Amazon Web Services, the retailer’s cloud computing business, has officially denied a report that indicated the company was going to produce its own networking equipment that would compete with Cisco.

Cisco shares went up as high as 3.6% in after-hours trading following the news.

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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