Cisco's sales in its fourth fiscal quarter outperformed analysts' expectations, and the company gave a bullish forecast for the current three-month period
•The forecast was boosted by corporate spending on network upgrades, Bloomberg reported
•The company reported growth in all its market segments and geographic regions, but it's growth in software and services that's the most important indicator, both for the company's long-term strategy and for Wall Street
•CEO Chuck Robbins is remaking Cisco into a provider of network software and services, aiming to de-emphasize slowing networking hardware sales